Overseas Pinoy Cooking

Puerto Princessa’s Chaolong, Bona’s Chaolong - Palawan Food Trip Part 2 . Chaolong is Puerto Princessa’s local version of Pho a Vietnamese noodle soup . Chaolong is a misnomer, chaolong is pork innards porridge in Vietnam but the local chaolong is a meat stew soup with noodles. Puerto Princessa is known for Vietnamese restaurant and eateries being a host a processing center for Vietnamese refugees or boat people in the past. Most of the Vietnamese have since left and to those who have opted to stay are in to chaolongan eateries all over Puerto Princessa or are in to Vietnamese Specialty Restaurants . The more popular of Puerto Princessa’s chaolongan is Bona’s Chaolong , the place is a typical eatery with wooden tables and plastic chairs along the road in an open garage setup. Expect that the place is crowded, it is frequented by locals for the reason their food are cheap. We visited the place early for a breakfast of chaolong with bread , we arrived at the pl...

El Nido, Island Hopping - Palawan Food Trip Part 1 . I would like to take a break on posting recipes. This time I want to share in pictures our El Nido, Island Hopping Food Trip . By posting our El Nido, Palawan Island Hopping Trip , I hope in a way it could help our readers who are planning to go to El Nido . Last December we finally have change to go to El Nido, Palawan on an island hopping adventure. The El Nido, Palawan Trip was supposed to happen this year. We originally have planned to first visit Coron and Calauit, Palawan with a side trip to the Underground River in Sabang . But then because Coron was directly hit by super typhoon Yolanda we decided to take the El Nido trip instead and hopefully go to Coron and Calauit this year. I will not be posting so much on the island hopping experience on this blog that is reserved for a posting on our travel blog, Overseas Pinoy Travels . Instead I am only highlighting the food experience and adventures on our stay at...