Green Leafy Pechay Garden Beside C5 Road

Green leafy pechay garden along C5 Road, Peftok, Makati City, Philippines.

This portion of the C5 road is commonly planted with vegetables, such as kamote or sweet potato and pechay, and other ornamental plants. The garden plots are maintained by industrious roadside residents for personal consumption as 'ulam' and to supplement their income from the sale of the veggies.

Sweet potato plot along C5 road, Peftok, Makati

Pechay and kamote tops are commonly added to sinigang soup recipe. Kamote tubers are boiled and dipped with sugar or fried in oil with sugar (kamote cue).