Comments on: What’s in your Balikbayan Box?

By: Christina

Christina — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:11:52 +0000

Just wanted to ask what company you recommend from upperstate NY for sending balikbayan boxes?

By: joie

joie — Mon, 04 May 2009 15:57:53 +0000

We just got our “beloved” box last friday from my brother in Florida. The usual’s are in with the staple chocolates, towels, teflon pans, huge ketchups, huge oatmeals, shirts, bags, shoes, huge toothpaste, spams, corned beef’s and vienna sausages, books, etc. I love the euphoria of digging on these boxes and be surprised at what’s inside. I think that is the most precious moment you bond with your whole family.

By: onin

onin — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:28:45 +0000

cool!

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onin
monark worldwide
balikbayan box

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:21:32 +0000

Thanks, MM, for all the above pasalubong ideas. Like others living out-of-country, I send bboxes to relatives at home, especially at Christmas time. Most of the stuff mentioned here are familiar to me, including Canadian rice. However, there are a few you mentioned, which I never thought would be appreciated home. The maple syrup, for example; also, canned plum tomatoes, dried fruits, Earl Grey Tea and balsamic vinegar. I am visiting next month, and I will have all these, plus other suggestions from your other readers, in my suitcase/bbox. Thanks again.

Amen to your sentiment, B. Delmundo.

By: B. Delmundo

B. Delmundo — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:55:48 +0000

“Now if only we could send you bboxes filled with green mango, bottled bagoong, dried danggit or tuyo, a bibingka or two and some fresh sampalokâ€¦”
Not necessary, there are so many Filipino Store here in California. I do not know about the other states. The only thing we want is a “THANK YOU CARD or NOTE” not the note from the BBayan Box company.

By: Swimgreen

Swimgreen — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 12:37:27 +0000

Hi everyone,

I’m moving to Manila in august and i need some help packing my boxes :)

Ive already stocked up on; my favourite crackers from rice crackers to lavosh, about 50 jars of different mustard’s, biscuits, balsamic vinegars, good oils, Lindt choc, 36 jars+stock of spices and counting, boxes of chai and earl grey, coffee, Nandos Peri Peri mayo, kilo tubs of Nutella, olives and boxes of dried dates and figs, pretty much an Ikea kitchen and of course my appliances from my pie maker to juicer to processor.

Food is my religion and i need all my bases covered :) Any advice what else i should be throwing in my boxes?

I have one quite important question :), i cant recall, but what is the selection of baked beans there like? I know, some, well most of you might be thinking What The… but go easy, I need my HP and baked beans with my breakfast fry ups :)

any heads up would be great :)

Trisha

By: dhayL

dhayL — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:02:30 +0000

Oh i definitely know that “imported” smell coming from every single balikbayan box we received back then! I don’t know what it’s all about, but it is for sure something that as a kid everytime the delivery guys comes or whenever a family member is home for christmas as soon as we open the box i think im more excited to finally smell that “imported” smell rahter than receiving my pasalubong!!! And now that i’ve been back home a few times, i still do the same old thing i used to do when i was a kid, and that’s smelling the contents of the box and telling myslef “uhm…amoy imported” !!!

By: joy

joy — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 06:27:21 +0000

What’s in my balikbayan box? Well, the cookbooks I bought in the states, some shampoo’s, lipstick, chocolates, pots & pans, pecans & walnuts, home decor, magazines, towels, bed sheets, coffee, Victoria’s Secret body spray, Calcium tabs & headache pills!

By: Bob & Lourgie

Bob & Lourgie — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 04:45:34 +0000

LOL, this is one of the giggles in our house. This year we sent about 30lbs of make up and accessories. Selsun Blue shampoo, several bottles, Dial soap was requested, Christmas Candies, shoes and kids clothes,lots of medicine like Aspirin, tylenol, cough syrup,athritis pills for aches and pains,reading books and comic books, kids toys and games, a retired play station console and games for it, computer software, more cosmetics and lipstick(added at the last moment), hair brushes and combes, bed sheets, light jackets and rain jackets,film for camera’s,music CD’s and family photo’s. That was only the first box, and we had to sit on it to get it closed and taped shut….lol..

By: Marketman

Marketman — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 09:48:53 +0000

jeff, I thought the coolness of the airline holds was part of the issue (but coolness has no smell) and the same smell is in balikbayan boxes sent by boat… so the mystery continues…