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Malaysian/ Fillipino food

NoahandPresleysMom
NoahandPresleysMom Posts: 763 Member
edited January 11 in Food and Nutrition
My friends opened a Malaysian/Fillipino resturaunt yesterday. Going for lunch today.No clue what to do with the menu and and calories. Any suggestions???

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  • NatalieSkywalker
    NatalieSkywalker Posts: 231 Member
    I struggle with this because I live in Thailand and have spent time in Laos and Singapore. I just try to find things as similar as possible and you might be surprised at what comes up if you type in the name of the dish.
    I often just type in "Thai food" and hope for the best that something will come up.
  • NatalieSkywalker
    NatalieSkywalker Posts: 231 Member
    AND my favourite Malaysian food is mee goreng but it's a noodle dish so I'd assume it's high in calories.
    Maybe this will be helpful to you: http://diet-karene500.blogspot.com/
  • NoahandPresleysMom
    NoahandPresleysMom Posts: 763 Member
    Oh my friend Narcissa told me about mee goreng!! It's going to be hard!! lol
  • sharonpink
    sharonpink Posts: 76 Member
    Never eaten it and have no idea, but let us know how it was.
  • RoseDarrett
    RoseDarrett Posts: 355 Member
    Filipino food is mostly protein.There are few dishes with noodles in it.Mostly everything is meat(fish or pork)not much beef and a lot of seafood.

    What did you have in mind?Or are you leaning towards some dishes in particular?
  • CrazyWhiskers
    CrazyWhiskers Posts: 63 Member
    I'm not too sure about Malaysian food, but for Filipino food my favorite is Sinigang na baboy (pork in a tamarind broth with lots of veggies). saving calories you could also ask for no rice. Mfp has a ton of Filipino food in the database :)
  • NoahandPresleysMom
    NoahandPresleysMom Posts: 763 Member
    I ended up having adobo chicken, Pancit, and mini spring rolls.
  • NoahandPresleysMom
    NoahandPresleysMom Posts: 763 Member
    and it was AWESOMMMMME!!!!
  • RoseDarrett
    RoseDarrett Posts: 355 Member
    I ended up having adobo chicken, Pancit, and mini spring rolls.

    Good choices!!All yummy!!
  • Zumaria1
    Zumaria1 Posts: 225 Member
    I LOVE Filipino food!!! I usually eat what you ate, the adobo chicken flakes, the Pancit Bihon, and I also love the green papaya salad, yummy and healthy. I eat all this, plus a little of the rice, and the calories are usually around 700, which is not bad for eating out! I just make sure I do my Zumba that day, lol.
  • retrobaby
    retrobaby Posts: 613 Member
    ALL so good!
  • Guamybear
    Guamybear Posts: 1,061 Member
    I ended up having adobo chicken, Pancit, and mini spring rolls.

    exactly what I would have suggested!!
  • apriltrainer
    apriltrainer Posts: 732 Member
    I'm half filipino but if I ate it all the time I am sure I'd be as big as a house. Especially with the portions I usually get at restaurants. Enough longanisa on my plate for a whole province!

    Last time I went to the philippines to visit my mom's family..I gained 10 FREAKING LBS. In just two weeks. They were always feeding me.

    When I got up breakfast...then some snack before the mid morning snack..then lunch..then more stuff to eat and even more...

    dinner..more snacks...

    But it sure is good.

    I miss Pancit. I stil have memories of my mom dipping pandesal in coffee.

    Too bad I am cutting my carbs ...
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