LOOK: Very Pinoy ‘merienda’ buffet at Duterte’s first Sona

PHOTO from Office of Executive Director Edith Cardenas

A very Filipino merienda buffet will be offered to 800 VIPs after the first State of the Nation Address (Sona) of President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to the list sent by the Office of Executive Director Edith Cardenas, who chairs the committee on reception and protocol, at least 800 guests are invited to buffet in the House of Representatives at 5 p.m. on July 25.

Duterte has vowed a simple lifestyle for government officials during his term.

On the menu are:

Native chips: Salted duck egg dressing (on cocktail tables)

Monggo soup, smoked fish with alugbati (grissini bread)

Fresh lumpia ubod in pouch

Empanaditas (chicken and spicy tuna)

Sotong goreng

Crispy triangles of flaked chicken adobo and mushrooms/fried lumpiang ubod

Pandesal with kesong puti and beef steak

Penne with taba ng talangka sauce

Balut pate in profiteroles

Chicken skin crackling/rga