Heaven Sent!
I almost went berserk! when I again saw this Filipino stall in Rotterdam’s Saturday market. I actually have seen this stall in the past (about 3 months ago) and I even bought a mango puree. But that was at the end of the day, I was already tired and taking no mental notes, besides… the guy behind the stall looked nothing at all like pinoy which maybe the reason why it didn’t sticked my mind that his stall actually existed.
Like any normal saturday when the market is on it’s final hour, I would buy my flowers from my ’suki’ . The flowers then are cheaper and ’suki’ in his attempt to get rid of the flowers would lower down the price. And mind you, the flowers are not at all just left overs or ‘pinagpilian’ but really fresh and nice. So I was on my way to his stall when suddenly, I saw this pinay-looking lady behind a stall and then I recognized the can of ’skyflakes’ . I of course stopped on my track and suddenly has forgotten about my flowers, I re-routed to the pinay and her pinoy goods. How I miss pinoy (some) goods! Needless to say I bought things I didn’t really needed like the UBE Otap (€ 4.30 x 60.30Php my goodness! ginto ano?!)- which I already knew would taste nothing like ube, but heck! I bought a can, also Halayang Ube in the jar (which I knew as well would only taste sweet and far from being ube..tigas ulo!) luckily she sells ‘calamansi’ juice and I bought one (still chilling in my ref, I wonder how it tastes?) banana ketchup (which I will use to make me a pinoy sweet spaghetti that I truly miss!) and if I have given in to her charm, I would have bought more unnecessary stuffs. It was also fun talking to her though she started to ask questions that I would normally not ask someone I barely know :8-}: ..but all’s good, she’s nice and I will definitely seek her stall again, she’s told me they do not stand there every saturday though (that explains me forgetting it was there)..luckily she’s got an online store.
M and husband
fellow pinay/pinoy bloggers in Holland who are visiting my blog (paramdam naman kayo, hindi naman ako nangangagat 
)- you can find M’ s pinoy online store by clicking my ‘links’.
have a great week everyone!!
Call me Thess. Married to a wonderful Dutchman.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:42 pm
You sound so happy to have found this stall/online store!
I’m blessed: one of my cell groupmates sells Philippine/Filipino products in Zurich. And there are Asian markets here that sell Pinoy treats including our “mangga.”
Have a nice week! God bless.
November 1st, 2005 at 6:29 am
wow milo:jump:, hahaha! brings back childhood memories. i’m glad you found that stall, a slight cure to your homesickness. although i couldn’t agree more, madugo ang presyo:duh: :banghead. here in cali, it’s like home away from home. were blessed with lots of filipino store and restaurants as well. happy halloween, mwah :x
November 1st, 2005 at 4:02 pm
parang di ko napansin kung merong Mang Tomas…haha, meron ba?
November 2nd, 2005 at 10:06 am
JAYRED: i was :biggrin:..you mean they really sell pinoy mangga? now I’m jealous!! :hissyfit
to you and Yuree.
THALEY: funny u singled out Milo, I almost bought a can, natakot lang ako sa asukal :ohstop ..paborito ko papakin din ang milo nung bata pa ako , halos lahat yata ng bata, paborito yan :jump:….big
GIRLIE: meron ha ha! katabi sya ng banana ketchup, pero hindi ako bumili kasi meron pa ako sa stock. :)
November 2nd, 2005 at 6:01 pm
ate sana lumabas na itong comment ko
sa blog ko fatal error pa rin pag nag-comment? :hissyfit
pano ba ayusin yun? help po
November 2nd, 2005 at 8:57 pm
sinong nag erase ng comment ko ha? ha? ha??? :hissyfit (kunyari lang)
:-B:musta na dear ;;)
November 3rd, 2005 at 11:47 am
Hahaha, sa sobrang miss mo ang pinoy foods nagtyaga ka na lang ha…:))
Nandito pa ko sa davao pero nabigay ko na ke ma’am eye yung bilin mo, hope you like’em…
pagbalik ko na lang isa isahin…
regrads to hubby and the kids….:peace-:
November 4th, 2005 at 7:51 pm
parang nag comment din ako dito