Food and Dining

Last year, I remember giving a friend with this seemingly odd fruit they call dragon fruit (pitaya). My friend happened to be a fuschia pink enthusiast and so I didn’t think twice about giving her this pink fruit despite its “scale-y and fire-y” skin. I thought she would surely appreciate …

Makro Batangas City recently held a cooking contest dubbed as Lutong Makro. Representatives from different hotels, restaurants, and catering services in the city participated in the said cooking contest. Chefs Aries and Allen of Che and Dex catering services were adjudged as the grand champions. They prepared a pan grilled …

Bright city lights, busy streets, scrumptious “carte du jour”, all these and more can be found right at Lipa City Night Market! Aside from the bars and cafes, Lipa City is getting busier at night with its bazaar. The said market is a response of the local government to the …

In this fast paced world, we can’t help but become victims of obesity which can be blame on the mushrooming of fast food chains and instant everything that they offer. We say Oh my Gulay! with the veggies and fruits which seldom land on our tables. And take our supposedly …

Your Batangas food trip will not be complete without our very own Batangas lomi. Since the 80’s, lomi houses mushroomed along  the roads and towns of the province. If I am not mistaken, all the towns and cities of Batangas have numbers of lomi houses where local folks seemed so into. In Lipa City, we …

January 20, 2009 is not only a day for the inauguration of the now, US President Barack Hussein Obama, but here in the local setting, it is also the celebration of the feats of the Lipenos patron, St. Sebastian. Early birds as what most of the people call the organizers …

Let me share to you another Batangas’ best : Kapeng Barako or the Philippine/Batangas Coffee. Historians say that kapeng barako was brought in the Philippines centuries ago by the Spaniards while the country was part of Spain’s colony. They planted coffee trees on the highlands. And because of good combination of humidity, …