It is common for Filipinos to have merienda in between the major meals of the day. First merienda time of the day is somewhere between breakfast and lunch, the second merienda is around 3 or 4 PM while some others also have what we call midnight snacks.
This!!! I explained to my Vietnamese friends - SHOCK at nganga sila. Bakit daw tayo kain ng kain.
Hahaha. Pero ngayong nag-i-intermittent fasting ako, once a day na lang ako kumain. Kaya lang yung anak ko, maya't maya gutom kaya ngluluto pa rin ako ng merienda niya.