Turrón from The Philippines
Fried saba banana (similar to plantain) is available nearly everywhere in The Philippines. Turrón is a variation of this and is treated as a snack.
Saba or plantain is a type of banana that can only be eaten when cooked. Personally, I am not a huge fan of it as I find plantain to be quite dry. But, many tourists and Pinoys alike do like Turrón a lot.
Turrón is basically saba banana wrapped in a very thin pastry used for Lumpia and then dipped in brown sugar. Served on a BBQ skewer Turrón sells for as low as 5 pesos and is good snack food.
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Love fired banana! Looking forward to this as I’m planning a trip the Philippines soon
You’ll have no problems finding there!
The “banana-cue” is probably better than turron, however, I found a delicious variation at Cafe San Luis in Lucban, Quezon. They use senorita bananas (the tiny ones) rather than plantain and drizzle a nice chocolate sauce on it. Sarap!
Sounds better alright. Not a huge fan of Plantain. Too dry. Senoritas sound better!
Anything on a skewer is good!
Even yummier with a few strips of sweetened jackfruit wrapped inside too.
How they get that in there … I don’t know :)
bananas on sticks, bananas on plates.. banana on a tree.. tis ALL monkey food to me! nom nom nom! yumz .. :P