Lugaw. / myLot

Philippines

July 16, 2026 7:31pm CST

We call it lugaw. Sometimes Arroz Caldo. Also know as congee or porridge. We can have it plain, with hard boiled eggs, with chicken or sometimes with beef tripe. It is topped with fried garlic and sometimes chopped green onions. Some people pair it with fried pork and tofu in soy sauce and vinegar. I remember when I was young, a vendor sells it with pig's brain. We usually have this when we are sick or in a cold and rainy weather. The other night, me and my daughter ate lugaw as I was craving for one.

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Stacey

@xstitcher (40235)

• Petaluma, California

20 Jul

Some of those ingredients--no thank you. Like @LadyDuck , chicken soup is our go-to thing when we're sick here in the States.

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rakski

@rakski (161122)

• Philippines

23 Jul

I feel you. I usually like the plain one or with hard boiled egg

Anna

@LadyDuck (509408)

• Italy

17 Jul

Arroz caldo means hot rice, we have a chicken soup when we do not feel well.

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rakski

@rakski (161122)

• Philippines

17 Jul

True, or Arroz caldo means hot rice. They also have chicken in it sometimes

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Anna

@LadyDuck (509408)

• Italy

17 Jul

@rakski I never heard escaldo for hot rice in Spanish.

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rakski

@rakski (161122)

• Philippines

18 Jul

@LadyDuck sorry it's a typo. I was probably sleepy. It's still Arroz caldo

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Amber

@AmbiePam (126952)

• United States

17 Jul

I don’t know that I could eat pig’s brain or beef tripe, but maybe if I grew up eating it, it wouldn’t sound so unusual to me. It sure sounds interesting.

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rakski

@rakski (161122)

• Philippines

17 Jul

I agree not anyone will eat those especially when it's not familiar.

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