Razon’s Halo Halo
Posted by on December 26, 2007
Its may sound weird, but I have purposedly included Razon’s in our itinerary during our recent Pampanga trip. Razon’s originally hailed in the town of Guagua, Pampanga Philippines.
For the uninitiated, Razon’s is a chain of local foodshop offering merienda goodies every Kapampangan is really proud of. There are several foods listed in Razon’s menu, but just like in any other Razon branches, only 2 foods stand out in their menu: the Pancit Luglog and the legendary Razon’s Halo halo.
Halo halo is a Filipino merienda composed of shaved ice, milk, leche flan (creme brulee), sweetened fruits, beans, nata de coco, and usually topped with ice cream. A typical halo halo doesn’t just taste sweet, it is actually an eye candy with all the colors from its ingredients, with red green brown and yellow.
On the other hand, Razon’s Halo-halo is almost devoid of any color but white. It has lesser ingredients compered to the usual frozen delight. The Kapampangan dessert only contains finely shaved ice, sweetened bananas, leche flan, and another sweetened fruit which I just can’t identify, milk, and that’s it!
Although it contains lesser ingredients, it doesn’t mean that the Razon’s Halo-halo is inferior in quality and taste. On the contrary, Razon’s can easily beat any halo-halo in town.
I totally agree! BTW, Where in Gua Gua is the main Razon’s resto? My family and I wlooked for it on our way home from Subic.
Razon’s of Guagua Halo-halo super sarap!
napuntahan namin ang Razon’s sa Guagua. Nakakashock ang nakita namin. Ang kanilang ice na galing sa ice plant nilatag lang nila sa parking lot at dun nila ito pinutolputol into smaller blocks. Wala itong sapin kaya exposed talaga ang ice dun sa dirt at siempre sa bacteria, germs at virus. walang pagkakaiba dun sa mga gumagawa ng ice cream sa palenke. Napaka unhygienic nito and to think na “best” sila. think twice.
@ qualifox.. Really?! yuck nman! Pero “best” sila for me in terms of “taste”. Buti nalang we didn’t find the Guagua branch! I’ll stick to their branch in MOA na lang
Maybe what you saw is not the ice used for halo-halo. how sure are we? you must have confronted or ask them, c’mon, we dont want any prejudice here.
of course nakita namin. pinuna ko at kinonfront ko sila about the unhygienic practice. dalidali nilang niligpit ito at itinabi. parang nabagsakan ng bomba ang mga mukha nilang mga waiters kasama na ang manager duon. May isang matandang lalaki pa nga na parang halos na umiyak sa kahihiyan. Well, nagiging pabaya kasi sila sa practice na ito. i hope they learned the lesson this time.