Huwebes, Hulyo 14, 2011

Street foods



Street foods are very famous here in the Philippines for the reason that it is ready-to-eat food or drink and is sold in streets or in any public places such as a market. Most street foods are both finger and fast food. Street food are very cheap. It costs less than a restaurant meal. 

Fact: According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, 2.5 billion people eat street food every day.

Some known street foods are what we call fishball, squidball, kikiam, quek-quek(egg), isaw(chicken intestine) and many more. It comes with sauce to make the street foods more delicious.

Along the street beside SDA bulding, we saw two vendors selling this:


Quek-quek & Isaw





Shown below are processes in making quek-quek.

1. He starts by boiling the oil in a big pan.



2. The ready-to-cook quek-quek. It is dipped in a sticky liquid(water and egg) with orange food color.


 3. While cooking the quek-quek in deep boiling oil.



This is the finished product.


The vendors selling street foods.


This is Patty eating quek-quek. It is somehow yummy.



Mikee eating another street food which is siomai.


Street foods are cheap and delicious BUT we must be concerned with our health. It may be appetizing but we are not sure of its cleanliness. Remember that it is cooked and sold in streets. Air Pollution is everywhere.
 It is discouraged to eat street foods because of the harm/disease it gives. 
Put in mind: PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE