FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

HAPPY FIESTA to all the GUIMBALANONS! I share this very yummy recipe I personally go to taste last year named Pininyahang Manok with Cheese . It is the winning entry from Guimbal, Iloilo in the 2010 Sarap ng Pasko - Keso de Gallo campaign of Kraft's Eden Cheese . It's a more delectable and flavourful take of the Guimbalanons on the pininyahang manok recipe made richer using Kraft Eden Cheese. The resulting dish, as I have tasted during the awarding rites last Dec. 16, 2010 at the town plaza of Guimbal, is a tasty yet subdued chicken recipe - not too salty nor too sweet. The cheese flavour is in the sauce that makes the Filipino food cliche " sabaw pa lang, ulam na " (in this case, sauce), more than a reality. Discover this recipe and have a another gastronomic Christmas! Pininyahang Manok with Eden Cheese INGREDIENTS 700 grams – native chicken (cut into pieces) 1 can – green peas 1 can – pineapple tid bits (drained- reserve syrup) 6 pcs. – hotdog 4 pcs. – potatoes...

It was still dark when we got to the town of Guimbal but the Yuletide display brightened the whole plaza. The town is famous for having one of the most beautiful plazas and municipal halls in the region and one of the oldest churches in the country. A perfect backdrop, both literally and figuratively, for this momentous event; Guimbal being declared as the first-ever “ Eden Town ”. Last September, Kraft Eden Cheese launched Eden: Sarap ng Pasko 100 Days of Christmas campaign in partnership with ABS-CBN. On its second year, a hundred towns and cities around the country took on the challenge of infusing Eden Cheese to their indigenous dishes. A nationwide vote determined the Top 9 towns and cities which will participate in the culminating activity known as Keso de Gallo . During the event, scheduled on the first day of the traditional mass known as Misa de Gallo , churchgoers can have a taste of their town’s winning dish after the mass. The eventual winner – dubbed as Eden Town , wi...

The town of Guimbal emerged as the over all winner in Eden’s Sarap ng Pasko 100 Days of Christmas competition. It bested 99 other towns and city in the country by garnering more than 35,000 votes. The town received PhP2 million worth of prize and will be featured on limited boxes of Kraft Eden Cheese . The awarding ceremony was held last Dec.16, 2010 at the town plaza right after the traditional “Simbang Gabi”. Special guests together with the Guimbalanons were able to savour the winning recipe – Pininyahang Manok with Cheese . Exactly a hundred days before Christmas, 100 towns and cities nationwide were asked to infuse their indigenous dishes with Eden Cheese; thus challenging the culinary expertise of locals. A nationwide vote decided the Top 9 towns that will make it to the culminating activity known as Keso de Gallo. The community then would be able to savour of the winning dish after attending a gracious holiday tradition that brings everyone together in one faith. Only one tow...