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Women Who Travel Podcast: Eating Champorado in the Philippines
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In a special mini episode of Women Who Travel, Lale gets on the phone with South Carolina-based listener Cinelle to hear about her recent, long-awaited trip home to the Philippines—and the food she was in search for once she got there.
Lale Arikoglu: Hello. Welcome to a special mini episode of Women Who Travel. I'm Lale Arikoglu. This month, we're taking a break from our typical episode schedule. Instead, you'll be hearing some phone calls between our listeners and me about travels they've taken in search of something. And this week, we start with Sinel, who called us from South Carolina.
Sinel: The South is its own country. But at the same time, there are parts of it that felt like home, the weather, the fauna, flora, so much rain, so many bugs. That felt like the Philippines.
LA: You may remember her from our Mother's Day episode, where she shared a story about taking her daughter to the annual Sinulog Festival in the Philippines for the first time. Sinel spoke to me about a reunion from that same trip, specifically a reunion with foods that she hadn't tasted in 20 years.
How did you even decide what you were going to eat first?
Sinel: I would say that, to all travels out there, always sign up for the breakfast buffet. [laughs] That way you don't have to make a choice.
LA: Wait. I love this tip.
Sinel: [laughs]
LA: Is this specific to the Philippines, I'm assuming?
Sinel: Yes. Especially in the Philippines. You know, we tend to have a very big breakfast. We eat rice with every meal. And breakfast usually comes with garlic rice, and many vines, you know, from dried fish to cured meats, to soup and noodles and broth to fried noodles, to sticky rice. But at our very first breakfast buffet, the thing I was most excited about was, and because the Philippines really is all about, you know, just being extra when it comes to celebrating, anything, every day is a celebration, um, in the Philippines. But, even breakfast is one big celebration. You know, after my fourth round around the buffet table, I thought I was done, until, you know, back of house rolls out this cauldron, this vat on a dolly. And, of course, my daughter's like, "What is that, mom?"
Like, I'm like, "Oh, I don't know. It could be many, uh, number of things. But let's go check it out." And we walked over to where this cauldron was. And, of course, in it was this breakfast dish that I'd waited 20 years to eat. And it's called champorado. And it's, um, it roughly translates a chocolate rice porridge. But, um, it's kind of stickier, but also goopier than porridge. And, and it's not quite chocolate like you would get from a
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