Aside from the annual Hot Air Balloon festival being held in Clark, Pampanga is also a destination for food tripping. The province of Pampanga is located 1.5 hours drive north of Manila. The province is also where the Clark International Airport is located where it offers more international flights now mainly for Cebu Pacific and Air Asia. So travellers and food enthusiasts can always visit Pampanga at least for a day trip.
Aling Lucing’s restaurant in Angeles City is a must-visit because of the sizzling sisig. Sizzling sisig, is a Filipino dish made from parts of pig’s head and liver, chopped, minced, marinated and seasoned with chilli peppers and calamansi and it all originated in this restaurant.
A few minutes drive down south to San Fernando, we reached a place for dessert. We went to visit what was recommended by some Filipino food bloggers which is Halo Halo ni Corazon. Thanks to Google map for finding the location of the restaurant. Apparently, the halo halo is way cheaper and better than other more famous Pampanga Halo Halo brands. This is not too sweet with banana, beans, pastillas sweets and corn as ingredients.
On the way back to Manila, we checked out food stores for Kapampangan sweets including Mochi which is a sticky rice cake with monggo beans paste as filling. It comes with coconut milk sauce to taste it better. Now i’m craving again while i write this post. There are still lots of food to try in Pampanga. Will check it out again next time.
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