Breakfast in The Philippines

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After eating all the insides of your soft boiled egg, it is turned upside down and a spoon is used to smash the centre down to the bottom of the egg cup. This is to prevent the Elves in your garden making homes from them!

Enzyte Bob wrote:

frankanderson wrote:

nothing special...

sometimes just bagel and butter,

if I am really lazy, pure food jumbo chicken hot dogs D

I've yet to find a good bagel in PH, the ones from S&R suck so bad I threw them away. Now what would be Heaven? A real NY style Rye Bagel with Cream Cheese, Lox and a thin slice of Sweet Onion.

WHERE CAN I FIND A REAL BAGEL IN PH?

I really like the Pure Jumbo Chicken Dogs.

I wonder if you can get other bakery products in the provinces:
baguettes, dinner rolls,12-grains, bagels, sour dough
I am not a fan of pandesal and white sliced bread.

Jackson4 wrote:

I wonder if you can get other bakery products in the provinces:
baguettes, dinner rolls,12-grains, bagels, sour dough
I am not a fan of pandesal and white sliced bread.

Of course you can. I don't eat white bread either. Rustan's has a bakery that makes excellent whole grain and sourdough loaves, and there are a couple of bakeries in Cebu where we get regular whole wheat on a weekly basis. Also some boutique restaurants (French and German) around Cebu that sell excellent bread that you can sink your teeth into..

We are quite happy with the Gardenia   "high fibre whole wheat bread' that we buy in SM. Gardenia also do a high Fibre wheat Raisin loaf that goes well toasted during the afternoons.
When we first discovered a "Bread Shop" in SM at Lipa, we bought a French stick and dunked it in the coffee next door....not much flavour to the bread though on its own. My wife tried to make her own bread but the All purpose flour we can buy doesn't impart much of a taste. From a store in the market we tried using another type of loose flour but not much of a change.

Gardenia high fibre whole wheat bread is the only bread i can find here in Cagayan De Oro that is not too sweet, but having been around other parts of the Philippines I must say I am very disappointed that there isn't a branch of the French Bakery here in CDO because their bread was the best I have ever tasted her in the Philippines, although a little expensive.

We had a French Baker shop in the SM at Dasmarinas and they did a great breakfast on a tray with ground coffee and small chocolate in a paper cup, just like a club class presentation. Sadly they have gone and left us with a  noodle place.

There are "Delifrance" restaurants on the Highway and in Makati that we always use and the latter opposite City Bank Tower where we have our Visas renewed, is very convenient to eat while waiting for the office workers to start work. Although I have to say that their "Breakfast trays" have declined in quality over the years.

Tried the "Pancake house" the other day and their breakfast selection is nice except for the choice of pancakes with bacon.....sweet meat again yuk.

FindlayMacD wrote:

Gardenia high fibre whole wheat bread is the only bread i can find here in Cagayan De Oro that is not too sweet, but having been around other parts of the Philippines I must say I am very disappointed that there isn't a branch of the French Bakery here in CDO because their bread was the best I have ever tasted her in the Philippines, although a little expensive.

In the Manila area I did buy their rye bed a couple times, not bad, just average. Sometimes they would not have it and I asked why, they said you have to come early.

Well I did come early, the bread was a little stale and in three days it was moldy. I found out it was baked somewhere else and could have sitting on the shelf for several days.

No more rye bread for me, plus when I Emailed them I never got an answer. Personally I don't do business  with a company that doesn't respond to Emails from their customers.

Enzyte Bob wrote:

FindlayMacD wrote:

Gardenia high fibre whole wheat bread is the only bread i can find here in Cagayan De Oro that is not too sweet, but having been around other parts of the Philippines I must say I am very disappointed that there isn't a branch of the French Bakery here in CDO because their bread was the best I have ever tasted her in the Philippines, although a little expensive.

In the Manila area I did buy their rye bed a couple times, not bad, just average. Sometimes they would not have it and I asked why, they said you have to come early.

Well I did come early, the bread was a little stale and in three days it was moldy. I found out it was baked somewhere else and could have sitting on the shelf for several days.

No more rye bread for me, plus when I Emailed them I never got an answer. Personally I don't do business  with a company that doesn't respond to Emails from their customers.

When I was a single guy here in CDO I used to go to a little Filipino food place where lots of foreigners used to hang out and drink beer, Just nearby there was a bakery and as I felt peckish, I went there and managed to buy a very fresh and very tasty french stick. Then I went back to the food place and bought some of their lovely vegetable soup and had a very enjoyable meal. A few days later I thought I'd try that again so I went back to the same bakery, only to find that the french stick they had (still wrapped and on sale) was so hard you could have hospitalised someone if you hit them over the head with a stick of it. I don't know who they though was going to buy it but it was still on sale and as I went around the other bakery's in the area I found that it was quite common to find inedible food still on sale days after it should have been thrown away.

Street food...best to stay safe guys (don't buy/try any if its not freshly cooked/fried/baked/roasted & stay away fm cold drinks that are non-bottled.
Having said that I'd rather eat something that may not be too fancy or tasty but safe to eat than to catch a stomache bug due to careless eating habits.
Omo

FindlayMacD wrote:

A few days later I thought I'd try that again so I went back to the same bakery, only to find that the french stick they had (still wrapped and on sale) was so hard you could have hospitalised someone if you hit them over the head with a stick of it.

Are they selling it as food or weapon?
Did you check the sign?

manwonder wrote:

Street food...best to stay safe guys (don't buy/try any if its not freshly cooked/fried/baked/roasted & stay away fm cold drinks that are non-bottled.
Having said that I'd rather eat something that may not be too fancy or tasty but safe to eat than to catch a stomache bug due to careless eating habits.
Omo

Good advice, I even feel safer when our beef, chicken, pork & fish are purchased through major supermarkets. Fresh markets are a landing strip for Flies & UFO's.

Really no inspection meat like in First World counties. At our house we don't drink the tap water.

It would be great if Singapore-style hawker center exists in the Philippines. You can get a wide variety of breakfast/lunch/dinner. But sanitation inspection/enforcement would be a challenge.

I do lots of omlets but %80 of the time we can only find green little tomatoes for them but plenty of garlic or black pepper or onions around,i get cheese in big 3000peso chunks when i can find it,sometimes its cheddar sometimes mozzarella,expensive but it lasts a long time  .i never get that processed orange sliced fake cheese. i have grilled cheese sandwiches and over easy eggs with toast ( unfortunately) all the bread we can find is sweet) sometimes french toast sometimes pancakes. always coffee,3-5 cups and smokes w/laptop.

almost forgot-hashbrowns with ketchup!

I'd love to include Weetabix with into my breakfast menu instead of the boring oats I eat daily...if only it was readily available here...& I'd drink to that.

FindlayMacD wrote:

I went there and managed to buy a very fresh and very tasty french stick. Then I went back to the food place and bought some of their lovely vegetable soup and had a very enjoyable meal. A few days later I thought I'd try that again so I went back to the same bakery, only to find that the french stick they had (still wrapped and on sale) was so hard you could have hospitalised someone if you hit them over the head with a stick of it. I don't know who they though was going to buy it but it was still on sale and as I went around the other bakery's in the area I found that it was quite common to find inedible food still on sale days after it should have been thrown away.

Back in the states some of the supermarkets that have bakeries would put a day old sticker on the baked goods and at a discount.

Also in the packaged meat department, they would have a special place for the meat that was expiring that day at a large discount. That's the first place I would look. Porter House, T-Bone and Rib Eye Steaks would sell at the same price as Sirloin steaks with a fresher date.

The more the supermarket would error originally for the demand the more the bigger supply of expiring  steaks would be available.

Which reminds me of something else in the past. During certain holidays BBQ's would be popular. Ethnic groups favor different type of ribs, Babyback or St. Louis style ribs which is a different cut of the pig.

I preferred Babyback Ribs and all the supermarkets in my area were sold out and only had St. Louis type. So I went to the same supermarket chain but in a different ethnic neighborhood, they had loads of Babyback Ribs but were sold out of St. Louis type.

Enzyte Bob wrote:

Back in the states some of the supermarkets that have bakeries would put a day old sticker on the baked goods and at a discount.

Also in the packaged meat department, they would have a special place for the meat that was expiring that day at a large discount. That's the first place I would look.

Yes thats what I have tried to do...but here the staff have 1st priority to all the good few day old cuts/pastries for which I'm sure they have a direct bulk buyer who buys them cheap & then repackages/re-sells them at a profit.

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Peter Clark wrote:

We had a French Baker shop in the SM at Dasmarinas and they did a great breakfast on a tray with ground coffee and small chocolate in a paper cup, just like a club class presentation. Sadly they have gone and left us with a  noodle place.

There are "Delifrance" restaurants on the Highway and in Makati that we always use and the latter opposite City Bank Tower where we have our Visas renewed, is very convenient to eat while waiting for the office workers to start work. Although I have to say that their "Breakfast trays" have declined in quality over the years.

Tried the "Pancake house" the other day and their breakfast selection is nice except for the choice of pancakes with bacon.....sweet meat again yuk.

When it comes to eat-out breakfast, our favorite is Seattle's Best Big Breakfast 3: 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, toast, butter, marmalade, bacon and sausage (not sausage patty). I also like their smoked salmon panini.

Tim Horton's also has good breakfast options. I like their brewed coffee.

Fil-Am Mom wrote:

Peter Clark wrote:

We had a French Baker shop in the SM at Dasmarinas and they did a great breakfast on a tray with ground coffee and small chocolate in a paper cup, just like a club class presentation. Sadly they have gone and left us with a  noodle place.

There are "Delifrance" restaurants on the Highway and in Makati that we always use and the latter opposite City Bank Tower where we have our Visas renewed, is very convenient to eat while waiting for the office workers to start work. Although I have to say that their "Breakfast trays" have declined in quality over the years.

Tried the "Pancake house" the other day and their breakfast selection is nice except for the choice of pancakes with bacon.....sweet meat again yuk.

When it comes to eat-out breakfast, our favorite is Seattle's Best Big Breakfast 3: 2 pancakes, 2 eggs, toast, butter, marmalade, bacon and sausage (not sausage patty). I also like their smoked salmon panini.

Tim Horton's also has good breakfast options. I like their brewed coffee.

Stop it, my mouth is watering. We recently visited a new establishment for breakfast just up the road, opened a couple of months ago even with C-19, seems like they are here to stay, new large modern building, plenty of parking and the breakfast was delicious, going back soon to try their lunch menu.


Cheers, Steve.