After more than a year, we are finally back on our country date nights!! For our 25th meal, Mark took us to the Phillipines! The Phillipines is an "archipelagic country," comprised of 7,641 (!!) islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Our main course was a delicious chicken adobo. Mark has been making us a fast pork adobo for years, but this slow-cooked version was a very tasty twist.
These pork lumpia were awesome! They tasted like latkes to me, I guess because they were fried in oil. Soo good! With a sweet chili sauce. Mark said they were time-consuming and very delicate/fiddly to make.
There was also a lovely cucumber salad, similar to one I make, which I would definitely want to have again.
This laing, made of taro leaves, was really not for me. Sort of a sweet dirty earth flavor.
The kutsinta had a very mild, almost custardy taste. I didn't love the gelatinous texture, but this was fun to try.
The calamansi juice was delicious!! Like a sweet lemonade or limeade kind of flavor. Paired well with tequila!
When? December 3, 2023
Who cooked? Mark
What's for dinner? (Recipe links)
Phillipines Stats
- Population: 113.9 million (a little more than the 4 most populous US states -- California, Florida, Texas, and New York -- combined)
- GDP: 29th in the world (compared to US #2)
- Life Expectancy: low at 69.27, 135th in the world (US is 59th at 76.33)
- Founding Date/Age in 2023: 1946/77
- Official Language: Filipino, English
- Rankings:
- Largest producer of
- Abacá (Manila Hemp)
- Nickel
- Largest archipelagic state without land border in the world by area and population
- Largest papal mass
- Largest indoor arena
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