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Sunday, July 22, 2018

What's your rainy day comfort food?

It's been raining incessantly for over a week now and Metro Manila has turned into a virtual water world! Water is just about everywhere, causing 
inconvenience and moreso, laziness! Haha! 
Going out is far from my mind when I'm off from work and it's raining cats and dogs. I'm happy just staying in bed for most of the day, and go out of the room only when my tummy growls. And when hunger strikes amid cold 
weather, I crave for some rainy day comfort food. 
These are my typhoon season favorites:

Mami
Whether chicken or beef, this Pinoy noodle soup dish is a winner on any rainy day. The broth is just perfect for warming the tummy. I add some chili ro amp up the heat! With all those noodles, this dish is no doubt filling while some veggies (cabbage and spring onion) 
and toasted garlic bring in additional flavors. 

Chicken sopas
This is a favorite in our home and my kids always request for it. With shredded chicken and lots of carrots and cabbage plus a can of evaporated milk added to the pot, this soup is both yummy and healthy. My youngest child even puts some parmesan cheese on top of his helping for extra goodness.

Champorado with tuyo
Everyone seems to crave for this pair when it's rainy and chilly. And that's perfectly understandable! Chocolate porridge with lots of milk is just perfect to go with tuyo. The salty dried fish provides a balance of flavor to the sweetish champorado.

Dinuguan with puto
This is another duo that seems to make a cold, damp day just alright. I could just get lost in the lusciousness of soft puto (rice cake) dipped in the thick soup 
of dinuguan (pork blood stew).

Arroz caldo
Porridge, be it arroz caldo, which has chicken, or goto, which has tripe, is my ultimate rainy day comfort food. Truth to tell, I love it too even when the sun is out! With lots of toasted garlic and chopped spring onion, it's delicious, warm and comforting to the tummy. If there's fried tofu on the side, then there''s nothing more I could ask for!

Tuyosilog
I don't know exactly why tuyo seems to be the perfect thing to eat with sinangag or fried rice when it's raining and the wind is howling outside. Maybe I associate dried fish with typhoon because going to the market to buy fresh fish is a rather difficult task amid bad weather and flood. But whatever the reason is, "tuyo, sinangag at itlog" or "tuyosilog" is the unbeatable rainy day trio and I think 
many Pinoys would agree with me.

What about you? Do you also love to spend rainy days just at home, perhaps reading a book and warming up with a bowl of hot "lugaw" (porridge) or a plate of fried rice and tuyo?  I would love to know what your rainy day comfort food is. Meanwhile, 
bundle up 'coz wet weather is still upon us. 
Happy eating!