Merienda at pulutang Pinoy

Episode on September 4, 2008 Thursday night after Saksi Filipinos are known as a food-loving people. A typical day for us consists of three full meals, BUT WITH THREE EXTRA SNACKS: a morning and afternoon merienda, plus midnight snack! And this doesn’t include our “pulutan" or side dishes during our drinking sessions! This Thursday, satiate your food cravings as 100% Pinoy gives you the best Pinoy merienda and pulutan! A merienda-eating challenge with Miriam Quiambao awaits African-American Charles Lamont Waters as he tries to eat a full-day’s meal, the Filipino way! After eating breakfast, he samples several mid-morning snacks like pan de sal with “kesong puti," ensaimada with queso de bola, “suman sa lihiya" partnered with tsokolate eh! He then gobbles down scoops of sampaguita ice cream and eats fresh lumpiang ubod for mid-afternoon snack after eating lunch. Will Charles be able to take this stomach-filling challenge? Miriam also tours Metro Manila in search of the best places to eat merienda. Where can you find the best-tasting dinuguan and puto, or the crunchiest tokwa’t baboy? Meanwhile, Joaquin Valdes tries the all-time–favorite pulutan of Pinoys: from the yummy sisig to the sinful chicharon! But how did we really learn to partner these mouth-watering side dishes with liquor drinking? Joaquin also discovers that some Pinoys have discovered new versions of pulutan like Pritong Hantik (Fried Fire Ants) and Inadobong Biya!

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Anong bansa sa mundo ang aaming anim na beses silang kumain sa isang araw? Almusal, merienda, tanghalian, merienda, hapunan at midnight snack… hindi pa kasama riyan ang mga pulutan tuwing may kasiyahan! Ngayong gabi sa 100% Pinoy, tikman ang merienda at pulutang all-time favorite ng mga PInoy. Isang challenge ang binigay namin sa isang dayuhan: susubukan ng AfrIcan-American na si Charles Lamont Waters kung ano ang pakiramdam nang kumakain ng anim na beses sa isang araw! Sasamahan siya ni Miriam Quiambao tikman ang mga pinakamasasarap na Pinoy merienda, mula sa pandesal na may kesong puti, ensaymada with queso de bola, suman sa lihiya at tsokolate eh! Kayanin kaya niya ang hamon? Saan nga ba matitikman ang mga pinakamasasarap na merienda? Lilibutin ni Miriam ang Metro Manila para hanapin kung saan puwedeng bumili ng masarap na puto’t dinuguan, tokwa’t baboy at maging… bananacue! Kung si Miriam nabusog kakakain ng merienda, si Joaquin Valdes naman, makikipulutan! Sisig at chicharon ang karaniwang inihahandang kasabay ng mga panulak, pero paano nga ba natin ito nakahiligang i-partner sa alak? At alam nyo bang ang pagkahilig natin sa pulutan, dinala na to the next level ng ilan sa ating kababayan? Aalamin ni Joaquin ang mga kakaibang pulutang na-imbento ng mga Pinoy gaya ng pritong hantik na kinakain sa may Cavite at Inadobong Biya sa Nueva Ecija.