Great food from the Philippines: Manok
by Dave from The Longest Way Home ~ December 24th, 2009. Published in: Great food from around the world.Lechon Manok from The Philippines
BBQ Manok - Chicken
By quite a long shot – Lechon Manok is my favorite food from the Philippines. I can smell the bbq chicken stalls from streets away. You can’t miss the stalls as they are usually jammed with rotating skewers of whole chickens. All coated in light seasoning, and stuffed with garlic and lemon grass. It’s truly mouth watering to the carnivore.
To make matter even more delicious many Lechon Manok stalls also serve Pork as well. Which if you are lucky may be barbecuing above the chicken and dripping down onto the bird below. This brings about the elusive Red Lechon Manok!
Lechon Manok, the best take away in The Philippines
While you can eat the manok in the diner if there is one, grabbing a take away back to your hotel is a great option. It’s wrapped in foil and often comes with a bag of soy sauce, calamansi, and some chili.
As a solo traveler it’s probably best not to eat a whole manok in front of everyone. In the Philippines a whole manok would often feed a full family, so eating a whole one in front of others would seem like gluttony. Do it in your room instead 
Prices vary, 120 pesos to 200 pesos is about right. Though there are some really small manok’s for around 60 pesos.
This is an additional post and one of a series hightlighting Great food from the Philippines
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YUM!! you’ve made me very hungry…
-jessiev- Glad to hear this!