Street Food: Camote Cue Fries ???

Filipinos are really creative in how they market the products that they need to sell.

Take a look at the common "Camote Cue "

From this Photo from www.drdavesfilipinoscene.com

to this....

Q , Cue or Que came from relating meat on a regular Barbecue and replacing it with kamote. Thus, the word Camote Cue  became a local slang.


My theory is that the introduction of fast food quickly decreased the sales of local Camote Cue vendors. Fries became a common snack  and local vendors may have used the iconic look of french fries to give Camote Cue a new look.

Well that's just my theory. It's also possible that they just made a mistake in cutting the camote.

But what ever the reason maybe, Camote Cue  is still a delicious Filipino Street Food that you should not miss.



If you want to make one you can watch this video from SarapChannels YouTube Page.

You can also visit this page for the recipe

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