Christmas Fiesta Ham

November 14, 2017. Before going home to Vancouver (from our California trip), we stopped by at Seafood City in Tukwila, Washington to eat dinner at Jollibee and do a bit of grocery shopping. If you are curious, we flew in Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport because plane tickets are so much cheaper if you take a domestic flight. Relatively expensive ang Canadian flights as compared to American flights kaya malaki talaga ang natipid namin, considering na tatlo kaming nagbiyahe. The drawback though is that you need to drive 2 1/2 to 3 hours going there. Pero keri lang, parang from Bulacan to NAIA drive lang.

Anyway, mataas ang conversion ng Canadian to US dollars kaya mas ok magshopping ngayon sa Canada. Halos lahat naman ng tinda sa Seafood City ay mayroon sa Canada, except for San Miguel Beer (na binili rin ng asawa ko) at Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdog (na made in USA).

After grabbing a few packs of hotdogs and longganisa, my eyes suddenly noticed a somewhat familiar logo in a somewhat familiar shape. Wow, Argentina Fiesta Ham?!?! Just like Purefoods, may Argentina licensed products din sa Seafood City. Nakabili na rin ako ng hotdogs nila noon at ok naman ang lasa.

Medyo nagpalpitate talaga ako. Biglang naisip ko na magiging masaya ang pasko ko lol.

When I was living in Pinas kasi, talagang hindi kumpleto ang pasko ko kapag walang Fiesta Ham. Hindi naman ako ganun kahilig talaga sa ham pero talagang every Christmas, dapat meron kami nun. I remember na sobrang lungkot ko nga noong December 2013 (unang Christmas ko dito sa Canada) kasi nga walang Pinoy ham.

I excitedly showed the ham to Ford, pero as usual no effect haha. Wala siyang kasenti-senti sa katawan talaga haha! Unlike me, Christmas = Fiesta Ham talaga.

There wasn't any price tag on the freezer so I wasn't sure how much was it. I got one and told myself, bahala na kung mahal. Lately kasi may nakikita akong mga Pinoy ham sa mga Asian supermarkets dito (at sa Edmonton) pero super mahal. Pero yun yata yung mga bone-in ham.

While paying, there was a confusion as to how much this Argentina ham really cost. Upon further verification, ayun 2 for $9.99 daw! Parang di ko pa nga na-gets nung una na dalawa for $9.99 eh. I had to rush to the frozen meat section to get another one. Ang mura lang pala kaloka.

Now I wonder, magkakaroon din kaya ng Purefoods Fiesta Ham sa Seafood City? Haha, asa pa.

O siya, basta happy na ako dito. May pang-noche buena na kami. Soup (o hotpot) at chocolate cake na lang ang kailangan. And since I got two hams, I might share the other one sa Christmas get-together namin nina Juris and Tess with our families.