Banana cue

A Banana cue or Banana Q (Tagalog: Banana kyu) is a popular snack food in the Philippines of deep fried bananas coated in caramelized brown sugar. Banana cue is made from Saba bananas. It is usually skewered on a bamboo stick, and is sold on the streets. The skewer stick is just for ease of serving and eating. It is not cooked on the skewer (as opposed to ginanggang). The term is a portmanteau of banana and barbecue (which in Philippine English refers to meat cooked in a style similar to kebabs).

There are many different types of banana in the Philippines. Some are used for eating raw, others to be cooked. Banana Cue is covered in sugar and cooked over a BBQ or deep fried.

It tastes sweet and like a banana should. But for me it���s quite dry and hard to eat much of.

I did however come across some Banana Cue stalls in Banaue that served soft versions. Street prices vary but 5 pesos is a good price for a stick

An average Filipino would enjoyed the typical street food in his home country. One of the most popular street foods in the Philippines is the banana cue. It is similar to the barbecue, pork in a stick, but in this case instead of a pork, bananas are put on the sticks. The one thing that I like about this tasty snack is that it is very simple and yet very tasty. It is a symbolism that Filipinos are contented with simple things. The banana cue can be found almost anywhere in the streets of manila. It is a typical merienda for the Filipinos during the afternoon. A banana is covered with sugar and dip in hot oil to caramelized the sugar.

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