Going to the market is part of my weekly routine. I need to stack on food items and grocery items for a week's consumption.
Off to our humble small town market, I'd love to take you around and maybe find some items you might be interested in.
So first things first I need cash. The first thing I did was go to an ATM to withdraw some cash. The ATM was a little distant from the busy market and during that time the weather was hot so I took a "๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฉ" ride to get there. If you ever wondered what is a popot, this is how it looks.
It is a bicycle converted into a three-wheeled public utility vehicle. This is common in our town. Its routes are short distances around the town proper.
As I was riding on the potpot, I passed by the only gasoline station in our town and I wondered if there will ever come a time when people will no longer be dependent on oil. I hate how the prices of oil affect our daily spending as inflation kicks in. Our 1000 Php (20$) has lesser buying power now because of inflation. If the oil price hikes up, all other product prices follow.
With cash on hand, I was ready to go shopping. I went to my favorite grocery store. It is a small rural family-owned store but maybe the biggest in our town. I love to shop here because I would just choose, pick and pay for the items I need. Unlike in other stores, I need to instruct the salesperson on what products I need and they will be the ones to get the items for me.
I am glad that they improved their store. It is cleaner, cooler, lighter, and more organized now.
As I looked around to find the items I needed I found some interesting products.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ ๐พ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ฃ
Recently in the news ๐๐๐๐๐๐ (๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐf ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด) broke this unfortunate news to us that Lucky Me Pancit Cantoon had been recalled in 10 EU countriesโIreland, France, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, The Netherlands, Croatia, Greenland, Faeroe Islands and Malta due to the presence of ethylene oxide, an antimicrobial pesticide. When I read the news, I was eating pancit cantoon. I was dazed for a moment. Torn between throwing it away or just finishing eating it, I choose the latter ๐
. I didn't care anymore, I was hungry. I searched for news if the Philippines was affected by the recall too. But according to FDA, there was nothing to worry about. So this was still on my list. My ever favorite Lucky Me Pancit Canton Kalamansi Flavor.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ
This product is coconut milk processed and packed. I have tried this kind of product before. I guess it was in 2014. After that, I haven't seen this product in the market anymore. This was my second time seeing this in-store again. Gata or coconut milk is used as an ingredient in cooking some Filipino dishes. I was thinking of buying but maybe next time. I still prefer the freshly grated coconut coz it's natural.
๐ฆ๐ผ๐ท๐
Soju is a Korean alcoholic drink typically made from rice or sweet potatoes. If you are a k-drama lover you are probably familiar with this product. This is what you see in Korean dramas they drink when the protagonist is heartbroken. Filipinos are known drama lovers and seeing this product having a stable space in the arrays of alcoholic drinks, I must say Korean culture has slowly made its way into Filipino culture. I have tried soju out of curiosity and it is not bad. It's bitter-sweet like the dramas I watched. ๐
๐๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐ข๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฆ๐
The secret to Filipino dishes - all-in-one seasoning and MSG. It adds a magical taste to every Filipino dish. I am not a good cook so I made sure I stacked on this product. It will do the magic. ๐
After shopping for grocery items, I was on my way to the wet market. I passed by my friend's fruit shake stall and stopped by to have a little chit-chat. I ordered buko (coconut) shake. It was so good! The best buko shake I tasted. The perks of being in a tropical country are the variety of fruits and course, buko.
I then went to the wet market to buy fish. I always buy from my suki because I am sure the fish I bought is fresh and she would sometimes give me discounts. Suki is a buyer or seller involved in an arrangement in which a customer regularly purchases products or services from the same provider in exchange for favorable treatment.
And this is my favorite fish. We call it Tamarong.
๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐บ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐บ. ๐
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ต.
All the products bought cost me around 30$. It is enough for a week since we have only a small family.
Till next Market Friday... Happy shopping dear hivers.