The Best Lechon

I just found out that Twitter has an “embed this tweet” option. I used to screen capture the tweet and add the captured photograph as an image to blog post. Now there is an option to just embed using some html codes. Cool! Travel Time posted this question on May 2.

Travel Time agreed.

Truth is, there were only a few occasions where I tasted non-Butuan lechon and I forgot how they taste like. The lechon I enjoy most is the one from our suking lechonero.  The skin is crispy and tasty. I can taste the spices in the meat (garlic, salt , pepper, lemongrass).  Our lechon does not need any sauce although I prefer to dip it in vinegar with salt and garlic. The non-crispy part of the skin (tummy area) is not tough; it is soft like lechon paksiw.  Yummy!

When I wrote “the best”, it is based on my own experience and preference.  I am not inciting argument with other regions who are also known to have a good recipe for lechon.  This is just my love for my hometown showing (or my love for good food). I search through my folders of photos for lechon and I found the photos where some parts of it were already eaten.  It only shows that we cannot resist lechon. This is the only decent lechon photo I have and there is a flower vase blocking it! The safest thing to say is: The best roasted pig is found in the Philippines!

Source: facebook.com via Anton on Pinterest

 

57 Responses

  1. Caryl Estrosas

    Thanks for sharing the “embed this tweet option”, now I know 😀 and about the lechon, you truly got it right! I miss it so much. The last time I tasted lechon was at a wedding reception, and I was so disappointed. I always love the way Cebuano or the southern folks prepare lechon. I love that lemon grass scent and taste.

  5. Vernz Daily

    I eat lechon.. but thing is I hate myself for always pitying the pig.. I end up not eating one at all when in parties.. I pity this planking pig on the table .. mukhang kawawa lantakan ..lol.

    • KatAuthor

      i find it hard to eat lechon in parties, too, because the best experience for me is eating it without utensils. 😀
      true, it looks barbaric having the whole pig on the dinner table.

  6. Pearl

    I’m not so much into eating lechon, but I find it really tempting whenever I see it in fiestas or birthday parties and every time it happens, what I couldn’t resist is the crispy skin!

  9. Gaylee

    I’m from Zambales and I got used to eating lechon with liver sauce, kinda sweet and spicy, hihi! And yes, nothing beats the crispy skin…yummy!!! 😉

  13. Rae

    The BEST lechon is the one that doesn’t need sawsawan. Medyo healthy living na nga lang ako ngayon so paminsan minsan na lang.

  18. Jessica Cassidy

    the lechon looks so yummy and I am drooling Sis 🙂 The last time I eat lechon was when my little girl was baptized which was six years ago 🙁 I cannot wait to try it again real soon

  19. Yannie

    I’m drooling right now. Wahaha…. Oh I miss pinoy foods… At natawa ako sa planking. Wehehe..

    BTW, thanks for the info about the tweets.

  20. redamethyst

    I haven’t eat breakfast yet and just by looking at your lechon photos makes me so hungy. I agree with you, only the best lechons can be found in the Philippines as we love and enjoy eating even if it is bad for our health.

  22. zoan

    You are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! the best lechon can be found in the PHILS! it is more FUN in the phils! ahahah:) Even our very own mang lechonay here in Bukidnon is the best so far:)

  24. Gil Camporazo

    What is “best” of the best? I notice that once a product is advertized it is usually presented and fully described as the best. As for me to claim something that is the best, there should be a comparison or a quality test why that product is the best of all the best.

  28. gie

    Thanks for the Twitter tip! I’ll try that some time soon ^^

    re: lechon, I like lechon paksiw better lol but that’s just me. The hubby loves lechon so much though so it’ll be HIS lechon before it becomes MY lechon paksiw. hehe 🙂

  34. Shadz

    Haha, hilarious ending photo! 🙂 But I have to taste Butuan’s lechon. Will ask some of my friends from that place to bring that as pasalubong next time.

    • KatAuthor

      5 years! Wow, that is an achievement. Indeed, eating meat has many disadvantages, health-wise. I guess the key is to eat in moderation.

  39. sarah

    I maybe the very few ones who is not much into eating lechon . A few bites will be enough for me. I cannot even remember the last time I tasted one. Perhaps it is about time.

  40. Lalah

    I am such a lechon lover. And so far,coming from Cebu I always love Cebu’s lechon. But I also want to try your lechon there, it looks yummy too 🙂

  43. January/JanzCrystalz

    Although I’ve been to Butuan but I never tasted their lechon. So for me I still love the lechon of Iligan City and now that I’m living in CDO, I”m also loving the lechon that we have ordered for my son’s birthday. hehehe

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