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UP campus’ famous isaw

14 November, 2007 (14:12) | Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , | By: Arpee

Isaw is skewered pig or chicken intestines, cooked over hot coals brushed with barbecue sauce made from vinegar, soy sauce and some ginger. At least this is the recipe described by the guy who makes my favorite isaw inside the UP campus. Those familiar with this place can affirm that this isaw place is an all-time favorite of almost all students from UP and elsewhere. Rich and poor, you will see people troop to this isawan between 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm sometimes even later. But before you condemn me for reveling in what has been traditionally known to be dirty street food, consider some of these facts:
  1. For the many years I spent in UP (way too many, hehe) I was never sick because of eating too much tenga ng baboy (pig ears), isaw baboy (pig intestines) or isaw manok (chicken intestine).
  2. This UP isawan periodically renews their health and sanitation permit.
  3. Some of the country’s most well-known celebrities, politicians and intellectuals have been known to dine on this isaw.
Aside from being tasty, it is also cheap, cheap cheap! Just right for any student’s budget. I’ve been working for many years and have left UP but still come back for the isaw.

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Here is Eden buying from the manong suki (familiar vendor). There are two kinds of sauces, the sweet gravy and the spicy vinegar with chilis.

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At P2.00 (US$0.04) each, who wouldn’t be tempted to buy heaping bundles of isaw manok?

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That’s tenga ng baboy on the left and isaw manok on the right. Scrumptious don’t you think? Tenga ng baboy is only P5.00 (US$0.11). I wonder if Discovery Travel and Living can feature this on Bizaare Foods.

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Isaw manok in all it’s splendor. Those interested to troop to UP campus try this isaw can easily find it. It is located on an empty lot beside the UP Post Office. For the older alumni, they know this place as Breakpoint. All jeeps pass by this place. Note that this isawan only opens in the afternoon, 2.30 pm to 7.00 pm.

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Happy people smiling!

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Comments

Comment from ced solidon
Time: November 14, 2007, 5:20 pm

man, ito lang ata namimiss ko sa UP. and isaw had played a great part sa panliligaw ko sa girlfriend ko. haha. thanks for sharing this. :)

Comment from godieYOSI
Time: November 14, 2007, 5:31 pm

Waaa. dati we drive all the way there from makati every afternoon with my boss para tumbay at kumain ng isaw.hehe.

Today we didnt have much time to do it, any recommendations wheres a good place near ortigas to makati for isaw?

Comment from finch
Time: November 14, 2007, 6:41 pm

thanks for visting also .how about exchanging links? btw im going to the google gbelt something on the 19th hope to see you there.!rock on

Comment from arpee lazaro
Time: November 15, 2007, 4:08 am

to ced: this place really does bring back the memories. it’s not just the isaw, it’s the legacy, hehe.

to godieyosie: the only place is know for ihaw is the one along pearl drive. but no other isaw place can transport you back to your college past like this one.

to finch: ah good to know i’ll be seeing you at the google event for developers.

Comment from Anonymous
Time: November 15, 2007, 6:26 am

Haaaaaay, naku! miss ko tuloy Pinas at UP. Pag-uwi ko , ito ang isa sa kakainan natin ha. Salamat sa pag-feature mo nito.

Sampaguita (ang bango na nga ng pangalan ko pinapalitan mo pa)

Comment from VeRTiTO
Time: November 16, 2007, 5:42 pm

nice food site shop :)

pinoy na pinoy ang dating, even far working pinoys can get a grip of what’s cooking behind the streets and malls, and how much does it costs pa, continue your gala gala around manila, so we can pay more visits around here!

keep it up, and i say 4 should taps would not be bad into your shoulder, mabuhay ka, galing mo!

Comment from elay
Time: November 17, 2007, 6:04 am

eyyyy..same here! long after i left UP i keep coming back - for the isaw! yung sa may Kalayaan hehe..kasi meron din near ilang, and my sis prefers it there…pero ako loyal sa kalayaan branch!

isaw forever! =)

Comment from Noreen Ponce-Lazaro
Time: November 17, 2007, 2:58 pm

to vertito: thanks a lot for the compliment! worry not, i will put more effort into updating my blog with interesting posts.

to elay: ako rin, loyal din ako sa kalayaan branch. it does bring back the memories no?

Comment from melanie
Time: November 23, 2007, 12:39 pm

i saw bizarre foods philippines a couple of months ago. andrew zimmer never made it to UP but he really had a taste of our exotic dishes. actually, there is a re-run of this episode every now and then.
in mojo channel, the three sheets host also went to the philippines for lambanog and tuba…
meron ding dating taga kamia dito at once in a while ay nag-iisaw sya at fish balls pag may get together kami. truly, this really brings back memories. matagal-tagal na rin akong di dumadayo ng UP…
noreen, di ba bawal double dipping sa sauce? musta na?

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