This hungry Scotsman visited the Salcedo weekend market in Makati, Manila.
I woke up on Saturday morning, looked out my hotel window, and saw lots of tents being set up in the Jaime C. Velasquez Park in Salcedo Village, where I’m staying in the Makati district of Manila.
Since I’d already woken up too late to take advantage of the hotel breakfast, this weekend market right next to my hotel was a welcome sight for a late brekkie munch.
My first impressions were that the market was ultra clean and nice. The vendors were all selling gourmet and artisanal foods.
Makati is a high class and modern area of Manila, and the food at this weekend market matches that.
Although it’s called a “weekend market” it’s actually only open on Saturdays, from 7 am to 2 pm.
The first thing I enjoyed at the market was a Pakistani Beef kebab and mango lassi. It wasn’t something that was expecting to find there, but the Pakistani owner of the stall found me as he’s a viewer of the channel.
He offered me the food and drink for free, showing true Pakistani hospitality and generosity, even though we are in Philippines.
I didn’t see many Pinoy food options at this street market. It was mostly international cuisine. This is the same as in the fancy malls, all the food options are international.
I browsed a row of vendors selling such international foods as middle eastern falafal, Japanese pancakes and then Hungarian sausages.
Those big, juicy sausages grilling away were the most beautiful sight, sound and smell. I couldn’t resist.
There was a long wait, as The Hungarian sausages are very popular at this market. After baking away in the midday heat, while waiting for my sausage, I took it back to the air conditioned comfort of my hotel room to fully enjoy it.
The sausage was super juicy and a little bit spicy. It tasted similar to a Spanish chorizo sausage, but wasn’t as dense. Even though it looked dense and filling, it was light enough that I munched it quickly and was ready to find more food to eat.
I was in the mood for sweet food and was attracted to the ice cream cart, which was selling only mango ice cream. The local way to eat it is in a bread bun, rather than a cone, so that’s what I opted for.
The mango ice cream wasn’t so sweet, like they didn’t use loads of added sugar to it. The mango taste was authentic, like real mangos had been used as an ingredient.
I enjoyed the natural tasting mango ice cream and it didn’t feel like I’d eaten something naughty.
Washing down that food, I found a vendor selling “Buko Pandan Drink.” Buko is Filipino for Coconut, so it was coconut water mixed with pandan. Pandan is a leaf that’s often used in South East Asia for a special taste and aroma.
Again, they hadn’t added loads of sugar to the drink, so it felt natural and healthy.
I was impressed by this weekend market. All the food is top quality and on the healthy side as well. I’d definitely recommend visiting there if you want to try some street food in a clean, relaxed and friendly environment.
0:00 Salcedo Weekend Market
2:41 Pakistani Beef Kebab
14:41 Hungarian Sausage
25:31 Mango Ice Cream Bun
31:48 Coconut Pandan Drink
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