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Uncovering the Soury, Sweet Adobo Story
I couldn’t forget how my family made such happy hushing noises as we share a plate of this Filipino dish. I, myself, too was like always in a battle just to have the most big and tender piece of chicken and pork. I could remember how we laughed and cherish this joyous moment. And I think there’s this one dish on a big plate that unites us all during meal time—it’s my mom’s chicken or pork adobo cooked in the most delicate and traditional way. Made with just the basic ingredients like chicken or pork, vinegar and soy sauce, its mouth-watering aroma always delights the hungry crowd. (To know how traditional adobo is being cooked, you can click here!)
It might not always true, but a typical Filipino family gathering would be incomplete without adobo on the center of the dining table. It has become everyone’s favorite dish.
As a matter of fact, Adodo has already made its mark in the Philippine heritage. Historians said that early Filipinos are already doing the method of cooking adobo even before the arrival of the Spaniards. Its origin can be traced back as early as the dawn of the 16th century making it as one of the earliest original Filipino dishes. That may be the reason why its sweet, soury, spicy taste could please everyone’s tongue—it means that its rich savory flavors has already evolved to its finest.
Sam Sifton, a food columnist at New York Times, highlighted the dish by saying, “If you could devote your life to traveling through (the more than 7,000 islands) asking questions about food, you would discover a different recipe for adobo on each one." Well, that’s one good point. This must be the reason why we can now create a hundred-page cook book just to illustrate how to cook adobo in different versions. Have you heard about: adobo sa kalamansi, adobo sa pinya, adobo sa gata, adobo sulipan, adobong masabaw, adobong tuyo, and adobong matamis?
You might no longer interested if I will discuss everything about adobo but I think you’ll be more interested if I will tell you where you can experience all these Adobo goodness.
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When Adobo is Now Just around the Metro
Being fascinated with the recipe, this restaurant has already made a statement when it comes to serving different varieties of adobo. Named after the dish itself, Adobo Connection has played a huge part in reinventing the adobo dish. In return to all their efforts, this food chain is growing rapidly. With over 45 branches nationwide now, Adobo Connection has created even more “links” so every Juan can enjoy the mouth-watering taste of this nation’s favorite ancient dish anytime!
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| The Adobo Connection sign |
Since I'm near at the SM Manila Branch, I always get the chance to visit them there everytime I crave for their sweet and saucy adobo. I almost tried all their adobo dishes and I could say, I love them all!
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| Inside their homey restaurant at the 2nd floor, SM Manila |
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| Don't you think there is a connection between adobo and art here, too? |
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| ...or how about adobo and the Philippines? |
Aside from that, the menu prices are very affordable. It means that you can have a different set of Adobo meals per day that you will surely always enjoy. You might as well find these “Dagdag Sarap” meals interesting: Adobo Rice, Chicken Sopas, Gising-Gising, and Kare-kareng Gulay to name a few.
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| Check this out: very affordable! |
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| Lola's Classic Chicken Adobo for only P109 (solo), or you can upgrade it with a soup and a drink for only P125! |
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| Fight! Eating time! |
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| A chicken soup could always be a good appetizer |
Quoted from the Adobo Connection website, “The first store was opened in November 2010 in Makati. Backed by the same team that won the Best Foreign Franchise in the 2009 Entrepreneur Franchising Awards, Adobo Connection is now one of the fastest-growing Filipino franchises and the largest food franchise dedicated to our national dish.”
True enough, we, Filipinos are all adobo lovers. It’s the dish that wherever we are around the globe and we smell its sweet and sour delicate aroma or we have just satisfied our cravings with it; it always reminds us one thing—it feels like home.
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