Cheap Eatin' at Achong's ACSAT

It's been a couple of years since I last ate at Achong's, one of the best places to eat in Dumaguete if you are strapped for cash AND if you happen to love street food. Achong's is a small eatery across the street from ACSAT, a local computer school, that sells street food, from isaw (grilled chicken innards) to Adidas( chicken feet), as well as the more common pork BBQ sticks and hotdogs.

JP and I went there for the first time together last week, after both of us had sudden cravings for anything that did not resemble mall food. Achong's was crawling with people when we got there, and the place was thick with smoke and the smell of grilled chicken.

Rice wrapped in leaves are often paired with local streetfood. The rice is poured into the woven leaves before it is cooked. To eat, the packs are sliced open in the middle, and the leafy wrapping is peeled off.

Each stick if isaw goes for 4 pesos, very affordable, since you only want to consume five or six of these if you know what's good for you. A person can spend roughly 100 pesos for a complete meal of isaw and rice, paired with a cold glass of Coke.