Illustration: Buko Halo-Halo
About a week ago, I was brought to a province somewhere in the Philippines and in one of the restaurants we dined in for lunch, we were given this popular Filipino dessert to end our meal. Served inside a buko, it was the damn best halo-halo I’ve ever tasted. I enjoyed it so much that my travel buddies found humor in me eating 2 servings.
In the middle of the hot summer days, I am now missing the pleasure given to me by that halo-halo. It’s hard to find a similar dessert here in Manila that could satisfy my palate the same way it did. And for that I was inspired to make this quick illustration to remember how it was like.
Aside from the caramelized saba, all my other favorite sweets were there, making it the best halo-halo in my standards. The taste and texture of the sweet langka, the chewy nata de coco, and gelatinous kaong beans that danced inside my mouth as the ice cold milk refreshed my throat. Yum.
How about you? What ingredients would make a perfect halo-halo?
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darwin
April 28, 2012
sarap naman nito!!! sa chowking saksakan ng tabang!haha
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Meron naman kasing iba pang bilihan ng halo-halo diba? Hahaha.
Renz Bulseco
April 28, 2012
WAAAAAAAAA. I miss this!
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Thanks for all the butong I ate in Davao. Hahaha.
mots
April 28, 2012
natry mo na yung sa razon’s? leche flan, macapuno and saging na saba lang.. pero (insert coco martin) ang yaaaaaaameeee!
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Oo. Keri lang. Mas bet ko pa rin talaga yung nasa loob ng buko at madaming rekados. Wahaha!
mots
April 28, 2012
ahh gatas pa pala at finely-(kung maka-finely) shaved ice pa pala lol
Marx
April 28, 2012
Na-try ko din ito sa Jo’s Chicken Inato. Na-sarapan din ako ang dami din kasing sahog.
Robbie
May 15, 2012
San yun Marx?
Hoobert the Awesome
April 29, 2012
Sa Chowking, puro yelo. Dafuq! Haha. Sa Razons naman ganun din. Boring.
Dito sa Bicol may sikat na Halo-Haloan. I forgot the name lang. Ay wait, I remember na. DJC Halo-Halo. Sobrang sikat siya kht celebrities. Pero di ako masyadong sold.
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Nako wag na umasa sa ChowKing. Lol. Pero pwede na pagtsagaan.
The best pa din for me mga halo-halo sa probinsya.
khanto
April 29, 2012
basta may leche flan at ube at madamibg gatas, oks na sa akin. ;p
Michael
April 29, 2012
Kahit ano papatusin ko, ang init e. LOL. :D
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Kahit… ginataan?
Jerro Santos
April 30, 2012
Too lazy to make my own halo-halo. Saan ba may ????? halo-halo dito sa Metro?
Jerro Santos
April 30, 2012
Ow. Bakit ????? ang lumabas sa 5-stars fx ko?
jayvie
April 30, 2012
ay basta yung sa chicboy masarap din hihihi ;)
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Meron ba sila? Sige try ko pag napakain kami dun. =)
lou pineda
April 30, 2012
sarap talaga pag fresh! hmm so far ok ako sa razon’s / chowking ayoko aksi ng sobrang tamis at madaming NATA! nam nam XD
gusto ko i try ko himalayas halohalo(?) sa moa
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Ooooh mukhang interesting yung himalayas. Sobrang taas ba nun? Hahahaha!
Will
May 2, 2012
Da best para sakin yung mga halo-halong tinitinda sa kalsada. Affordable na, ubod pa ng dami sa sugar.
Robbie
May 15, 2012
Yoko nun. Parang 30% sugar, 50% ice, 20% everything else. Hahaha.
Alvin
May 18, 2012
Try Kabigting’s in Pampanga! :)
Jessica
May 23, 2012
Gusto ko yung illustration! super Cute! apir!
Earl
June 4, 2012
Awesome illustration!