Farm-to-Plate Culinary Experience at Springbloom Farm in Guimaras

With the formal launching of The Terraza at Camiña Balay nga Bato in Guimaras, Springbloom Farms can now showcase its various produce through its Farm-to-Plate Culinary Experience. Inspired by the Farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork) movement, this kind of gastronomy refers to the stages of the production of food: harvesting, storage, processing, packaging, sales, and consumption.

It also refers to producing food locally and delivering that food to local consumers. Linked to the local food movement, the Farm-to-Table is promoted by some in the agriculture, food service, and restaurant communities. It may also be associated with organic farming initiatives, sustainable agriculture, and community-supported agriculture. (from Wikipedia)

Springbloom Farms in Sibunag, Guimaras commercially produce red lady papaya, bananas and pineapple, among others. On a smaller scale, they also have cashew, calamansi, rootcrops, native fruits and assorted vegetable produce. Combined with the produce of nearby farms, agriculture suppliers and cottage industries, it is now slowly but surely making its presence felt in the culinary map of the island of Guimaras.

So from the farm, here's my (1st) plate full of the dishes served during the launch. I had malunggay-spinach pesto pasta, steamed kolitis with onions and garlic, bino-ug nga baboy, chicken adobo rice, grilled squid, nori wrapper, mango and spicy laing shooters.

Here are more of the gastronomic offerings that one fine afternoon ...

Salad Mix

Spicy Laing shooters

Malunggay-Spinach pasta

Ginat-an nga Puso sang Saging

Amargoso, Carrot and Singkamas Pickles

"Lundikap"
Ginlunuran sang Kapayas

Bino-ug nga Baboy hot off the charcoal pit

Chopped bino-ug

Chicken Adobo with salted Egg

Pinamalhan nga Salmonite

Red Rice with kalkag

Steamed Kolitis with onions and Garlic

Sinugba nga Bangrus

Calamansi-Cucumber-Mint Coolers

Guimaras Mangoes
Ripe with subtle hints of sourness, my kind of mangoes!

Red Lady Papaya

Suman, Kutsinta and Sapin-sapin

Garangan or star fruit

Fruit preserves

Calamansi Bars

And after all this food binge, it is time to relax with a view! Won't you agree?

Camiña Balay nga Kawayan / Springbloom Farms can be reached via public transportation like multicab jeepneys from the Jordan Pier. Just coordnate with the Guimaras local tourism office in the area for a more secure transaction of transport to the place. Regular rate for a multicab good for a maximum of 10 pax if PhP300 for a one-way trip.

Rates are as follows:
PhP 150/pax min. of 5 for a farm tour and fresh fruit smoothies, 2-3 days advance notice (as of now)
PhP 500/pax min of 10 for lunch or dinner, farm tour, 2-3 days advance notice

Camiña Balay nga Kawayan / Springbloom Farms

KM 17, Brgy. Concordia, Sibunga, Guimaras

Tel. No. 033-336-3858 or 336-5075 or 0917-305-5355

Facebook Page: Camiña Balay nga Kawayan in Guimaras

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