Now I'm back with my "playing with food" posts though these will be more tame than the previous ones. Whenever we plan to have pancit Molo at home, the fillings are prepared beforehand in "bulk". Not all of it become pancit Molo balls as some become fried patties which are easier to prepare especially as a quick fix or for demanding little children at home-lol. So this one's just plain accented with mango and tomato catsup to make it appeal more to the eyes of my 6 year old nephew. And while we are still on the subject, here are two other mango and tomato catsup accented lunch plates, this time with hotdogs.
It was only today that I remembered buying a pack of ready-to-cook pancit Molo. Locals are fortunate to buy them at groceries here saving them time, money and effort in the tedious preparation of pancit Molo. Anyway every pack of the RTC pancit Molo has the balls and the lang-lang . Its the balls that entice the buyers and the lang lang that "dictates" the price and weight. For this blog entry, I opted for the AR brand (150 grams for PhP 21) since they had the more photogenic combination at that time though I'm more partial to the Cares brand. Separating the contents makes you realize that what you actually bought but for that price, it's already a bargain, can be cooked in many ways and can serve 2-3 people. It is then up to you what you can make out from a pack or more. For this preparation, I used 2 chicken broth cubes and just estimated the amount of water. Upon taste test I added a pinch of salt, a dash of pepper and few drops of soy sauce. I boiled the lang