Sabado, Marso 2, 2013

Ala eh Festival







Cathedral of  St. John The  Evangelist




This church   of  St John the Evangelist is located in  Tanauan  Batangas.Built in 1881, the design is heavily influenced by Romanesque architecture. Rounded arches, strong pillars, the wide open central nave and circular niches housing the many religious figures inspire awed serenity in those who enter. Extensively damaged during the war, the church has since been restored to its former glory. Lining the area behind St. John the Evangelist Church is a foot path commemorating the Passion of Jesus Christ. The larger-than life cement statues depict the 14 stations of the Cross with imposing and emotive precision. The trail’s highlights are the climatic crucifixion hill, the eerie burial grotto, and the inspiring monument to Christ’s Resurrection.




Pantoja Bakery  since  1950









As part of the  celebration,  The Pantoja Bakery  plays an important role in  events. Historically,
In 1950, the couple Aurelio and Celinda Pantoja arrived for the first time in their inherited house in Barangay IV, Tanauan City, Batangas and found out a worn out oven in the backyard. The oven inspired Aurelio to start a bakery business. Now  they  have major  branches and open for  franchise  for those who would like to   venture in  bakery business.  My  all time fave is the  Ensaymada   with   brewed  coffee so with  Pan de Ube and Pande leche.  Pantoja Bakery  marked the success  by  applying simple strategy and  following high  standards   thru  exceptional customer service. One cannot  go wrong  when  buying a bread at Pantoja bakery- its freshness,  high quality and  reasonable price  paved their  way   to be one of the successful  in bread making  industry. So the next time you visited  Tanauan  where the  birth place of the  Legendary  bakery, drop at Pantoja  bakery located at A. Mabini Ave., Tanauan City, Batangas.

















Ala  eh  Festival      was one  of the famous  festival held in the province  of  Batangas City.  This time,  it  was  Tanauan  City  sponsored  the  said event  with the  help   of the  Local  Government  and the Tourism Industry. This was  held   On December 1-8 2012   where  all the   cities of  Batangas  province joined the  said  event  showcasing their respective  products that  exclusively   available from the   city of origin. Said  event  is  one way  of showing  what  products  that   different  cities in the  province of Batangas offered   and not only that   the  Ala  Eh Festival is one way of attracting tourist  both local and  Foreign thus  adding the  revenue of the   province   thus bolstering their   Tourism Industry   in terms  of  revenue and   business opportunities  for every Batanguenos.  Pictures  of  different products  were  presented  during the festival  that empowered every  participants to  showcase  their fruit of  labour. Take  for example the Passion  fruit wine   locally made  so with  passion fruit   concentrated  fruit juice, jam and the  pulp as  desserts.  Dried fish  a product of Mabini  were  one of the products that  were sold  easily to the   visitors due   its freshness and high  quality(free taste )  The kakanin  made of  malagkit ( glutinous  rice)  like Suman Yakap, bibikgka and the original Puto Maya   from the   city of Tanauan  were praised   by  local and    foreign  tourist-including myself made  from  fresh and  high  quality ingredients   you  cannot  go  wrong and  a worth  to buy,  the  exquisite  taste   of the products tells  me that  we Filipinos are  talented and  gifted   when in comes to culinary    including  exotic  foods.  The  Bangus  Gato(milk  fish )cooked for about  12-15 hrs to soften the  bones of the fish with spices -garlic, onion,   pepper,salt , garlic and  vinegar  that  made  this  product  tempting and   mouth watering, doubled   with Sinaing sa Asin  made of  tulingan(Tuna),   with  the same ingredients of  Bangus   Gato.


Another  exotic  foods I have  encountered  is the Sinuam- It is a salty and spicy egg soup usually prepared for women who have just gave birth. this   originally from San Jose Batangas wherein    they  held  their own festival every April 25  as part of thanks  giving as well. So, my next assignment is to  visit  San  Jose  to  find out more about Sinuam festival.




Tamales
Ibaan  Batangas   were famous for their delicacy-Tamales. This is  my first time  to see and  taste  Tamales ,
I know now that it is made of ground sticky rice, and comes in banana leaf wrap similar to suman. But unlike most rice-based snacks, Batangas City tamales is not sweet. It is salty, with a bit of spice. It is double colored, with a white part, and an orange colored part. The spicy, salty, nutty taste is concentrated in the orange portions. I've been told that these two parts are prepared separately and combined only at the point of wrapping. On top of the tamales is a few shreds of chicken meat, and a small slice of hard-boiled egg. One of the  local tourist  told  to me that  Bulacan, Pampanga and  Taal  have  their  own Tamales version as well but  not sure about it,    guess  need to research about it.






 Atsara from  Calaca  Batangas usually  Atsara is made of green papaya by this time products  are made  of  ampalaya and ubod. They   taste   perfectly  without any sting on the tongue. A native appetizer of every household and a common gift or “pasalubong” to its visitors.








 Another  products  that Batangas is famous for is their Kapeng Barako, planted in rich soil and  perfect topographic  location.   Cultivated and  pampered  in  the hands of  hardworking farmers whose  goal is to  produce  one of the best  coffee  in  the  country  that   every local and  foreign  tourist love to drink. I met  a   balikbayan  based in Belgium   visited Batangas  to  buy  Kapeng Barako and  according  to him he cannot  afford   to  miss   Batangas just to buy   his favourite  coffee. There is an   adage that " coffee  drinkers  are  high achievers."  For some drinking coffee  in the  morning is  one  way of  starting the day right, making the  day  light and  bubbly. Ala eh  kape tayo!


Tapang Kalabaw

Delectable Filipino style jerky made from carabeef or carabao "water buffalo" meat slices, marinated in finest local tapa sauce and slowly simmered on a charcoal fired oven.   For the price of  P 100.00    you cannot wrong with the  quality, packaging and the  way the preparation was made, mouth watering meet of   water buffalo   assured  the  high quality of  the meat and  the finished product itself. Perfect for  breakfast  with  brewed  coffee indeed!

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