Jennifer Hallock's Blog: Sugar Sun Series Extras - Posts Tagged "rice"

Under the Sugar Sun

Needless to say, Georgina liked the bodbod. I mean, what's not to like? Sticky rice with mango alone was responsible for a fifteen-pound weight gain back when I was 19. Add chocolate to that mix? I'm a goner.

I was inspired to write this post because Suzette sent me a picture of a the Budbud-Kabog stall in Legazpi Market in Makati, and I got all jealous, like Fifty Shades of Green. And the owner is from Bais! And he has sugar baron stories! I've got more research to do...checking PAL fares now.



Anyway, bodbod was one of the highlights of my research trip to Bais, Tanjay, and Dumaguete. Apparently, I'm not the only one: Andrews Calumpang wrote a song about the delight, entitled “Ang Budbud sa Tanjay." Tanjay even has a festival to bodbod every third week in December, where they make the world's biggest bodbod (80 kilos) and the world's smallest (fits in a matchbox).

If you're new to street food, you'll notice the eco-friendly banana leaf packaging. Given my fight to extricate new earbuds out of their blister pack this morning, I think we should sell everything in banana leaves. According to Choose Philippines, the antibacterial properties of the coconut oil will keep the bodbod fresh for a week.



All signs point to bodbod! Fate wants me to eat all the sweet treats. It's destiny!

Choose Philippines: http://www.choosephilippines.com/…/lo...

Go to the Bodbod Festival!: http://www.tourism.gov.ph/sitepages/F...

Both photos by Jennifer Hallock, 2010.