Ever had food that you had to pound just to eat it? I was fortunate to have relatives at Eastern Samar that planned to make Tinomok after I went around Guiuan. Tinomok in Eastern Samar is a dessert whose ingredients are pinipig, coconut meat and sugar. Knowing the ingredients is just a tiny part of [...]

Meet Kuya Franky, one of the taho vendors who walks around Burnham Park. He sells taho with the usual arnibal (brown sugar and vanilla syrup) but he also sells taho with another mix, the strawberry syrup. He first takes a plastic cup, puts in small amounts of soft tofu, adds sago then pours the strawberry [...]

If you’re a fan of manggang hilaw (unripe mango) you’ll love to go to Baguio and buy from peddlers such as Kuya from the picture above. For only PhP25.00 you’ll have one manggang hilaw served in a transparent plastic and you can choose from the usual alamang (shrimp paste), salt or

Summary How to get there How to go back Other Information Budget Pictures Arriving late in the morning in Bohol is not really a good thing. The delay in my flight didn’t help either. So what should I do? Food trip! Good thing I was with Jules then, she knows people that knows things, places [...]

When we were on our way to Isla Verde, one of the passengers was carrying a nice tube packaging. Luckily she sat right next to us and we were able to ask regarding the packaging, she said it was Pakaskas. It’s a snack made in the island and it’s made from Buri palm sugar molds. [...]