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Originally Posted by The Lord
Yes their food is super oily and super salty. Hence i never visit Chow King.
even in food courts so salty
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Most foreigners will be shocked at how salty filipino cooking is. I guess its because salt is used to preserve the freshness of ingredients at source.
I was at the fish wholesaler and I saw the packing of fishes in boxes. Salt was freely thrown on the fishes before it is sealed for transportation. This salt gets absorbed into the fish and after time the taste buds of filipinos adjust to a higher tolerance of salt. Leaving us foreigners not understanding why their food is so salty. Same applies to meat and poultry.
The absence of a refrigerator in many homes in the provinces also necessitates the use of salt to preserve the food.