This 2014 calendar from Mercury Drug is appetizing and yummy to look at! But upon closer inspection there's an odd-man-out to this list of authentic regional cuisine and sadly it's in the Western Visayas region specifically Iloilo.
It's a big HUH! While other regions/provinces highlighted the vernacular cuisine that are easily identifiable to their culture, "Iloilo" opted for a Spanish dish that 99% of Ilonggos don't have an idea in the first place! Ask every Ilonggo you may know about this dish to prove it. And how the hell that dish ended up in the calendar? It's self interest... and it's not Mercury Drug.