Food Batangas

About 500 yards or so from where the road forks into two if one is driving from Lipa City, one branch leading to poblacion San Jose and the...Read More

Ibaan

Will the Real Tamales Please Stand Up!

10:27 PM

I was just with my elder sister and her two kids when it suddenly occurred to me to ask if they had the time – and the gas – to go to Ibaan...Read More

Lipa City

Growing Black Pepper in San Salvador

11:39 PM

Black pepper – or the humble paminta – is so ubiquitous that it is often taken for granted. Yet, without it and other spices, the world as...Read More

Lipa City

Nanay Deling’s Smoke-Flavoured Bucayô

4:55 AM

Forty-two years is a long time to be doing the same thing; but Adelaida Zara of San Salvador in Lipa City takes pride in her small bucayô b...Read More

Lipa City

Lorzano’s Bakery: More Than a Paborita Story

5:18 AM

I do not know what the humble paborita – a local biscuit – could ever have done to deserve its stereotypical association with the funeral w...Read More

Sardinella Tawilis

4:25 PM

Indeed, that is the scientific name of this tiny freshwater fish than can be found in no other place on God’s Earth except our very own, be...Read More

The Pinarusahang Isdâ

6:20 PM

Perhaps, a direct translation offers a bit of a linguistic paradox. Punished fish – or tortured fish, as some say – suggests that the fish...Read More

Breakfast Classics: Ménage à trois with the Sinangag and Itlog

6:08 PM

The age-old marriage between sinangag (fried rice) and pritong itlog (egg fried sunny side up) has always been, to my mind, the proverbial ...Read More

Padre Garcia

Padre Garcia’s Soul Through Its Food and Livestock

6:10 PM

On any day of the week other than Friday, the municipality of Padre Garcia is a quiet little town as one can only expect of a largely agrar...Read More

Lipa City

Ka Feliza’s Puto Bumbong Is Not Just for Christmas

5:23 AM

Those among us who thought that the puto bumbong went out of fashion when the fastfood chains invaded the countryside obviously thought wro...Read More

Batangas City

The Honesty of Tia Ila’s Lomi-Licious

9:31 PM

Perhaps, the name Lomi-licious is a tad deceiving. There is lomi, yes; but Tia Ila’s little budget restaurant in Pallocan West, Batangas C...Read More

A Tale of the Tanigue Tail

4:25 PM

There was, at the supermarket the other day, this tanigue tail that was just plain begging to be bought. I took one look at it and thought ...Read More

Lipa City

D’ Lover’s Line Bibingka Stays Truly Filipino

6:13 AM

Those who wish to try an alternative snack to the sort one finds in the malls with increasing ubiquity may opt for the more traditional Fil...Read More

Lipa City

The Surprise of Tessie’s Goto

11:42 PM

There are days when a terribly mundane afternoon can suddenly come alive. The other day was one such day. I was tired from a class and de...Read More

Batangas City

Wa Nam Sa Bukid: Great Guisado, Among Others

3:06 AM

Those who have dined at the classic Chinese Restaurant in Quiapo called Wah Nam may be forgiven for thinking that this similarly named rest...Read More

Uhm... Hawot...

7:27 PM

Last night, I felt my previous status had become passé, so I dutifully answered Facebook’s query “What’s on your mind?” with “Hawot, priton...Read More

Mataas-na-Kahoy

FG Pure Chocolate: Tabliya for the Purists

5:44 PM

Before fancy powdered and ready to drink milk chocolates became ubiquitous, there was tabliya. Tabliya is as pure as chocolate can hope to...Read More

Mataas-na-Kahoy

Ka Tasing’s Pinindot: From Sunong to Cell Phone

5:55 AM

Call it what you like. There are those, in the western section of the province, who will say paridusdos. Amongst most other Tagalogs, peo...Read More

Lipa City

The Disappearing Skill of Making the Buro

4:02 AM

There is irony to the success of Aling Apolonia’s pickling business. In years gone by, housewives amused themselves by lovingly peeling lo...Read More

The Things Mothers Brought Home From the Market

6:44 PM

Long before the big fuss about McDo and Jollibee, mothers brought home an unimaginable variety of foodstuffs from the palengke to keep the ...Read More

Lipa City

The Homemade Noodles of Centro Lomi Haus

6:18 AM

In a manner of speaking, there is one dish that I will kill for just to get a taste of. This dish is none other than the Lipa version of p...Read More

Batangas City

Café Kampanaryo: the Thrill of the Coffee Is in the Sunset

9:38 PM

From the name of the place itself, anyone can guess that that this has something to do with the huge church bell or the kampanâ, as it is c...Read More

Lipa City

The Can’t-Lose Formula of Rose’s Lomi Haus

5:18 AM

Just in front of the main gate of Fernando Air Base, there is this food joint called Rose’s Lomi Haus. Because of its convenient location,...Read More

San Jose

Value for Money at the BanayBanay Eatery

1:15 AM

Time was when, in these parts, fast food meant a turô-turô. There was no airconditioning; ditto padded seats. There were no uniformed per...Read More

Lipa City

Gotohan sa Barangay for a Quick Satisfying Meal

5:53 AM

There are certain foods that are almost Marxian in the sense that they may be considered as great equalizers. Gotong Lipa is one of those....Read More

Lipa City

Special Lomi in a Village Called Pangao

1:33 AM

Mention Lipa City to an outsider and the latter almost instinctively makes a connection with either or both of two things: its former Mayo...Read More

Cuenca

Ereneo’s Café: A Gem of a Find

2:03 AM

How was I to know that there exists a gem of a restaurant just 10 minutes drive from where I live and at most a half-hour from the city pro...Read More

Taal