Camp N Incubator Trail and Bike Hub - Nuvali's latest healthy outdoor activity

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The Camp N IncubatorTrail and Bike Hub of Nuvali has been developed in the northwestern side of Calamba, Laguna. It is the latest outdoor fun in partnership with Specialized Philippines and it offers bike clinics for both beginners and intermediate riders.

We were there on the opening day, 29 October 2016, and tried the 3.4 kilometer winding bike trail that traversed through and around the 6-hectare ground of...(read and see more photos here)

The ancient smoked ham of the Philippines

etag – (é-tag; Ilocano and Cordilleran [Ifugao, Igorot, Kankanay, and Benguet] preserved) (also spelled as itag in IIocano; a.k.a. innasin in Ilocano) [n.] cured and aged slab of pork; An indigenous smoked or sun-dried salted slab of pork.

....With due respect to customs and traditions of all the ethnic groups of Cordillera and northern Luzon, the process of making etag and how long the aging process would take to complete reminds me of the Fire Mummies (a.k.a. Kabayan Mummies) of Benguet. The mummification process of fire mummies was unique compared to on how mummification was done in Egypt and the rest of the world. It was like the natives were preserving their dead in a process similar to when making an etag. The mummification would begin right after a person died, whom they would let ingest a very salty drink. The corpse was washed and set over a fire in a seated position to dry out bodily fluids. The dead was also subjected to smoking process. Tobacco smoke was blown into the mouth to dry further the inside of the body including the internal organs and then herbs were rubbed into the body before the mummified body was placed in a ... (Read and see more here)

Wonderful foods and culinary treasures I found in the sneak preview of the second Big Bite!

I have been to Pampanga many times recently and in the past, but it was only in the Big Bite that I found so much Capampangan foods and culinary treasures in one setting.

I'm overwhelmed with The northern food festival that I never knew exactly where to start and when to end taking photos. Same thing happened when we start partaking of the foods, I never knew exactly what to get first and what to get last.

The other dilemma I realized later was that I never knew when to stop - it seemed that I cannot have enough of everything. Oh, Big Bite!

Surely, you will have fun with what you will find there on October 17, 18, and 19, 2014. Check these wonderful foods and culinary treasures I found in the sneak preview of the second Big Bite!... Read and see more photos here

A serving tray of Chef Sau del Rosario's gourmet version of tuna sisig he performed live in the sneak preview of the second Big Bite last week. See more about it here

The Riverview Royale Hotel of Aparri, Cagayan - It was good that I chose to stay here.

When the commuter van approaches the town proper of Aparri, I spotted the Riverview Royale Hotel on the left side of (read and see more photos and contact numbers of the hotel here...)

 

Best of northern food featured in MarQuee Mall’s Big Bite!

The organizers and VIP guests strew the toppings of giant Capampangan biringhe that formally opens the BIG BITE! The Northern Food Festival at the park of MarQuee Mall in Angeles City, Pampanga.

Having the first bite of giant biringhe

The best of the Philippines’ northern cuisine took centerstage in “Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival” at MarQuee Mall in Angeles City, Pampanga. Held from October 18-20, 2013, the three-day festival presented visitors with a food market filled with vendors from across the regions, cooking demonstrations, cook-offs between culinary schools, an heirloom recipe contest, food eating contests and more (click here to read more and see more photos ....)

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Ilocos tupig     

                                           coco ice cream.

Romana's peanut brittle     

Rico's lengua de gato

                                                           

turrones de casoy of Ocampo Lansang Delicacies 

Paning's butong pakwan (watermelon seeds)

Bella's Calasio puto

       Ms. Lita  B. Degay and her 

                                                                      Magallaya Mountain's coffee     

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Sneak Preview of the BIG BITE! - There's more on the upcoming 3-day food festival

Last week, I was invited to join the group of media people that included us bloggers to cover the sneak preview of “BIG BITE!  The Northern Food Festival” at the MarQuee Mall in Angeles City.

Some of the featured regional delicacies: (right to left) Bella's puto Calasiao, Tollhouse clubhouse sandwhich, Kuliat empanada, and the Sweet Heaven's Nueva Ecija's leche flan. 

The organizer provided a free ride and I chose to hop in at the designated pick up point at SM Makati open parking area in Makati City.  In the car, I met new foodie friends, among them were ... (click here to read more and see more photos)

 

atching Lilian Borromeo Panacillos de San Nicolas (San Nicolas cookies)

Sweet Heaven's leche flan                      Apag Marangle's wrap sisig

 

ebun a barag                        sauteed camaru (mole crickets)

 

lemon grass tea          Pitang's Bakeshop & Cafe cream cookies

  

Pampanga's Best  tocino                            puto Calasiao

 

Edelyn's greaseless peanuts            special Bulacan chicharon

  

betute chili garlic                              BIG BITE! foddies 

HDP marzipan                               Kuliat empanada

  

Apag Marangle's betute tugac                              Susie's cuisine sapin-sapin