Deep fried Fish balls, street food in manila, Philippines

The street snack in Manila

The fried fish balls were also popular street food in Manila. The fish ball was like Kamaboko or Chikuwa in Japan which fish paste (Surimi) were shaped like ball or cakes. These ingredients were produced as preserved foods. The similar ingredients were seen in the East Asian countries as Japan, Taiwan, Mainland China or Philippines. The Chinese immigrants might have brought from the custom making the fish paste from the their home country.

In these days, the fish paste became very popular food with the frozen technology. We can easily store the paste in the refrigerators. And we have various cooking methods of this ingredients, fry, boil, cook or roast. Each method has different textures.

fried fish ball

At the stands, we can enjoy the fried fish ball. In this country, Philippines, the people prefer the sweet taste in this fish ball. They dipped the ball into the sweet chili sauce and bite it.

I have never found this type of food at the food court in Manila. This was also very local snacks in Manila.