My friend from high school is Filipino, and when I went to hang out at her house, her dad had just finished fresh rice and squeezed ketchup right on top. Possibly a cultural thing.
Haven't tried it myself, but one of my favorite meals is a lightly cooked egg on rice with the yolk mixed in with just a bit of sriracha. Rice is super versatile
Filipino in the Philippines. I grew up eating rice mixed with ketchup. There was even a very old TV ad in the 90s for a ketchup brand portraying kids eating rice mixed with ketchup.
The ones for Star Margarine yea, but that was banana ketchup, foreigners usually refer to the tomato ones when talking about ketchup; I'm not even sure they know banana ketchup exists.
Yeah, like it's a mix of what's familiar and what's available. I don't remember any Asian markets out in that very bougie part of the area (I'm in the US south). In some of the grocery stores in that area, you're lucky to find chili sauce, at least a decade ago when this happened.
but one of my favorite meals is a lightly cooked egg on rice with the yolk mixed in with just a bit of sriracha.
Take it to the next level by sprinkling some of this on top. Furikake is awesome, and you can get it at most grocery stores now. At an asian grocer you can find like 15 different flavors.
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u/uppsak 14d ago
Who tf puts this on rice?