Hotdog, photo by Arnold Gamboa

Hotdog – Filipino’s Red Sausage

One of the things that I missed about the Philippines is the red sausage hotdog.

When I first got to London, I was very happy when we went to our local fish and chips shop and saw a red sausage in their warming food counter.  Peter, the hubby, said that those red rolls were called savaloy.  We bought a couple of the savaloy and really looked forward to eating one.

It was nothing like the hotdog I was used to.  Savaloy tasted rather bland and not meaty at all.

When we went travelling to the US, we saw a welcoming hotdog van in Washington DC selling chilli-dogs.  Though it tasted slightly like the Philippine hotdog, it was not the same.

I almost got into trouble in the US immigration coming back to the UK because I inadvertently packed a couple of cans of Vienna sausages into my hand luggage.  The US inspected anything that had liquid on it.  I had to plead for them to let me keep my sausages!  I said I can’t get the same tasting Vienna sausages in the UK.  Thank goodness the US immigration felt my pain. 🙂 and allowed me to keep the cans to take back home with me.

If you happened to find an authentic Filipino juicy and tender hotdog somewhere near yu, then to best prepare it is to slice it in shallow regular cut along one side, see above photo, and then shallow fry until cooked.

Make a delicious spicy sauce by combining a heaped tablespoon of tomato ketchup with half a tablespoon of vinegar and a chopped bird’s eye chilli.

hmmmm ang sarap (hmmmm so delicious) 😉