A typical lunch in Roxas City
After Boracay, we spent a few days in Roxas City. A friend, PJ Juinio, hails from the place and his parents built a beautiful home there to enjoy their retirement years by the sea. We stayed at the Junio residence, they brought us to their fish pond to witness a bangus (milkfish) harvest, we went sightseeing, we ate out… In short, we had a wonderful time.
That’s the la paz batchoy that we had at a restaurant (can’t recall the name right now) at the Gaisano mall. For breakfast, believe it or not. But wonderful as restaurant fare in Roxas City was, there was still nothing better than a home-cooked meal. Let me show you a typical home-cooked lunch during our three-day stay at Roxas City.
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- Fresh coconut juice
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- Crab fat
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- Fresh crabs
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- Fried danggit
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- Fried pompano
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- Shucked oysters
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- Fried fish, shrimps and white rice
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- Fresh coconut juice and shrimps
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- Halabos na hipon (dry-fried shrimps)
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Dear PJ, can we be friends? Please…
LOL
I agree, kailan kaya kami magkakaroon ng friends na tulad nila. LOL
Glad you enjoyed our hometown in Capiz! If you had the batchoy there, the place you may have been taken to was Old Timer’s – which is the place where any Capizenyo worth his salt would bring visitors to try out the 2nd best batchoy in town. (The first being my lola’s of course! Hahaha!)
Hi Connie
Chanced upon your blog while looking up some names of Filipino dishes, and I must say it is fabulous. You make Filipino food sound so exciting, which of course it is.
As someone who travels all around Asia and visits Manila often, I am always surprised why Filipino food is not more popular abroad. It certainly deserves to be and I look forward to tasting more of the delectable dishes. Will surely consult your blog before I go to Manila next.
Meanwhile I wrote a quick account of my recent Manila food experiences in my blog
http://www.goodfood65.blogspot.com
Please excuse any errors. I am still a newcomer to Filipino food. Thanks and cheers
wow!… the squids in roxas city are a must try also, connie. we had stuffed squids during our stay there and it was soo fresh and tender, plus the alimasag and hipon with coconut cream, and inihaw na hito too. iba talaga ang lasa pag fresh and eating by the seaside makes the meal unforgettable.
To have friends like PJ, you have to be one yourself – sincere, generous and hospitable. May we have more Pinoys like PJ.
yummy! thte setting alone is enough to turn on my stomach..crave to eat..i will try to do it at home.
Argha, may you have many wonderful Filipino food adventures in the future! Cheers to you too.
Taj, if only I weren’t allergic to squids.
Thank you, Jaime. I’m always thankful for opportunities to visit different parts of the country to appreciate how beautiful the Philippines is.
hi connie! long time lurker here. it’s a pleasant surprise that you found your way to roxas. i am from there and very proud! are you from there originally or just visiting a friend? hope you and the family had a wonderful time!
rocoi, a friend is from Roxas. And yes we had a blast. Made me yearn to retire by the sea.
Hope there’s broadband there by then.
but we do have DSL over there. my mom’s been using pldt dsl for more than a couple of years now.
by the way, thanks for this post on Roxas City . . . makes me look forward to my homecoming this Christmas