Hungry Vlogger's 48 hour Filipino Street Food Binge 🇵🇭

I started my Filipino street food adventure in the Malate area of Manila, looking for some Pancit.

Before I could find a pancit restaurant I found a street vendor selling ube ice cream. It's not a good idea to eat sweet food before a meal, but I couldn't resist. I love the taste of ube, the purple yam that's used in so many Filipino desserts, and had never tried it in ice cream before.

While buying the ice cream cone, another vendor sold me a pack of boiled quail eggs, and they came in useful later.

I strolled around the Malate area, enjoying my ice cream, then got back to my original mission, the Pancit hunt.

I found a restaurant on Google Maps, Rita's Pancit Malabon. It seems that there are many varieties of Pancit and Pancit Malabon is one of them.

The Pancit Malabon that I was served was a bowl of rice noodles, soaked in a yellow sauce that was tangy, fishy and spicy. Not what I was expecting at all, but tasty nonetheless. And that's where the quail eggs came in, as I added them to my bowl of pancit for extra flavour and protein!

The pancit meal was quite salty, so I went on the hunt for a refreshing drink. I came across a vendor selling a mysterious black liquid they said was Gulaman. I had no idea what it was, and after tasting it I have no idea how to describe it. At only 10 pesos per cup it's a bargain though.

Strolling towards Dolomite Beach with my cup of Gulaman in hand, I found some more street food that I couldn't resist. Turon is a hot, crispy delicious banana spring roll. Deep fried and delicious.

I'd eaten the Turon before at the Filipino Mall in Kuala Lumpur, so I knew what it was and I knew it was tasty. The Manila street food version of Turon was a huge portion size and covered in caramel. What an incredible sweet treat.

I took a walk past the American embassy and Dolomite beach, when I met a magician who was keen to show me his tricks. He entertained me so I bought a couple of his overpriced magic tricks and took them back to my hotel to play with.

After a late afternoon swim in the New Coast Hotel swimming pool, I was back out in Malate for a haircut and trip to Denny's but that wasn't included in the vlog.

The next day my Filipino street food adventure continued and I enjoyed some Tapsilog from a local restaurant.

Tapsilog is a combination of Tapa and Silog. Tapa is something like a beef jerky and Silog is rice and egg. It's a meal that's normally eaten for breakfast but is nice at any time of the day in my opinion.

After that salty meal I was again on the hunt for a cold drink, and again found a vendor selling Gulaman. I'd never heard of it before but it must be a popular drink in the Philippines.

After avoiding some tourist scammers on the streets of Malate, I bargained for a Trike ride to Divisoria market. They were asking me for 500 pesos, but I had a good idea of what the real price was and ended up paying 200 pesos. The price for an air conditioned car on the Grab app was 285 pesos, so they were really trying it on asking me for 500 for the trike ride.

At Divisoria market I bought myself a cool new baseball cap, enjoyed a Graham Fudge Sundae at Jollibee and then enjoyed a nice sunset stroll back to my Malate hotel. Walking is surely faster than being in rush hour traffic anyway!

0:00 Ube Ice Cream
6:13 Pancit Malabon (Rice Noodles)
12:12 Gulaman Drink
15:48 Turon (Banana Lumpia)
23:33 Street Magician
34:42 Dale Magician
43:44 Tapsilog
49:24 Vegetable Spring Rolls
56:57 Avoid Scammers
1:02:54 Bargaining for a Trike Ride
1:08:58 Divisoria Market
1:17:56 Baseball Cap
1:24:18 Jollibee Dessert
1:26:31 Divisoria to Malate Sunset Stroll

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