SM City Iloilo hosts an annual event called Fiesta in the City to boost the local tourism industry. In cooperation with the city and provincial governments, the event features the best of what Iloilo has to offer. From the festivals and native products to cultural shows and of course food.Years ago, the highlight of the gastronomic part of the said event was letting the Ilonggos see and taste, the biggest baye baye. No less than the mayor of the town Pavia was the guest of honor in the said event. Pavia is known as the baye-baye "capital" of Iloilo. So, what will this year's event bring on? Let's just wait and see.
It was only today that I remembered buying a pack of ready-to-cook pancit Molo. Locals are fortunate to buy them at groceries here saving them time, money and effort in the tedious preparation of pancit Molo. Anyway every pack of the RTC pancit Molo has the balls and the lang-lang . Its the balls that entice the buyers and the lang lang that "dictates" the price and weight. For this blog entry, I opted for the AR brand (150 grams for PhP 21) since they had the more photogenic combination at that time though I'm more partial to the Cares brand. Separating the contents makes you realize that what you actually bought but for that price, it's already a bargain, can be cooked in many ways and can serve 2-3 people. It is then up to you what you can make out from a pack or more. For this preparation, I used 2 chicken broth cubes and just estimated the amount of water. Upon taste test I added a pinch of salt, a dash of pepper and few drops of soy sauce. I boiled the lang