Pancit Lucban (aka Pancit Hab-hab)

Pancit hab-hab is a well-known delicacy in Lucban. It is called as such because the way you eat it called hab-hab: from the banana leaf, where it is being served, to your mouth without any use of utensils.

I have been to Lucban twice but just in this recent Pahiyas Festival that I have tried pancit hab-hab. I bought one along the street for only 6 pesos per serving and ate it the Lucban way. The taste was almost the same as that of the ordinary pancit canton however the noodle was a bit smaller and they prefer to use "suka" instead of calamansi. I also noticed that the "sahog" was mainly "sayote".

Later that night, me and my friends decided to eat in one of the restaurants there. We chose "Buddy's" because of its catchy tagline "parang laging fiesta". We ordered halo-halo and, of course, pancit hab-hab.

As compared to the one I bought from the street, Buddy's pancit hab-hab has lot's of "sahog" onions, cabbage, pechay, carrots, sayote and pork. The taste was fine and the serving was big for 114 pesos. Nothing special though, we even ate it the normal way.

Eating Buddy's pancit hab-hab gave me ideas on how to cook the hab-hab noodles I bought from Lucban. Definitely, I will make my own version pancit hab-hab.