Pancit miki (habhab)
I cooked this noodle dish last Wednesday, the day before typhoon Milenyo hit the Philippines. Never got a chance to post it until now. We had no power, and water, until last night. Most of the contents of the fridge had to be thrown out. The meat in the freezer thawed out completely on the second day. At least I was able to salvage 2 kilos of pork liempo (belly) which I cooked as adobo on Thursday, and 2 kilos of chicken wings and thighs which I fried on Friday. After that, we were living on canned goods and instant noodles. The very limited and always precarious water supply, and not knowing when the next water delivery would come, obliged us to stretch our water supply as much as we could. No cooking. Eat out of paper plates. Drink from disposable plastic cups.
Anyway, back to this noodle dish… This was made with pancit miki from Lucban, Quezon. The noodles are the kind used for making pancit habhab, a meat-seafood-vegetable noodle dish served on banana leaves and eaten without spoon nor fork. The banana leaf is rolled loosely, allowing the pancit to come out on one end where it is eaten directly. Interesting thing, really, and I would have prepared it that way except that my kids might find it too inconvenient. Not exactly something to push to them after a gruelling day in school. So, although cooked much like pancit habhab, I served this noodle dish in the usual fashion.
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Looks delicious. I have never heard of pancit habhab before.
Did you make anything interesting from the canned goods during the typhoon?
LOL no, aurea. I wish I could. Too little water. I missed cooking so much.
in lucban they put vinegar instead of Kalamansi, yummy!
same as pancit kabagan in isabela
Dear Ms. Connie,
when I ask some people about what ingredients they use, the reply would be “secret”, Thank God for this site 
Thank you for sharing your recipes
Yummy!
I am from Lucena City, Quezon and now based here in Makati. Pancit Habhab is the bomb! (Habhab because the way it is eaten. hinahabhab. from the Lucban vernacular). Have you tried Buddy’s Pancit Lucban? You should visit Lucban and try out Old Center Panciteria’s Pancit Lucban/Habhab.
God, I miss cooking at home. Good thing we have cookouts here at the office every friday…:mrgreen:
Im a fan of your site!
Hi Connie, what can I substitute for the pancit habhab?
first of all, i love your site!!!
i’m a new mom and i just started to learn how to cook.
i have tried a lot of your recipes and my husband liked all of it.
i find it hard to cook pansit. it always turns out soggy and over cooked. but i will still try your pansit miki recipe. it looks so good
Say, you’re welcome.
Carl, I’ll remember that. Buddy’s… thanks for the tip.
Gina, naku, I don’t know. Pancit canton has a different texture and fresh pancit miki usually turns out soggy is cooked this way. Pancit miki for making habhab is available in supermarkets, anyway… in 500 gram packs.
yey! i’m glad to see an authentic filipino dish post on your blog. frankly, i’ve missed your posts on
filipino food. i appreciate all your posts, but it’s filipino food posts i look forward to & love. thanks!
I’m glad your family made it OK through the typhoon - that explains why you’ve been MIA recently. Ahh, the joys of living in South East Asia… I grew up in Malaysia so I know all too well how water and electricity gets cut off for days because of weather. It’s so bad that my mum usually has at least 3 barrels full of water at all times in case something like that happens.
tess, when i started this blog, i focused on traditional filipino food. they are all in the archives, most circa 2003.
right now, i like the experimenting part.
thanks, rose. it was hell. i wrote about it here and here.
hi ms connie,
thank god we all survive sa bagyong milenyo, grabbee ako bumili ng ice para lang ma save ung mga karne kasi tinamad po ako magluto dahil wala kuryente, inuna ko iluto ung mga fish pinaksiw ko ung iba and then fried sa umaga hehhehe.
im one of ur big fan, i always find time to visit ur site and check new recipes even if im in the office. I will try this pansit habhab looks yummy! what particular brand of pansit habhab ang hahanapin ko? sorry ha first time ko kasi buy and cook habhab want to try it. sa pancit bihon kasi may brand na hindi masarap.
Nwey thanks sa mga recipe mo ha? I printed out some of ur recipe and tried it at home. When my hubby celebrated his bday last month he requested for kare kare, eh i always cook kare kare dati at ang ginagamit ko ung mamasita kare kare mix honestly hindi masyado masarap but when i tried doing ur recipe, effort kung effort talaga i bought giniling na mani and bigas…..gosh ang sarap!!! tuwang tuwa si hubby heheheh!!!!!
God Bless u ms connie and more recipes to come….btw do u have baked lasagna recipe?
Thanks!
Buddy’s Pancit Lucban branches:
-pearl drive, ortigas
-kakarong st., makati
-market! market!
Yummy! I miss Pancit Habhab
Hey Connie (off-topic) what camera do you use to take photos? Your pictures look really great.
Hi! I just want to know if you can help me how to cook chitcharon. I tried so many times but I can’t do it perfectly. Pls. help. Thanks
Weng, I wasn’t able to save all the contents of of fridge. No ice anywhere. Guess even the tube ice makers couldn’t make any without electricity. Anyway, I’m glad you and your hubby enjoyed kare-kare. Am not a big fan of powdered mixes either.
Carl, oh my, we were at the Holiday Inn for two days… checked out an hour BEFORE you posted your comment. Sayang… but Ortigas isn’t that far. Pearl Drive. Thanks for the info. I will definitely visit Buddy’s soon.
Shae, it’s a Canon EOS 350D.
Lito, boil the pork fat and rind in salted water, drain, dry under the sun then deep fry.
Hi Connie,
Thank you for your great recipes! You are one unselfish, down-to-earth person with not a bit of air at all!
Cheers to you!
Thanks, Lisa
sarap naman basahin mga comments…meron na ngang masasarap na recipes, meron pang nakaka-aliw na comments!:lol:
hi miss connie,
Nakaka aliw naman basahin mga comments nyo about my hometown “Lucban Quezon” and the “pancit habhab” na miss ko tuloy bigla ang umuwi at kumain ng pancit habhab ni “KULITING” sya yung nagtitinda ng masarap na pancit habhab sa aming lugar…BTW, salamat sa website mo Miss Connie bcoz masaya me at nabigyang importansya ang pinakamasarap na “PANCIT HABHAB” ng Lucaban, Quezon.
Thanks,
Jhenny
I agree with Jhenny, I’m also from Lucban, pancit habhab is the best especially when you add some vinegar in it..sus ginooo! tatlong order pa nga.