Rainy day food: 7 delicious eats to warm you up

MANILA, Philippines – When it’s raining outside, it’s cold and can be quite a downer. But there’s nothing like a piping hot dish of your favorite comfort food to lift your spirits when it’s pouring outside.

We’ve compiled some of our favorite comfort dishes that get us through rainy days:

Laksa (P310) from Wee Nam Kee

There’s nothing like a rich, creamy noodle soup to warm you up on a cold, rainy day. Fish out squid balls, squid, and beansprouts along with hofan noodles and pork from the spicy coconut broth in Wee Nam Kee’s Classic Laksa. Share it with a friend, too!

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Red molo soup (P175) from B&P All Day Breakfast

For a comforting Pinoy dish in the middle of a gloomy workday, B&P’s red molo soup is a good option. Get cozy, homey feelings as you feast on the pork wontons and vegetables swimming in a garlicky chicken and acheute broth.

• 1605 Robinsons Cyberscape Alpha, Garnet Road, San Antonio, Pasig City
• 2/F Il Terrazzo Mall, Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City
• Vista 515 Shaw Boulevard Corner Laurel Street, Mandaluyong
• Science Hub 3 McKinley Hill, Taguig City

Akamaru Shinaji (P400) from Ippudo

This ramen from Ippudo has their classic tonkotsu broth, but infused with a reddish miso paste and fragrant garlic oil. It tastes rich, but never overpowering. Enjoy slurping their thin hakata noodles with the flavorful and biting on the crunchy kikurage – on a rainy day or otherwise.

• 3/F Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Ortigas, Pasig City
• G/F Uptown Place Mall, 36th Street corner 9th Avenue, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City

Ramen turned into risotto from Oyasumi Ramen

Oyasumi has several varieties of ramen like the Iekei (P350) and Kara Miso (P370) – plus Filipino inspired ones like the La Paz (P370).

If you can’t slurp everything though, Oyasumi can turn your leftover soup into a cheesy risotto for just P60.

 

Unit 3, 308 P. Guevarra Street corner Seaview Street, Little Baguio, San Juan City

Sizzling sinigang (P475) from Locavore

Locavore’s take on the sinigang isn’t the soup you’re used to and you’ve come to love eating on cold, rainy days. Nonetheless, this version – think sinigang as sizzling bulalo – warms your belly with its familiar sourness and buttery goodness.

10 Brixton Street, Pasig City

Pork xiao long bao (P160/5 pieces; P310/10 pieces) from Din Tai Fung

Soup in a dumpling – always never fails to please, and Din Tai Fung is an institution when it comes to xiao long bao. (READ: Slurping xiao long bao: Visiting 6 soup dumpling restaurants in Manila)

Each delicate piece – with its pearly white skin and tasty meatball and soup inside – explodes in your mouth with its intense flavor. It’s definitely something you’d crave for when it’s cold outside.

G/F Mega Fashion Hall, SM Megamall, Ortigas, Pasig City

What’s your favorite dish to eat on a rainy day? Let us know in the comments! – Rappler.com

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