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Some Exotic Food to Taste in the Cordilleras – Adventure: Cordillera

 

An Intro to Ifugao Through Their Native Food Products
Slight change of venue, afoodionados …

Avong nen Romy \m/
As we meet a couple of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from Ifugao, halfway in La Trinidad, at a DTI Ifugao first – a food tasting event showcasing a couple treats that can be had when you’re in Ifugao (“,) … But fret not, as I will also provide the MSMEs’ contact details here so we can place our orders and in the process, help them break out in the national market.
1.) Wines and Spirits
(Fun way to start an event, ei? With spiked libations. We didn’t even get our seats warm yet and we’re getting in the shots. *teeheeheehee)

Cheers! =D
Os-os Farm Products tapuy and ginger ale
Dr. Gemma A. Dimog – Agribusiness Manager
0905 767 2439

Tapey. Ah, the sweet, sweet tapey of Ifugao.

Ginger ale with lemon grass ^^,
2.) Kiangan Ifugao Pinunnog
(How about some pulutan with that? And these sausages do pack it all in. Full of meat pieces, one can easily forget it’s a blood sausage. =D That’s the Ifugao style, we’re told. I understand that Anidu Cordilleran Bistro gets their pinuneg from Ms. Florence. It’s on the menu as a pinunug breakfast meal. Aha, that explains it. We did have that when we visited this resto and Race was saying how it was like kiniing made into a sausage.)
Ms. Florence Tillay
0936 556 3447

Ifugao pinuneg by Ms. Florence Tillay (“,)
3.) Condiments and Sauces
(Just in case you want to add a little kick to your meal. Brace yourself for the heat!)
Os-os Farm Products chili garlic
Dr. Gemma A. Dimog – Agribusiness Manager
0905 767 2439

Chili garlic
Sherlene’s Enterprises garlic sauce and chili sauce
Ms. Sherlene
0936 401 0858
(And boy, do they mean business with these -Os-os chili garlic and Sherlene’s sauces. We got to take home Ms. Sherlene’s “bravery elixirs” and looks like it’s going to last us a long, long, looong time because even the sili lovers in our house can just take a few drops of the potent, potent oil per meal. “Met you your match.” ~ Oracle, The 13th Warrior =b)

Garlic sauce and chili garlic sauce. The sauces that will last a lifetime! *hihi
4.) Chips
(Dessert/snack anyone? *crunch crunch)
Annie Jean Food Products: Taro chips, fried camote chips and potato chips
Ms. Annie Jean
0935 720 0459

Chips, chips and more chips.

Our enthusiastic presenters at the DTI Ifugao food tasting event =)
5.) Coffee
(Would you like something to drink with that? ^^, Though Ifugao is known for their Robusta beans, they’re trying to up their game by creating a wide variety of bean mixes to make some of the most aromatic and intense flavor coffee.\m/)
Hojap Kesi’Melan blend coffee
Contact person: Shirley U. Tagtag
0935 018 4126
shirleytagtag@yahoo.com
0917 562 4738
mpchojap@yahoo.com
Haliap, Asipulo, Ifugao
Ifugao Kape
Contact person: Bishop Valentin C. Dimoc
0918 694 0240
(also available at Mountain Grown Natural Foods, Porta Vaga rooftop =) )

Kels Kofi
Waylon Ralph D. Aclibon
0997 213 4639
wayralph13@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/Kels-Kofi-177460779620600/
(Now available at The Cordillera Treasures Pasalubong Center located on Leonard Wood Road, a few steps from Ummason Korean Restaurant.)
Os-os Farm Products coffee
Dr. Gemma A. Dimog – Agribusiness Manager
0905 767 2439

6.) Sweetener
Katuguwan Center of the Kataguwan Muscovado Processors Association muscovado sugar

Muscovado sugar
I mentioned at the beginning of this post, the wines, the chili sauces, the chips and the coffee can easily be yours when you’re in Ifugao. If you contact the numbers provided under each MSME name though, you can always bring the best of Ifugao to your home, or to your resto/cafe.

Just like any trip we’ve taken, there’s pasalubong. Weee! Thank you so much to all who participated at the DTI event for the parting gifts. I have something to share with my foodie lovies so they’d get a taste of Ifugao (even before we actually physically visit) as well. Can’t wait to actually be in Ifugao one of these days. We’re so grateful you came to La Trinidad to show us your products. More power to you all!

***Thank you, Sir Raffel for inviting X+1 to Avong nen Romy to partake in this fun (and tastebud opening *hihi) foodievent.

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