Mi Goreng Street Food in Zamboanga City Philippines

Travelling isn't only about going and exploring new places. It is also about savoring the best food that a new place has to offer. 

In Zamboanga city, one of the important things that a traveler or a city visitor should do is to indulge one's self in food. Zamboanga has so many food that can not be found anywhere else, at least in the Philippines. We have Satti, Pianggang, Daral, Pastil, Curacha and more. Most of these food are influenced by the Spaniards when we were once a colony of Spain. The Indian and Malaysian influence are also evident in these food where curry is common in some of these 'Zamboagna only' food. The indigenous Muslim Filipino tribes, (Yakan, Samal, Tausug, Maranao and more) also has their own unique taste in desserts which was further enhanced when their food where introduced in Zambonga City.  

One of the food that I really like is the Mi Goreng. I didn't know what the name meant until I googled it. It means "Fried Noodles". A simple and sensible name. The noodles is being fried in oil and mixed with their 'magic' soy sauce and served with fried egg topping.

Mi Goreng just sprouted in the streets of Zamboanga City recently. I don't remember seeing this food in the streets of my hometown few years ago. Now I'm wondering how it flourished here. Hmmm That would be interesting. 

Drool over this video and enjoy watching :) 

Shot with my Smartphone: Cloudfone Excite Prime 

Bahay Kubo Filipino Song (English Lyrics)

My brother is an amazing guitarist. He is one of the well-known guitarist in Zamboanga City. He plays guitar in bars, restaurants, weddings, birthdays, and all other special occasions where live music is needed. He has a band called the New Soul band. Music is his full time career now. 

One of Thea's favorite song is Bahay Kubo, a Filipino traditional folk song. The song talks about a small hut  (meaning of the title) surrounded with many kinds of vegetables. The song names different kinds of vegetable in Tagalog. The composer must be a vegetable farmer. 

 Here the English version of the lyrics grabbed from https://rverzola.wordpress.com

My humble hut

may look tiny,

but the veggies around

it, sure are many.

Yam beans and eggplants,

wing’d beans and peanuts,

string, hyacinth and lima beans.

Winter melon and loofah,

bottl’ gourd, squash, et cetera.

There is more, amiga,

radish, mustard, yeah!

Onions, tomatoes

garlic and ginger.

If you look all around,

sesame seeds abound!

Because Thea wouldn's stop from playing, Monray played the song Bahay Kubo ith his guitar while I sing it for Thea. 

Family Day out at CityMall Tetuan Zamboanga

It is a rare accasion that all of us, family members, are at home. It was a sunday. In most sundays, my Dad is at church, my mom is resting from work, my brother is on his gig, and my sister is at the hospital at work, and I hand out with my friends at the mall. But not today, we're all at home. My dad has no church appointments, my sister is on her rest day, my brother has no gig, and I am too lazy to go out my my friends. 

We decided to go out and visit a new mall that has recently opened, CityMall Tetuan, Zamboanga City. It is a small shopping center with fast food restaurants, shopping store, and an indoor playground for kids. It was 3 kilometers from home. It was easy for us to get there. My mom doesn't really like going out but to my surprise, she was fine with going out with the whole family.  

This Sunday was a family day out. We went to CityMall. Had dinner in Jollibee and strolled around. It was a small mall so we toured every corner in minutes. 

When Thea passed by the playground, her eyes was mesmerized by the colors of the slides. She was excited to see those children having fun with the slides. Thea, hurriedly ran towards the slides and attempted to try it. I assisted her getting up. She was scared when she got on the ramp but she was brave enough to give in to the gravity and slide her was down. We were happy to see Thea having fun. It was Thea's night out.