Sinful Desires at Tinapayan: Go Loco over Choco

Chocolate has never been renowned as much as it is today. With its immense popularity, chocolate is the always the sweet talk of the town. Bring new wave to your taste buds as you satisfy your sinful cravings with the delightful array of chocolate concoctions. Enjoy this 5-week showcase of chocolate creation as Tinapayan brings you your “Sinful Desires”.

For the first time, Tinapayan will hold its first “Cake Decorating Contest” on Oct. 1, 2010 at The Atrium lobby, as different schools compete and unleash their creative skills and design. Witness and be amazed with their intricately designed creations. Be part of this celebration and also have the chance to voice out you favorite cake design and support your respective schools by voting.

For the first week (Sept. 27 - Oct. 3, 2010) of the Chocolate Festival enjoy the following creations by Tinapayan Bakeshop

Choco Hazelnut Mousse Cake A sweet fusion of hazelnuts and cream - chocolate cake blended with creamy chocolate hazelnut mousse and magically sprinkled with chopped hazelnuts.

Coco Fantasy Bar Rumble your tongue with the twist of coco and choco creation is a fudgy bar. The oh-so-yummy taste of this concoction will truly be your fantasy!

Choco Orange Bar Oh-some bars! Moist chocolate cake bars merged in a fruit mandarin orange mousse. So refreshing!

Choco Ensaimada A new wave of ensaimada will truly entice our appetite as it comes with a great blend of chocolate flavour!

Wow! Dream no more! All these great flavours can be tasted! Visit Tinapayan Bakeshop at The Atrium, Delgado, Jaro, Mandurriao and soon in Arevalo. So what are you waiting for? Grab your sweetest temptations and indulge yourselves into the real chocolate madness – sinfully delicious!

Ultimate Ilonggo Favorite: KBL Kadyos, Baboy, Langka

K.B.L. or Kadyos, Baboy, Langka is the ultimate favorite dish of most Ilonggos. It is also one of the most missed native dishes as kadyos and the souring ingredient, batwan , are hard to find when outside of the Ilonggo region. Basically, it is boiled/stewed pork dish owing its "deliciousness" to the combination of the soft and tender pork, the tamed sourness of batwan and the malinamnam na sabaw . One of the "secrets" of the malinamnamn na sabaw , is the fact that the pork, whether just the plain meat or pata (hocks) are first grilled or broiled. This gives the broth a rather smoky taste that makes it more appetizing.. Learn how to make the Ilonggo dish KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, at Langka) with the recipe below. Ingredients 1 kilo Pata (pork hocks) or pork cubes, GRILLED and sliced into bite size pieces 1 unripe Jack fruit, cubed 2 cups pigeon pea (kadyos) 6-8 pieces batwan fruit (or tamarind powder) 1 piece pork broth cube (

An Ilonggo favorite - Valenciana

Found in almost all occasions like fiesta, birthdays, reunions and others, Ilonggos really love valenciana because most if not all have grown accustomed of having it in special gatherings at home. A complete " go, grow and glow " dish because it has the carbohydrates, protein and vitamins and minerals in just one spoonful, Valenciana is really an " occasional dish ". Here's the recipe for Valenciana

Batwan

Ilonggos know batwan or batuan by heart as the fruit is almost endemic to the Western Visayas. Its scientific name is Garcinia binucao, derived from the Tagalog name for the fruit, binukaw. It is a large green fruit with large seeds and its a favorite souring ingredient in most Ilonggo dishes especially KBL or kadyos, baboy, langka and the Ilonggo-style paksiw known as "pinamalhan". It is characterized by a tamed sourness compared to tamarind and kamias . The fruit is sold by pieces or kilo in wet markets and even big grocery stores. Batwan is the preferred souring ingredients for the Ilonggo favorite- KBL. The photo shows boiled batwan with skin and without skin (right) A favorite riddle when we were young - "Among the many fruits in the forest, but one (batuan) is the best. What is it?"

Takway

The gabi (taro) is just one of those plants which is edible from "roots to tops". The most popular of which is the tuber part which is used in a variety of dishes and mostly in combination with coconut milk. Its leaves, of course, is the main ingredient of a Bicol specialty, laing . It is dried then chopped and sauteed with other ingredients including, again, coconut milk. Then there is takway . The local term for its tendrils/runner, that part which is torn between being a stem or a root for it neither grows upwards nor downwards - it grows sideways . Scraped off of its outer skin, takway is often a key ingredient in vegetable dishes like laswa and the gabi tuber with coconut milk and local snails know as bago-ngon . It is also popular when cooked adobo style with guinamos , the local bago-ong . It is very popular in the region that even big supermarkets sell takway in style - cleaned and plastic wrapped in styro with some additions to make it easier to prepare.

A native (foods) welcome in Guimaras

Even after having breakfast less than an hour that time, we couldn't say no to this lot of native delciacies that welcomed us in Guimaras. First and foremost, Guimaras best known produce is their sweet mango famous almost worldwide. And it comes with it's best partner, ibos. This brown baye-baye variety is made from toasted rice thus giving it a more disctinct flavour compared to it's more "caucasian" cousin. I like the one wrapped in banana leaves compared with the one in plastic for it gives it a more native feel. So when you're in Guimaras, be sure to check out the markets for these native delicacies that can make your trip more gastronomically satisfying.

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