FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

This summertime , Bauhinia Filipino Cuisine prepares a delicious all-seafood menu to give Iloilo a taste of freshly-prepared table delights that will be your toast to a cool summer gastronomic fun. For a fresh summer lunch or dinner, be sure to taste the Halabos na Sugpo a satisfying serving of prawns, scrumptious in every bite, dished with organic vegetables. If you want some sumptuous fishy action, relish the delight of Sibingan. Choose from Pepper Crusted Sibingan, Moringa Crusted Sibingan. Fresh-tasting and delicious to the end, these dishes will be a wonderful table delight for seafood buffs. For a healthy new menu, savor the Moringa Pasta, complete with its distinct and engaging taste. At Bauhinia. if you came for their Summer Specials, you’ll certainly go home smiling. The restaurant prepares a truly exciting seafood feast that will make you believe that seafood makes the best table centerpiece for tired souls looking for satisfaction. (Bauhinia Filipino Cuisine is located at ...

If you want to spend a great gastronomic treat this summer, head your way to Bourbon Street to taste the sumptuous line of Summer Specials! Set in an exceptionally cozy setting oozing with a laid-back ambience, a satisfying lunch or dinner awaits you at Bourbon Street. Sample the likes of the very enticing Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf dished with selected vegetables, or a tender serving of Lamb Shanks. Also, tempt your palate with the succulent BBQ Beef Belly served with a very tasty sauce. For a seafood overload, order the Brick-oven Baked Seafood , a medley of fresh-tasting tuna, prawns and salmon in luscious servings; or the Salt-baked Managat (Mangrove Snapper). For an after-dinner drinking spree, Bourbon Street offers a distinct line of drinks, concoctions, and premier wines for a fun-filled summer night with friends. Coupled with a warm and engaging service, the restaurant was most recently chosen as one of the Philippine Tatler’s 2011 Philippines’ Best Restaurants, (also won on 2009...

There's more than just barbecue and grilled meat at Floyd's Famous BBQ  as we found during the Sooo Pinoy food trip a few weeks ago. How about some moringa pasta? Linguine smothered with malunggay pesto seems to be an anti thesis to this restaurant popular for its meaty line up.At least they have something new and its healthy too!  I was part of Sooo Pinoy, Food Trip na Pilipinas! which is set to visit 300 restaurants in 10 key regions/areas all over the Philippines and Iloilo is the first food stop . The goal of the Food Trip is to show that Filipino dishes per region have different identities based on the culture, lifestyle and history of the area.  The food trip also aims to show that there are many Filipino recipes from different regions of the Philippines, each having its own specialty that has to be recognized for the unique flavor it adds to the Filipino Cuisine. Signature dish of Floyd's - PORK BARBECUE After some malunggay pesto pasta, the specialtie...

Summer has officially begun! As PAGASA reports record-breaking temperatures almost every other day, there's nothing like a tall glass of something cold to beat the heat during this dry spell. Also summer brings in businesses serving all sorts of delicious creations and when things heat up, help yourself to one or more of these summer coolers! ICY AND ICED DRINKS Shakes appear year round but summer is the best time to binge on them. Among on my list are the Vanilla Vertigo and Java Chip shakes from Amular Studio and Café at Plazuela de Iloilo . Simple yet delicious, these shakes are made from the real ingredients like vanilla beans and topped with ice cream! Cubes of cucumber and singkamas mixed with lemonade juice with a hint of mint create the Lemonade Cooler - a best seller at Afriques and Esca’s . And “green for mint, yellow for mango and red for strawberry” makes Lumpiga Restobar’s Rastaman among the most visually enticing iced drinks in town. With a scoop of Arce Dairy chocol...

I was Cebu City for almost a week last March to attend the 5th RAFI Triennial Awards. In its 45 years of existence in development work in the Visayas and MIndanao, the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) vision has always been “Touching People, Shaping the Future”. It has worked towards elevating lives through comprehensive approach that champions best practices in community development. 5th RAFI Triennial Awards book Launched in 1996, during RAFIs 30th year anniversary, the triennial awards was established to recognize individuals and institutions who have committed themselves to building a more humane, equitable and caring society. It reflects the philanthropic, humanitarian and holistic ideals and values of the RAFI founders, Don Ramon Aboitiz and Don Eduardo Aboitiz. With Iloilo bloggers (left) with Ms Haidee Palapar and Fatrick Tabada of RAFI last November The Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Incorporated have partnered with various organizations in an effort to ex...

In case you’re wondering what style of cooking or ingredients “tandoori” is, it is actually derived from the word tandoor which is a sort of clay pot oven used in cooking in Indian and nearby Hindu countries. Just like our lechon kawali, the dish is named from the vessel the meat is cooked in. I’ve been passing by this straightforward roadside eatery named Bhai Shaab's Punjabi Fastfood Nepal N India in Dulonan, Arevalo but it was just recently that I stopped by and savored their specialties. As their signage suggests, one can only find the delicacies and cuisine from the Indian subcontinent and neighboring countries. A hole in the wall ambiance awaits patrons and curious diners like me as one enter the eatery. Owned by a Nepali who married a Filipina, this unassuming food joint is barely half a year old as I casually interviewed one of the food servers. And with a menu that is full of tongue twisting yet readable items, one can just digest the short description of each dish. Or jus...