Before boarding the Cebu Pacific Airlines flight to Manila, the capital of the Philippines, I spent nearly 2 hours on Google to find information about the place I would go to. I like to read the information that people share in advance to verify and of course also to know where I need to go. However, the information I found in Vietnamese was very little, which can also be understood that traveling to the Philippines is quite new to Vietnamese people.
Go to Fiesta Market
Fiesta Market is located within the Market Market area, about 25-30 minutes by taxi from Manila Bay if the road is not congested. Market Market is divided into two areas: 1 is a flea market, 2 is a commercial center. This flea market is the only type of market where visitors do not have their bags checked by security personnel or "guards" when entering, although security personnel and guards are on duty everywhere. Arranged almost like a market in Vietnam, Fiesta Market also has stalls by type of goods: fruits, fresh flowers, food, groceries... but the difference is that it is cleaner, the distance between stalls is more open, there are rows of tables serving customers right at the market. At Fiesta, you only need to spend 60 pesos or more to taste a delicious Filipino dish.
In an open space of about 1000 m2, the stalls are arranged according to product categories. The wide, clean and beautiful aisles create favorable conditions for customers to shop.
At Fiesta Market, tourists can easily find and buy specialties such as dried fruits and traditional Philippine cakes as gifts for relatives.
For just 60 pesos or more (about 30,000 VND), you can taste famous Filipino dishes: Taho Tofu, Isaw Grilled Chicken, Kikiam (minced pork with vegetables inside)...
Filipino food also uses a lot of fat but is not spicy and does not use as much soy sauce as some of its neighbors.
Fiesta Market is a market that attracts many suburban workers to have lunch, because the food is rich and the prices are very affordable.
Wandering around the food, dried food, fresh flowers, and fruit areas, if you walk leisurely and look around, will only take you about 20 minutes. After stopping by a juice stall, buying a glass of Kiwi Lassi - fresh kiwi blended with shaved ice for 69 Pesos, I chose a corner table at the end of the food area to sit and sip a cool, sweet drink while watching how people go to the market, how people order, how people choose food and eat... Calming my mind in the midst of the crowd, feeling every rhythm of life of the local people, that is the moment I will deeply remember my impressions of each place I go to...
Blog: Nana Pham
