I Want My Pandesal
March 22, 2010
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Posted by dmihalia
Ok, so I’m back in the states now and I’m having withdrawl symptoms. Withdrawl from a very special pilipino food and one of the staples of my diet while in the Philippines: pandesal or pan de sal especially from Pan De Manila. I would have it with coffee in the morning, as marienda in the afternoon and a pre bedtime snack.
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For all of you who don’t know what pandesal is I’ll let you know that it is a round bread made of flour, eggs, lard, yeast, sugar, and salt and eaten by most Filipinos and Americans living in the Philippines. I checked up a little on the history of pandesal and found that it was introduced to the Philippines in 16th century and came from Portugal. It started out as just a plain roll eaten for breakfast but has transformed into a sweeter and richer type of bread.
There are arguments over where you can find the best recipe for pandesal and who makes the best. My personal favorite is as mentioned prior from Pan De Manila a franchise that is popping up all around the Metro Manila area especially in shopping malls. What I heard is unique about Pan De Manila is they bake their pan de sal in the traditional brick oven. All I know is if I’m in Pavilion Mall I stop and get some pandesal there along with their peanut butter. It beats any mall food you can get.
Whether you get your favorite from the local bakery or from places like Pan de Manila, hot pandesal is one of the jewels of Pilipino food and something you must try if you are visiting.
Categories: Philippines General
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Tags: pan de sal, pandesal
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I totally agree with you on the goodness of hot pandesal for breakfast. Depending upon where you are, checkout the authentic pandesal from SampaguitaBakery of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Eating it will bring you back to your holidays in Manila.
I dont live really far from Michigan but do you know if they would ship it to me?
Interesting perspective. There are still a whole bunch of Filipino foods that you should try out when you stop by our country such as balut (I couldn’t believe I am recommending it since I never really tried it, lol), diniguan, bagoong, Guimaras mangoes, Biscocho, etc. I guess there are Filipino stores in some states like ID, UT, you simply need to check them out so you won’t have problems with the shipment.
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hot pandesal is the best. especially when someone at work brought a whole container of pancit bihon. everybody makes sandwiches of it. tear the middle of the pandesal and stuffed it with pancit. oh yummy! then some softdrinks to drink after.
Hi Rick
Thanks for making me hungrier than I already was. I think I have some some pancit bihon inn the fridge from yesterday excuse me while I warm it up.
Hi Jonha
I’ve tried many Filipino foods but I’m sure there are some I haven’t. As for the ones you mentioned I have eaten much balut, in fact I have an earlier post on this blog about it. As far as diniguan I haven’t tried it and probably never will LOL! I have had bagoong and it’s not one of my favorites, many people like it on mangoes. Yes there are quite a few Filipino stores around in the states but they don’t come close to actually eating in the Philippines.