| “Ginataag Langka” is ‘Young Jackfruit in Coconut Milk,’ a Filipino dish that’s been one of the favourites to have during lunch time. It is also one of two new products for 7 Eleven’s ever expanding budget meal in ‘Hotta Rice,’ and the other was Laing that was featured previously that is so far the best viands to pair with your rice. Langka is the one that actually flies off the shelf most of the time.
Just like it the Laing, the Ginataang Langka is also available under the Hotta Ulam product that does not come with rice just the viand that you take it home and heat it with your microwave. It is not entirely a vegan viand but considering the main ingredient is a unripe jackfruit, but still includes a wide variety of secondary ingredients like seafood, meat, and other vegetables. |
For anyone outside the Philippines not familiar with this meal it is considered one of those deep cut dishes that is not widely known for its popularity among the provinces. Sometimes it is complimented with shrimp paste (bagoong) and may be spiced with chilis or soured with vinegar.
Just like the new Laing for the Hotta Rice banding you can immediately see the paper bowl colored in green with the photo of the product that also includes the description, ingredients and nutrition value.
More skin than Veggie
Right off the gate you can see the many details of the dish that is buried in that coconut milk frozen prior to being heated by a microwave. Though it may look and taste good you can see too much of the Jackfruit’s skit than the vegetable itself. There are room for improvement in refining this dish.
It is also understandable that due to the budget constraints the still need to fill up what is allowable to reached that cost. But hopefully not that too obvious to just feel like wanting ‘cheat’ the public and make it look like there’s more substance than giving them direct the point in good quality than just artificial hope it looks good.
Not Spicy Enough
Despite the quality in question and how they would make it look abundant the spice is not enough, but it is still good to have that opportunity to taste. Most home cooked Ginataang Langka have its particular ‘kick’ in the way you’d have another scoop of rice to compliment the goodness.
At the same time you have to be aware that this is a budget meal made for those have little no time to spend the lunch breaks and those who brings it to work. There’s an understandable compromise why it’s not a ‘full on’ meal and why you get this tiny bowl that is made for people on the go.
Overall the price point is on the nose for the quality of the viand and why it appears to have so much jackfruit skin than the core veggie itself. You can point to making it affordable and try to retain the quality that the previous Hotta Rice Meals have and that makes a balancing act 7 Eleven has successfully done an d have made it here too.
- Food Quality: 4 out of 5
- Affordability: A
- Overall: Jackfruit skins than the Veggie itself.
Ginataang Langka | Retailed at: ₱ 65.00 Pesos [$ 1.76 AUD | $ 1.22 USD]**
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