"Halo -halo ni Juan dela Cruz"

Juan dela Cruz was really popular in terms of creativity; for every crops they made, there's a reflection of tradition, culture and patrimony to their motherland; love, happiness and care to everyone; and even in the names they've given to those crops, were creatively done, which recognizes as one trademark of Juan dela Cruz. And some of those were foods.

Halo-halo, adidas, barbaque, balot, penoy, isaw, betamax, kwek-kwek and fishballs are some popular foods for Juan, which you may buy along the streets (Streets foods). Those street foods were really affordable and delicious, that's why those were indeed popular to the taste of Filipinos and even sometimes to those foreigners.

Halo- halo can be categorized as street food and is one of the most popular dessert or Snack for Filipinos and even to other nationalities who have been visited Juan. Since the country archipelagos were found near the equator, Philippines spent its year of mostly hot weather. That's why this food is really in demand.

Halo-halo is basically made up of different ingredients or a mixture of banana, ripe mango, gelatin, ripe jack fruit, sweet corn or chick peas (garbanzos), shredded coconut, cooked sweet yams (ube halaya), shaved ice, milk, scoops of favorite ice cream and chopped peanuts or rice krispies.

To say that Filipino Cultures were reflected in this food, that is Juan's cultures were mostly influenced by the western country, as you can see the ice cream, which is a Western ingredient, may be on top of the concoction, likewise, to say that Filipino culture is essentially Eastern at the same as taking only the Asian tropical fruits in the halo-halo and failing to drink the melted ice cream in the mixture. One then misses passion, which is the creme of Filipino culture.

But on the other hand though there are various interpretations about this, no doubt that even Filipinos have different cultures and traditions we see that just like Halo-halo, contained different ingredients, put together, there's a wonderful taste that everybody would search once they taste it. like on Juan's Cultures and traditions, even those were diversified, when those were put together you'll see the beauty, reality and amazing colors of Juan dela Cruz.