My Favorite OTOP Food
This is in no particular order…
Bicol’s version of Baklava because of the pili nuts. We didn’t get to buy this (I just remembered!) when we went but we got to try this when Miss T gave us a box. It was not too sweet for me which is good. Gooey when you bite into it (beacuse of the caramel), messy because of the crust falling off(and because AD was finishing it all off). Individually packed. We loved this! I just regret that I wasn’t able to buy it because I was thinking of other things (and getting old). Cost is P180 for 24packs.

Hungarian Sausage from HERO. At P70 each, this was our lunch. We even shared this ONE hotdog sandwich. I don’t usually eat hotdogs but HB ordered it and couldn’t refuse. Glad I didn’t because I asked from one bite to another until we were already hogging that one sandwich. We should’ve bought one more so we can have one each but that would be too much for us since we’ve been stall hopping and trying to test almost all of the food stalls we can pass by! We loved this because we ate it while it was hot from the griller and it was spicy. All the more because we were sharing only ONE sandwich.
You can buy the Hungarian sausage for P285/ kilo which has 9-12 pieces. (I should’ve bought no? But I didn’t!). One of their bestseller is schublig. Ignorant as I am when it comes to sausages, I asked what is the difference, and they told me, schublig is minus the spiced flavor of the Hungarian sausage.
This was the 1st noodle stall I saw (after that, I saw too many noodles stall) and I bought 1 pack only to try it out. What made me bought it? I saw the word MALUNGGAY noodles and thought why not try it? It’s not that I’m running low with my supply of milk for JX but I was also curious. I don’t think it would really have an effect on my milk supply (I can have fresh malunggay anytime I want because we have it at home.) but I just want to try it out. There were many variants of it such as squash, carrots, ampalaya, spinach, soybean, pechay, saluyot and yacon. They even included recipes if you want to prepare it as mami, canton, crispy canton or a snack (and eat it that way like I used to when I was in my younger years…brought back memories..). To date, I haven’t tried it yet but hopefully, my impulse buying was a good choice. Priced at P25 each. Shouldn’t hurt my pocket
Homemakers literally gathered around this booth so I thought I’d also join the wagon. True enough, I bought a bottle of the Kesong Puti in Italian Dressing (P150). It was healthier than the dips & spreads (P100) but more expensive which I didn’t mind. Perfect for crackers or melba toast! I don’t think it will even last for a day when we attack this (so I still don’t dare open it, hahaha. Actually, I still have to buy the crackers.).
I loved this Kalabas Okoy because it is okey na okey, pagkaing okey sa presyong olrayt ( I loved this Kalabas Okoy because it is okay and the price is right.) This okoy is made of squash strips, onions, shrimps and flour instead of the all shrimps. Too bad it was fried but I tried ONE. Anyway, looks good ain’t it? It is! And it only cost me P15 per piece. The vinegar made ittaste better!
I’ve seen these tahong chips but never really interests me because it’s chips. I try to stay away from junk food that’s why. This is our first time to get a taste of the tahong chips and we instantly liked it. Made from Green mussels which guarantees the customer rich in iron, iodine and calcium! It really tasted like the tahong! Also good to enjoy with organic spiced vinegar if you’re fond of having dips for your chips but it can stand alone as tahong chips only. It costs P45 for 120g while P20 for 35g. The 120g tahong chips comes with the spiced vinegar while you just buy the 35g packof tahong chips.
Tomorrow is their last day at Megamall so do dropby when you’re in the area.
TIP: Go around first. Take note of what appeals to you (Cost, Healthy, Other Competitors) then decide or you can take their contact details so you can order when you’ve made up your mind. And oh, don’t forget to bring your own bottled water, you’ll get thirsty after all those eating bits and bits from each stall unless you have a plan to try all the wines there.
Enjoy your food trip! Do share what else you’ve found which I didn’t! Would love to hear from you!






July 13th, 2008 at 7:37 am
the kesong puti spread looks interesting.. how long will it keep? expiration date?
THe sausage looks good:)
July 18th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I also visited OTOP. I like the pastillas from Isabella. There was also another pastillas brand from Pampanga, but I don’t remember the brand. I have their calling cards here somewhere… My mom also bought some dried spider shrimps which can be used for fried rice.