Freaky Feasts

[Terpe]

Idol’s Eatery, a roadside eatery at the back of Paoay Church in Ilocos Norte, is known for its three dishes — dinakdakan, fried bara and fried bagis.

These dishes, made of everything but pig meat, are popular with the male locals who treat them as bar chow.

Dinakdakan was composed of chopped pig’s brain, tongue, ears and everything you see in a pig’s face (except the eyeballs).

These were boiled, grilled and mixed with mayonnaise, which masked the taste of pig's brain. The texture was crunchy and the taste was sour; it would be understandable if you mistook this for just chopped pork since it's also mixed with pig meat and skin. It was nearly as good as eating a crispy lechon.

The next two dishes were served with two kinds of dips: pig's blood and vinegar.

Fried bagis, made of pig's intestines, tasted good with vingear. Fried bara, made with pig's lungs, had a mettalic taste and weird texture which softened when mixed with vinegar. These two dishes were quite oily and so a cold bottle of beer was in order to wash down the taste.



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[Terpe]

I've eaten Dinakdakan and very tasty it was too

My days of sampling roadside foods are very few and far between the older I get

Not fond of lungs. Although the other day I had some kind of fish lungs ...... it was tasty too

[Michael Parnham]

I've eaten Dinakdakan and very tasty it was too

My days of sampling roadside foods are very few and far between the older I get

Not fond of lungs. Although the other day I had some kind of fish lungs ...... it was tasty too

Sorry Peter, rather you than me, can't eat my yummy Shredded Wheat now, just put me off having breakfast!

[SimonH]

Sorry Peter, rather you than me, can't eat my yummy Shredded Wheat now, just put me off having breakfast!

Shredded Wheat? What's wrong with good old Black Pudding with eggs and bacon?

[Steve.r]

Fish lungs Peter? I was sure they had gills.

[Michael Parnham]

Shredded Wheat? What's wrong with good old Black Pudding with eggs and bacon?

I have a different breakfast every morning of the week Simon!

[Terpe]

Fish lungs Peter? I was sure they had gills.

Probably lost in translation
Lungfish ??

Don't they also have lungs

[Terpe]

I had a craving for British black pudding over Christmas

Just not available here.

I knew I should have shipped over that sausage machine.
Keep thinking about good old British bangers

Funny the food you miss when it's just not available