Piaya! --

My dad went to Bacolod a few weeks ago and came back with two kinds of piaya. One was a familiar package -- piaya packed flat in plastic and the other one looked like this:



It was the second one that caught our attention. My dad said that that was the best piaya in Bacolod. I was skeptical -- piaya is piaya. How can you differentiate one from the other?

It was when we tasted it that I understood why it was so special.

At first glance, the piaya looks messy -- the filling has leaked out of the crust.



At first bite, one understands why this has happened. The dough is unbelievably thin and crisp. And the filling has spread to cover the entire inner surface of the dough and you can taste the nuttiness of the muscovado and the sesame seeds. This piaya isn't as sweet as other piaya.



Typical piaya looks like this:



It is usually made of several layers of dough which flakes off. There are parts of the piaya that don't get any of the filling, which makes those areas tough.





The benefit of having several layers of the dough is that it can hold more filling. This is a good thing if you like sweet stuff (like me ^_^).

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Found at SM --

We were at SM Iloilo yesterday and they had a display of Poore Brothers Kettle Chips. They are quite affordable at PhP76.50 per bag and they have very interesting flavors like: Three Cheese Jalapeno, Habanero, Sweet Maui Onion, Parmesan and Garlic, etc.

We got a bag of Mesquite BBQ and Three Cheese Jalapeno.



I really love the texture of kettle chips and plan to eat bags of it when I am in Singapore.