It's one of the first meals that I had with @awesomenyl: rice, tuyo, and vinegar.
Now, as a Cuban-American dude from Miami, FL, I'm used to having rice daily - normally with black beans, red beans, or some sort of beans. In the Philippines, though, we tend to have rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner (no beans).
Tuyo is a dried, salted fish, and we usually fry it until it's crispy. @awesomenyl says it's known as a poor person's food, but hey: we like it. Each packet below goes for 10 pesos (about $0.21) at the sari-sari store down the block.
A poor person's food...a rich person's food...who cares? It's good stuff.
I like it.
That looks delicious :)
They say that because its rarely sold in the higher end supermarket. Abroad, because its rare, its very expensive. One have to really go to a Filipino store or none at all.
Good u like it.
I like tinapa, too. :-)
Some of the best things in life are "poor person's [something]" - poor boy's in New Orleans, won ton (poor people soup), ratatouille & other stews. One's junk is another's gold?