This trip to the Philippines to visit Christel has been pretty amazing and while it’s been a little stressful, how can you not love a trip where your best friend takes you out to eat amazing filipino food and takes pictures of you on vacation like the amazing vacation boyfriend that she is. I’ve gotten to eat a lot of really nice food and had my fill of my favorite palabok but my favorite thing by far in the Philippines, is Potato Corner.

LOCATION: Everywhere. Seriously. They’re in the front end of the grocery store and at the rest stops and I’m completely sold because before I even realize I want some french fries, they’re already in front of me in my hand.

Obviously, my favorite food is the potato. Any way you want to make it - french fries, mash, gratin, hash, I’m ready morning, noon, and night. So, when I got to the Philippines and Christel told me how much I’d love Potato Corner, I wasn’t going to argue. Little did I realize they really are everywhere and cheaply priced too. Potato corner pops up as a little cart/stand in the most convenient spots - rest stops on the side of the road, in the front end of rural grocery stores, the mall, even at movie theater concessions. That’s right guys, we went to go see Captain Marvel and I got to eat hot, freshly made to order, seasoned french fries right in my seat. Best movie experience ever. I’m easily pleased.

Potato Corner is pretty simple (which is what makes it amazing). You pick a size, for me it was either a Jumbo (small), or a Mega (Medium), love the naming conventions already. You pick a style aka french fries but they also have other things like chips and tots. Then you pick a flavor which is just the powder they sprinkle on top. They fry the french fries to order so it’s always fresh no matter where you find them and then sprinkle on powdered flavoring and you’re all set. Clearly, this is not a healthy snack but boy is it a delicious, and I’m never one to really turn down french fries. I found that the smallest size was enough to satisfy my potato craving and had just enough salt to it from the powdered flavorings to be enough. These taste a lot like the flavorings you get with potato chips here in America only better because they’re topping hot french fries.

Apparently, if I hope to eat potato corner again I have to head to NYC which may not be for awhile but you best believe that if I’m there again, Potato Corner is near the top of my list. Christel taught me a pretty nice trick that you can buy powdered flavoring marketed towards popcorn here at just about any grocery store and you can sprinkle that on top of your own homemade french fries, or if you want to be crazy you can just go to McDonalds and bring your powdered flavoring with you to add to your own order. I tried it as soon as I got back to America and while it’s not as great as potato corner, it’ll do the job.