Satisfied Cravings

In my not so long stay here in Japan, one of the few things that help me cope with homesickness is the food. Yes, the food! Though I'm thousand of miles away fron Pinas, i can still satisfy my cravings for authentic pinoy delicacies.

Ingredients for Pinoy cuisine abound here in Japan. Thanks to those Pinoy Stores that can be found almost anywhere especially in areas with large population of pinoys. You can find almost anything from tuyo, miswa,bagoong alamang, sarsa ni Mang Tomas to pinoy na pinoy chichiria like Chippy and even Boy Bawang!

If you want to cook for large number of people, you can order ingredients online or by phone and it will be delivered within 2 to 3 days. From pigs blood (for dinuguan), pigs ear, buto buto, laman loob (intestines and the like), daing na bangus etc. you can even order for the whole pigs head! There are also stores (like Hanamasa, Gigamart and the local Nikuyasan or Meat Stores) where you can buy large blocks of meat ideal if you intend to prepare several "putahe" that require different meat cuts and sizes. There's also a liquor store nearby my place that sells imported beer and the Philippine's No.1 Beer, the San Miguel Beer and is one of their items and can be bought for 248 yen/bottle (approx. 90 PhP).

Not to mention the parties being thrown by friends every now and then where Pinoy delicacies are surely present. Especially that my apartment is just a minute away from the Kouminkan (Community Hall) where most of the parties are held, you will forget you're outside the Pilippines.


To add toppings to the icing(or something like that hehehe!), my housemates are genius in the kitchen and every now and then prepares mouth watering foods like palabok, pancit bihon, dinuguan (Pig's Blood Stew)pancit luglog,bopis (in the picture above), kare kare, kaldereta and menudo to name a few.

No wonder why everytime i step on the weighing scale, its always several points higher than my previous measurement! Anyway, my wife told me once before that i look cute with bigger tummy.... i dont know if she will like my tummy now that it looks like i swallowed a whole melon!