Inspiring Lives Only In The Philippines

Meet TUDING, one of the multitudes of street food vendors in Cebu City, Philippines.

(To better understand the following article, and for the uninitiated, uninformed, or plain curious, are some words unique to Filipino culture:


Jeepney - a public means of transportation common in many places in the country.


It is an off-shoot of the very rugged diesel-engine army jeep of the Second World War, adapted and lavishly garnished by innovative Filipino entrepreneurs, and can seat passengers abreast, anywhere from 12 to maybe 24 or even more, depending on the length.


Balut - street food usually peddled by ambulant vendors. It is Mallard duck's egg, interrupted in its gestation period, then cooked. It is considered not for the queasy-stomached because, after the delicious and somewhat salty amniotic fluid has been sipped off and the shell is broken, some of the still developing parts - wings, beak, and eyes - could be seen. Those that swear by its effects on increased strength and libido, even brag they do not have to eat it in the dark.


Penoy - street  food that is similar to the balut, although obtained earlier in