Category Archives: Food

Another Philippine Gold: Pork Belly Judged World’s Best Vegetable Soup!

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) -The Philippines has garnered another gold this Olympic season.

Taste Atlas has announced that the country’s sinigang is the world’s best vegetable soup, beating competitors from around the world.

This time, the Philippines fooled the judges. They thought liempo (pork belly) was a vegetable!

Congratulations are in order!

New Essential Under Enhanced Community Quarantine

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – As the National Capital Region (NCR) prepares for the strictest community quarantine beginning August 6, many citizens are turning to a new essential in the light of restrictions.

When Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) gets underway, indoor as well as al fresco dining will be prohibited, leaving Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APOR) to have to fend for themselves for their meals and snacks.

In the week before the ECQ, citizens have been buying portable alcohol dispensers and filling them up with vinegar and sili (chili), an essential dip/dressing for lumpia (egg roll) and other Filipino delicacies like okoy (shrimp fritters) and boneless bangus (milkfish.)

So to all APORs, beginning August 6, don’t leave home without it.

DTI Shuts Down 3 Karinderias For Substandard Adobo!

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – The Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is dead serious about its new initiative to establish national standards for the cooking of adobo.

In just the last 24 hours, DTI has closed three karinderias for violation of yet-to-be-established standards.

”We’re just being proactive,” a DTI official told The Adobo Chronicles.

The establishments were closed for:

  1. Using pineapple in the recipe
  2. Adding sugar to the recipe
  3. Adding CDO liver spread instead of the recommended Reno liver spread.

In addition to being shut down, the kariendera owners could face fine and jail time.