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Banana Turon - "Two-roon"

Banana Turon - "Two-roon"

Crispy-fried cooking bananas wrapped in light rice wrappers with a filling of fresh jackfruit strips coated in caramelized brown sugar.

Tikoy - "Tee-kuy"

Tikoy - "Tee-kuy"

A "kakanin" (rice dessert) made of freshly squeezed coconut milk, finely ground glutinous rice kernels, cane sugar and then steamed to perfection and topped with toasted nuts and coconuts flakes. It comes with a variety of flavors - chocolate, fruit, pandan and so much more.

Budbud - "Bood-bood"

Budbud - "Bood-bood"

Glutinous rice mixed with sugared coconut milk and wrapped in banana leaves then steamed until leaves turn brown that signals that it is cooked to perfection!

Kutsinta - "Koot-seen-tah"

Kutsinta - "Koot-seen-tah"

A kakanin (rice dessert) made of ground glutinous rice, sugar and the infamous lye water which gives this steamed dessert its sought-after great taste. Topped with freshly grated young coconut.

Banana Q - "Queue"

Banana Q - "Queue"

People always queue for a banana Q - that is banana "cued"/skewered in bamboo sticks and then deep-fried in a concoction of oil and caramelized sugar.

Sorbetes - "Sor-be-tez"

Sorbetes - "Sor-be-tez"

Known as the Dirty Ice cream, there is certainly nothing dirty for this heat quencher. These are homemade fruit-flavored ice cream that comes in carts making it obviously a hit street food.

Sorbetes in cone

Sorbetes in cone

Popular dirty ice cream flavor is the strawberry (pink), mango (yellow), vanilla (white), corn (yellow), buko pandan (green) and the unforgettable ube (violet).

Mango sago - "sa-gow"

Mango sago - "sa-gow"

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