Fri 6 Oct 2006
Presenting Seoul’s Filipino market, “Little Manila.”
Little Manila is open in the late morning/early afternoons every Sunday.
Take the blue line (line 4) to Hyewha station (the one right after Dongdaemun) and go out exit 1 and walk north (straight) towards the rotary.
Recommended eats*
Adobo, slow cooked pork or chicken in a soy based sauce
Menudo, spicy tomato based soup with pork, potatoes, and carrots
Turron, bananas wrapped in egg roll wrapper, rolled in sugar, then deep fried (1,000won)
Lumpia, spring roll with meats and vegetables (1,000won)
Gulaman, a sweet drink with tapioca pearls and gelatin bits (1,000won)
October 6th, 2006 at 4:24 pm
Great video! I am definitely headed there on Sunday for pork adobo. yum! Thanks for the info.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:46 pm
I’ve always heard negative comments about filipino style cooking, but what you’ve shown looks delicious and it’s cheap too. Seems as though I ought to start trying filipino food, the last territory, (for me) so to say.
October 7th, 2006 at 1:10 am
Top story, thanks Mary. Now I’m with gus, above. I have to admit I used to hold that the sheer lack of Filipino restaurants in Melbourne (for example) was evidence enough of the frightful nature of Filipino food. What would I know? That gear looks really good.
October 7th, 2006 at 3:40 am
The Lumpia is great for anyone fiending for a fried wrapper stuffed with the kitchen sink. The thing was filled with chicken, dried and fresh shrimp, pork and maybe even some beef amongst a garden of veg, top shelf.
October 7th, 2006 at 11:27 pm
Oh, yum. I am hopping on a plane and coming
October 8th, 2006 at 2:02 am
*my father in law sent me this email concerning the video.
Enjoyed the video–just like being there! I remember the lumpia and adobo from my Navy days back in the 60’s. In those days, every large ship had Filipino Stewards, who cooked the Captain’s food (the rest of us, including
lower-ranking officers, ate in the separate officer and enlisted “mess decks.”). I was lucky enough to work closely with the Captain, and if there were leftovers the Steward would give me first shot at them. Outstanding
food, and closer to Western tastes than some of the more exotic asian varieties.
October 11th, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Pretty good…I like your husband’s hands the best^^
October 25th, 2006 at 2:49 am
Thanks for the info! Went there this past Sunday and got some longanisa sausages… yum…
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:21 pm
no mention of balut???
hehe
you must have heard the adjoshi who’s married to a Filipino with his balut! balut! masarap!!! spiel
hehe
July 3rd, 2007 at 9:25 pm
ooops
meant
..who’s married to a Filipina…
September 6th, 2007 at 1:57 am
mary,
i’m a newbie here. i must say, your food blog is amazing!
i was intrigued by this particular entry because i am filipino born in the philippines but lived more than half of my life in the US. it’s great that you are open minded when it comes to filipino food. sometimes our food tends to be greasy but i think the best way to describe it is… it’s slowcooked with tender loving passion.
ironically, i lived in an area called koreatown here in los angeles, was going out with a korean guy for 6 years and i am so much familiar with their culture. i am hooked to korean food (galbi, soon tofu gook and bibimbap are so far my favorites) and i have to have my daily dose of korean drama( shipped all the way from korea)which were influenced by my EX mother in law.
i am so fascinated by your blogs because though i am not korean, i feel like i am pretty much mericanized, blended with filipino blood, i have grown to embrace korean food and its culture (eventhough, the traditionalist korean people have not embraced me - i’d still give them free hugs =P). someday, i really want to travel or maybe do some charity work in south korea. so i can get the close glimpse of what it’s like to taste everything and live the korean way.
by the way, where do you come from if you don’t mind me asking? but if it’s too personal, i totally respect that.
well, keep up the good work and i, i will keep reading!
God bless and stay safe and healthy!
len
http://www.pinayfreestyle.blogspot.com