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Filipino Food Market (Philippine Food Market)
Filipino food markets are the best place to buy food, and the perfect place to choose items for a picnic in the Philippines. Seasonal fruit and vegetables are piled up in abundance and smoked or dried fish (which is also sold deboned) is ready to eat. Eggs are sold hard-boiled and salted (so you can eat them direct from the shell).
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Aside from the cooked snack foods, markets are a source of all kinds of cold snacks to keep in you bag as you travel. Pork rinds are very popular with locals. Groundnuts or peanuts are sold unflaboured, salted, sugared and spiced. Dried fruits such as mango, coconut or pineapple make healthy hunger blockers, along with sunflower seeds and pine nuts. You can also stock up on peanut brittle.
If you are shopping for main meals you’ll find excellent fresh meats in sale – every part of the said animal – a good range of fresh fish.
Most Philippine markets sell live produce too – chickens for eating and layers for eggs, plus, less often, goats and pigs. For larger animals there areregular farmers’ marlets selling everything from cattle to water buffalo, that ubiquitous beast of burden.
As you travel along the main routes you’ll notice stalls selling a range of fresh produce from the files. Normally, this will be whatever is in season or special to the region – so for instance in Tagaytay all stalls sell pineapple – which means product range is limited. Some stallholders sell preserved fruits and vegetables in jars.
All the major cities have western-style supermarkets, usually attached to the largest shopping malls. These markets stocks range from pre-package fresh and processed foods, including international brands.
L. Bennett, Philippines