Lets Travel Philippines

On any given day Cabalen’s 10 restaurants in Metro manila and the province of Pampanga, have laid down over 40 dishes of Kapampangan cuisine on their buffet table. For just 242 pesos (less than US$5), cusomters, mostly the family crowd and balikbayans (Filipinos returning from abroad) can partake on an all-you-can-eat, no-left-over feast Filipino favorites like bagnet (crispy fried pork), crispy crablets, kare-kare(pork or beef stew in peanut sauce with shrimp paste dip), pancit (stir-friend noodles), menudo (pork and potato cubes in tomato sauce), and sinigang (tamarind broth) or bulalo (beef shank in peppery soup).

“Food is such an important thing for balikbayan Filipinos”. In every corner of the 10 Cabalen branches is a deli store that sells bottled and canned delicacies, candies and condiments. To one’s surprise, there are also the icons of childhood spent in the provinces back in those days when there were no Game Boys or cable TV: plastic balloons, paper balls, and sipa - a small ball made of straw or wicker. Photo Credit: These Days in French Life

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