Hamton Meats

Now here's a great tasting meat brand that's making the rounds of the Chinese delis in the Metro.  Hamton  Taiwan-style sausages come in packs of five pieces and are so easy to prepare--just pop in a frying pan with some water and the tender sausages would be cooked in a few minutes.  I have also tried this sliced and then pan-fried, as well as grilled (this, however means that you have an electric griller at home, as it is a bit more difficult to set up a charcoal grill).  The texture is quite tender, and the sausage casings are not hard too chew.  I find their sausages quite flavorful, and not too sweet.  I understand that due to the high demand, they have also come out with a chicken version of the sausages. Aside from the sausage line, the company also makes cooked hams, which are usually in demand during the Christmas season.  Available at the Little Store on the Hill in both San Juan and New Manila, at the many branches of Holland Hopia (Nueva, Banawe & N. Domingo), also at the Tin Hok Deli in V-Mall, Greenhills, and at the Crossings Supermarket along Quezon Avenue.  It's not exactly cheap (commercial hotdogs go for P175 per kilo), but I find it reasonably priced for premium meat products (gourmet European sausages can go as high as P600 per kilo).  Nice to have as ulam with hot rice or palaman with hot pandesal!  I'm hungry already....