Food
Street food, late-night tables and the people who cook for the city.
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After dark at the Quiapo ihawan
Smoke, skewers and a queue that never quite ends. The grill stalls behind the church feed the night shift.
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A morning with a fishball vendor
Mang Edwin starts frying at six and pushes his cart three kilometres before noon. The economics of a ₱1 fishball.
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Maginhawa after 10 pm
Quezon City’s food street changes shift at night: fewer cafés, more silog, karaoke and dessert.
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Following the taho route through Marikina
The call of “taho!” travels ahead of the vendor. We walked a morning route to see how many people answer it.