Category Archives: Food

Entertainment, Food, Health & Medicine

Atty. Vince Tañada’s Second Job As Milk Endorser

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – It is a known fact that Atty. Vince Tañada’s films are not doing well at the box office, especially compared to Daryl Yap’s “Maid in Malacañang.” So it is no surprise that he has taken on a second job like many enterprising Pinoys.

Tañada is now a celebrity endorser for Promil and Nido milk, although it is unknown how much he is paid for this new gig.

Along the way, Tañada has taken jabs at another celebrity endorser, the more successful and extremely popular Toni Gonzaga who has endorsed a rival milk product, Lactum.

Bottomline is, it is really up to parents and pediatricians to choose or recommend what’s best for the kids. So this may be the only and last paid commercial endorsement for Tañada.

Food, International

Move Over, Adobo And Sinigang, Here Are The Worst Of Filipino Foods!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Even with food, the Philippines is always on the international radar.

We all know that adobo and sinigang have long been recognized among the best cuisines the world over.

But then again, the Philippines also made it to the list of the world’s top worst food, according to TasteAtlas.

Included in the worst list are Naga City’s Kinalas and the Filipino traditional breakfast Hotsilog.

Kinalas is a Filipino dish of noodles, spices, pork or beef brains, and scraped meat from pork or beef head, with the addition of a thick brown sauce made from dried shrimps, vinegar, garlic, shallots, soy sauce, and fish sauce.

Hotsilog is, of course, that plated breakfast of fried rice, egg and hotdog.

Ex-Vice President Leni Robredo, who hails from Naga, is contemplating on lodging a complaint against TasteAtlas for naming her favorite food among the world’s worst.

Food

Philippines To Import 21 K Metric Tons Of French’s Crispy Fried Onions!

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MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. has approved the importation of 21,000 metric tons of onions, as recommended by the Philippines’ Department of Agriculture.

The move is aimed at addressing the shortage and rising costs of onions in the country.

Importers are being asked to immediately submit their import application to DA in order to ensure the onions’ timely arrival.

The onions will be imported from the United States through a designated New York-based company, French’s.

French’s is an American brand of prepared  condiments and other food items, including the extremely popular French’s fried onions. It is owned by McCormick & Company.

The Adobo Chronicles reached out to DA Assistant Secretary Rex Estoperez and asked him how many cans of French’s Crispy Fried Onions will make up the 21,000 metric tons. Each can contains about 170 grams. He said DA statisticians are still in the process of calculating that final number.