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YOUR FAVORITE HALO-HALO PLACES: Nathaniel’s Special Halo-Halo
This summer, we asked Youscoopers to name their favorite halo-halo places. We tallied the responses and five establishments—three with headquarters in Pampanga, one in Cavite, and one in Metro Manila—came out on top.
But we weren't content to leave it at that. GMA's own Tonipet Gaba took on the challenge of trying what each of these places has to offer, and now has delivered his verdict.
Presented in no particular order, here is the first of your top five halo-halo places.
With record summer temperatures soaring to an all-time high, what’s this Pinoy foodie to do but to accept an assignment to get out of town and scrounge our local and nearby foodways for what a lot of us would agree is the quintessential and iconic Filipino refreshment, the halo-halo. Versions of this childhood favorite of ours have proliferated all over so we have taken liberties in narrowing the list down to five.
Five of the most talked about minions of Genghis Khan’s much-speculated archetype. They say he and his Mongol henchmen were known to scoop out snow, sprinkle dried, chopped fruits all over and sweeten it further with honey. Now, almost every Asian country, including the Philippines, has modified renditions of this classic cooler.
Nathaniel’s Special Halo-Halo
FNC-Nathaniel’s
Km. 69 Olongapo-Gapan Road,
Dolores, City of San Fernando
P90/Special
P70/Regular
In 1994 Nelly Co found it wise to start selling her family-acclaimed siopao and siomai in their home garage; no space rental fees to mind and just a few steps from her kitchen. Soon there was a clamor for her to come up with other products so a simple dessert recipe, aptly named Buko Pandan Salad, was born. Not long after that fateful year, that garage business has now become a giant corporation composed of 5 booming branches in San Fernando and in Quezon City.
I am a fan of their Buko Pandan Salad and Siomai. I make sure to arm myself with 2 large boxes of Buko Pandan and their largest box of Siomai before braving the Laguna traffic to see my Lola Rosita (Ongpauco). These are her favorites that’s why she has to have her weekly supply.
This particularly hot summer’s day found me reserving a table inside their San Fernando branch. I had featured their QC branch years before for Pop Talk, though today my goal was to try their own take on the halo-halo.
Nathaniel’s Halo-Halo simply spells fun! Each glass has yellow and red beans, garbanzos, ube halaya, leche flan, saging na saba, macapuno, red gulaman and corn flakes! Corn flakes for extra crunch? Why not? Don’t they go well with milk?
I ordered their Special Halo-Halo and what arrived was a tall glass with a round single scoop of ube ice cream and a small cup containing their evaporated milk. They’ll be happy to give you another cup if you want. The bright colors actually reminded of Malaysia’s Ais Kacang only sans the aloe vera gel and gula melaka syrup that they mix in.
This version is your next door suspect in terms of yumminess. For anyone craving the classic version, Nathaniel’s has this for you and your family. It’s the kind that you can offer your Balikbayan relatives and feel proud that you did so. I had no doubt that it would satisfy me on all levels. I had a ball trying to decipher each and every ingredient that played and rolled in my mouth. It was foolproof and confident. Distinguishably Capampangan and proudly Pinoy.
Next: Razon's. — BM, GMA News
But we weren't content to leave it at that. GMA's own Tonipet Gaba took on the challenge of trying what each of these places has to offer, and now has delivered his verdict.
Presented in no particular order, here is the first of your top five halo-halo places.
With record summer temperatures soaring to an all-time high, what’s this Pinoy foodie to do but to accept an assignment to get out of town and scrounge our local and nearby foodways for what a lot of us would agree is the quintessential and iconic Filipino refreshment, the halo-halo. Versions of this childhood favorite of ours have proliferated all over so we have taken liberties in narrowing the list down to five.
Five of the most talked about minions of Genghis Khan’s much-speculated archetype. They say he and his Mongol henchmen were known to scoop out snow, sprinkle dried, chopped fruits all over and sweeten it further with honey. Now, almost every Asian country, including the Philippines, has modified renditions of this classic cooler.
Nathaniel’s Special Halo-Halo
FNC-Nathaniel’s
Km. 69 Olongapo-Gapan Road,
Dolores, City of San Fernando
P90/Special
P70/Regular
In 1994 Nelly Co found it wise to start selling her family-acclaimed siopao and siomai in their home garage; no space rental fees to mind and just a few steps from her kitchen. Soon there was a clamor for her to come up with other products so a simple dessert recipe, aptly named Buko Pandan Salad, was born. Not long after that fateful year, that garage business has now become a giant corporation composed of 5 booming branches in San Fernando and in Quezon City.
I am a fan of their Buko Pandan Salad and Siomai. I make sure to arm myself with 2 large boxes of Buko Pandan and their largest box of Siomai before braving the Laguna traffic to see my Lola Rosita (Ongpauco). These are her favorites that’s why she has to have her weekly supply.
This particularly hot summer’s day found me reserving a table inside their San Fernando branch. I had featured their QC branch years before for Pop Talk, though today my goal was to try their own take on the halo-halo.
Nathaniel’s Halo-Halo simply spells fun! Each glass has yellow and red beans, garbanzos, ube halaya, leche flan, saging na saba, macapuno, red gulaman and corn flakes! Corn flakes for extra crunch? Why not? Don’t they go well with milk?
I ordered their Special Halo-Halo and what arrived was a tall glass with a round single scoop of ube ice cream and a small cup containing their evaporated milk. They’ll be happy to give you another cup if you want. The bright colors actually reminded of Malaysia’s Ais Kacang only sans the aloe vera gel and gula melaka syrup that they mix in.
This version is your next door suspect in terms of yumminess. For anyone craving the classic version, Nathaniel’s has this for you and your family. It’s the kind that you can offer your Balikbayan relatives and feel proud that you did so. I had no doubt that it would satisfy me on all levels. I had a ball trying to decipher each and every ingredient that played and rolled in my mouth. It was foolproof and confident. Distinguishably Capampangan and proudly Pinoy.
Next: Razon's. — BM, GMA News
