I went to a speech contest in Singapore help by Filcom, a Toastmasters International Group. I learned about Jollibee and Adobo.
Jollibee
Jollibee is a Philippine food company, 'one of the fastest growing companies in the world!' said one of the girls, proudly. I was already familiar with the name, but had not realised that it began, came from, the Philippines. In 2019 they had more than 2019 stores, franchising, I presume, helping the rapid expansion.
Adobo
That night at the Filcom Toastmasters meeting, the question for the impromptu speech was:
If you had the ingredients; chicken, soy sauce and vinegar, what would you make and why?
Almost everybody started, "These are the ingredients for adobo, the Philippine national dish."
Afterwards I went online to look up the recipe. It turns out that you can use pork or fish instead, but the all time favourite, all over the country, or at least in the capital, seems to be chicken.
The word adobo comes from the Spanish for sauce or marinade.The vinegar would originally have been a way of preserving food in the heat. the vinegar could be coconut vinegar, or cane vinegar. You can also have a vegetarian adobo. The flavour is a mixture of salty, and sweet and sour.
In Latin America you get an adobo with different local ingredients.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Philippine_dishes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollibee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_adobo
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
Jollibee
Jollibee is a Philippine food company, 'one of the fastest growing companies in the world!' said one of the girls, proudly. I was already familiar with the name, but had not realised that it began, came from, the Philippines. In 2019 they had more than 2019 stores, franchising, I presume, helping the rapid expansion.
Photo by Ramon F Velasquez in Wikipedia in article on Jollibee.
The Jollibee, the mascot, is a bee wearing a chef's hat.
That night at the Filcom Toastmasters meeting, the question for the impromptu speech was:
If you had the ingredients; chicken, soy sauce and vinegar, what would you make and why?
Almost everybody started, "These are the ingredients for adobo, the Philippine national dish."
Afterwards I went online to look up the recipe. It turns out that you can use pork or fish instead, but the all time favourite, all over the country, or at least in the capital, seems to be chicken.
The word adobo comes from the Spanish for sauce or marinade.The vinegar would originally have been a way of preserving food in the heat. the vinegar could be coconut vinegar, or cane vinegar. You can also have a vegetarian adobo. The flavour is a mixture of salty, and sweet and sour.
In Latin America you get an adobo with different local ingredients.
Useful Websites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Philippine_dishes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jollibee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_adobo
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please share links to your favourite posts.
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