I had my first ever churros back in college when my Spanish professor set up a fair celebrating Spanish culture through music, lifestyle, and food. We had seafood paella and cinnamon churros.

I just love Dulcinea’s Churros con Chocolate. For only Php 98 you can indulge yourself on 5 pieces of golden looped strips of batter. Dulcinea’s churros are crisp then slowly turns chewy as you eat them. It also comes with a demitasse of hot and dark semi-sweet chocolate that’s sooooo rich and heavenly!

I’ve heard some people complain that their churros are too oily. Well, it’s not like oil’s dripping out of the dough. And I’d rather have it with oil than eat it bland and dry.

Churros Fast Facts:

• originated in Spain; referred to as Spanish doughnuts
• got its name from its shape, which resembles the horns of the Churro breed of sheep reared in the Spanish grasslands of Castile
• are typically fried until they become crunchy
• normally eaten for breakfast or as a snack dipped in hot chocolate or sprinkled in sugar and cinnamon
• has a ridged surface due to having been piped from a churrera, a syringe with a star-shaped nozzle
• are often sold by street vendors, who often will fry them freshly on the street stand and sell them hot

Published: 2009-09-06 19:01:00