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Filipino grocery store beef ... or is it really carabao ?

Discussion in 'Dumaguete City' started by Turbota, Sep 15, 2015.

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  1. Rye83

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    I despise the way they spell "Mooon" with three O's. I don't know why but it infuriates the sh*t out of me just to look at their sign. Even thinking about the sign right now is upsetting me. :rolleyes:
    When I go there it's about 50/50 if I get served in a reasonable amount of time and another 50/50 chance if the food will be edible (I've never had a "great" meal there.) The risk:reward ratio is not worth it IMO. Also, their "Mexican inspired" food is absolutely sh*t and resembles NOTHING of Mexican food.
     
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  2. Ten Twenty Lenny

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    Agreed about Mexican food..best around I think is Tommys across from the park in Valencia and at Gie's Gies every Saturday there Tacos (Crunchy Pork with avacado) are good and so is the Enchiladas...Wow I have always had a good filet at Moon's Robinson's...and there ribs where not bad either (Mexican Style)
     
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    the food ain't that great.. but how about them filipinas.. yessireeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... brown is beautiful...
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    the only thing mexican about their food is the name mexican.. everything else mexican is crap served on crap..
     
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    The Island of Masbate is a cattle raising island. They even play and sing Country music there. Besides the aging process the other factor in the quality of beef here is the age and species of cows being used. Herefords and Angus will not survive here and the species that is raised here (Brahma ) grows very slowly and with less marbling. In the States a Herford would go to slaughter years before the ones raised here.
     
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  5. knobhead

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    I have always wanted to buy a suckling calf and have Kevin the Butcher prepare it for me. Young and tender is the way to go :drool:
     
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    I hate Mexican food, that's why I go there in moooooon cafe. I have mash & steak not bad for 250 peso.
     
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    Mooon Cafe has a pretty good Filet Mignon for about 275P, and yes I agree it's all mystery meat... go with the pork.
     
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    A friend of mine bought something called jd serloin from hyper a few days ago and cooked a good old roast dinner with it. He said it was the best bit of beef he had ever had since being here.
     
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    Of course, you get what you pay for and the stores stock what they think people can afford. Filipino's are getting richer. They can afford better beef than they previously could. I have heard that carabao is used in cans of corn beef and other cheap "beef" products but Robinson's probably has actual beef.

    The most popular breed of cattle here seems to be Brahman.

    Brahman (cattle) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    If you do a Google image search you will see this is the breed you normally see when walking around off the road. The small farmers probably optimize for financial need rather than prime age / feed / weight for eating.

    These days, if you have the coin, you have lots of options. Many more options than when I first got here.

    Edit: Hat tip to @stevehigg - I didn't notice he already posted the breed.
     
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  10. Crystalhead

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    The best steak I recall eating was at the (Le Residencia) in Dumaguete. They import it from Australia.
     
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