John Myers
Introduction
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Philippines no kāna waiwai moʻomeheu waiwai, nā meaʻai ʻono, a me ka hoʻokipa mahana. ʻO kekahi hiʻohiʻona o ka moʻomeheu Filipino i nānā ʻole ʻia ʻo ia kona koho ʻana i nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu a kū hoʻokahi. Mai ka ʻono a me ka huaʻala a hiki i ka ʻawaʻawa a me ka ʻawaʻawa, pono e hoʻāʻo nā mea inu Filipino no ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e makaʻala i ka ʻāina meaʻai.
Sago Gulaman
ʻO Sago Gulaman kahi inu hau hau i kaulana i waena o nā Pilipino. Hana ʻia ia ma ka hui ʻana i ka sago (tapioca pearls) a me ke gulaman (gelatin) i loko o ke aniani, me ka waiū i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, ke kō, a me ka wai. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka inu me ka hau a me ka mauʻu. Hiki ke loaʻa iā Sago Gulaman ma nā kihi a pau o ka Philippines, mai nā hale kūʻai meaʻai ma ke alanui a i nā hale ʻaina kiʻekiʻe. He mea makewai maikaʻi loa ia i nā lā wela.
Waiwai Buko
ʻO Buko Juice, a i ʻole ka wai niu, he inu kūlohelohe a olakino i loaʻa nui ma ka Philippines. Hana ʻia ia ma ka unuhi ʻana i ka wai maʻemaʻe mai kahi niu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōpio. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Buko Juice no kāna mau waiwai hydrating a hoʻohana pinepine ʻia e hoʻōla i nā hangovers. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka inu ma kona ʻano maoli, akā hoʻohui kekahi mau mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻāpana huaʻai a i ʻole nā lau pandan no ka ʻono hou.
Taho
ʻO Taho kahi inu kakahiaka kaulana i mea nui i ka moʻomeheu Filipino. Hana ʻia ia ma ka hui ʻana i ka tofu silikena mahana, ka sago (nā momi tapioka), a me ka syrup arnibal momona i loko o ke kīʻaha. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ka inu e nā mea kūʻai alanui e lawe ana i kahi pahu metala nui ma ko lākou poʻohiwi. ʻO Taho kahi mea inu ʻoluʻolu a maikaʻi hoʻi no nā kakahiaka anuanu.
Wai Kalamansi
ʻO ka wai ʻo Calamansi kahi inu ʻono a ʻono i hana ʻia mai ka calamansi, kahi hua liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi no ka Philippines. Hana ʻia ka wai ma ke kaomi ʻana i ka hua a hui pū me ke kō a me ka wai, a lawelawe pinepine ʻia me ka hau. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Calamansi no kāna mau pono olakino a he kumu maikaʻi ia o ka huaora C.
Halo-halo
ʻO Halo-halo kahi inu ʻono kaulana i makemake nui ʻia e nā Pilipino. Hana ʻia ia ma ka hui ʻana i ka hau hau me ka waiū i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, nā pī ʻono, nā huaʻai like ʻole, a me kahi kīʻaha hau. ʻO Halo-halo kahi mea inu ʻoluʻolu a me nā waihoʻoluʻu i kūpono no nā lā wela. Hāʻawi pinepine ʻia ia i nā aniani kiʻekiʻe a he mea kaulana ia ma nā menus o nā hale kūʻai meaʻai a me nā hale ʻai ma Philippines.
I ka hopena, ʻo nā mea inu Filipino he mea ʻokoʻa a ʻono hoʻi i ka repertoire a nā mea aloha meaʻai. Mai ka taho kuʻuna a hiki i ka wai ʻoluʻolu o Buko, aia kahi mea e leʻaleʻa ai nā mea a pau. No laila i ka manawa aʻe e kipa aku ai ʻoe i ka Philippines, e hoʻāʻo ʻoe i hoʻokahi (a i ʻole nā mea āpau) o kēia mau mea inu kaulana a ʻike i nā ʻono momona a me nā ʻano like ʻole o ka meaʻai Filipino.
