For my birthday this year, we took a culinary tour of the Philippines, Hawaii, India, Japan and France…
First stop: The Philippine Market in Beaverton for lunch. Maggie, the sweet owner/cook, told us exactly what to order from her tiny little place (sort of looked like a dive) and we had no choice but to obey.
First thing we did was grad a couple of drinks from the fridge…
Appetizer: lumpia. They were delicious!
Everything was freshly made and piping hot and the entire time Maggie was asking if everything was ok.
We knew it was probably good because everyone else there having lunch was Filipino.
After completely stuffing ourselves, we struck up a conversation with a gentleman who had retired from the US Army and was talking about his grandkids, fishing, and going back. But they won’t issue him a visa because he was in the Army.
Then Maggie realized we needed dessert. She called it Filipino shaved ice or halo halo. What it really was was crushed ice, evaporated milk, coconut gels, gels of various colors & shapes, pounded young rice, boiled sweet beans and purple yam ice cream. We were given a large bowl, two spoons and the directions to keep stirring as we ate…
Maggie told us that her husband was going to Manila for 7 months to build them a house for their retirement. She was so excited about her home that she wrote down her name and contact info so that we could contact her and let her husband show us all over the Philippines when we visited there! Maybe she knows something we don’t??? Thanks to our previous conversation with the retired fisherman, we also knew the best route and airlines to take on our trip… LOL
I loved how excited and proud they were of their country and how much they wanted us to go and see it someday!
Our next stop was the Indian Supermarket…
It was a good thing I was so full from lunch or I would have spent a fortune!
After all that good food and time with my sweet hubby, we went home to open presents and enjoy some sweets from France and Japan… :)
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