It was Claude Tayag's article in the Philippine Star , years ago, that opened my thoughts about Tiolas. He shared having a galore of Ilonggo dishes for lunch in a restaurant on the edge of a cliff, having a spectacular view of Guimaras Strait, with fire trees in full bloom and with the sea breeze and breaking waves completing the sights and sounds of this hilltop community. That vision got stuck in mind since then and when I had a chance of visiting Tiolas, a few weeks ago, I literally jumped in. It was quite a fast road trip passing by the towns of Oton, Tigbauan, Guimbal and Miagao. Tiolas is the last community in the town of San Joaquin before one enters the province of Antique. Except for the fire trees for it wasn't their bloom time yet, it was everything the Claude Tayag describes it to be - great view, windswept, waves crushing and gastronomic. Sugbahan sa Tiolas has the simple and genuine food as describe by Claude, though I wasn't sure if this was the actual...