Chicharon

Carl's Special Pork Chicharon

Chicharon today has a discriminating reputation because of a developing health conscious society. Indeed, pork chicharon isn't a healthy choice for a snack but its distinguishing crispiness, saltiness, and flavorful piece sets it apart even from the alternative Vegetable Chicharons around. We've been patronizing R. Lapid's chicharon for quite some time- both the Cocktail Chicharon and the Chicharon with 'Laman' (meat) but when the shop near our house closed, we had to search for any chicharon available at a supermarket.

Then my sister and I had this Carl's Special Pork Chicharon. Of course we chose the Hot and Spicy. For 120g. this costs less than Php 100. It was indeed crispy and its saltiness was just right. We just had an extra spicy vinegar because the vinegar provided wasn't enough.

As shown on the pictures, the pack contains a really large piece each. My sister and I thought that we wouldn't be able to consume the whole pack (We had our own chicharon pack). Surprisingly, I was able to consume it all at the half of the movie Ip Man. It's really not good to eat while watching TV or movies as you won't be conscious on the quantity of what you eat. Later that day, my sister complained that she's feeling dizzy. Maybe she's having a hypertension because of the fat. Woops.