I was there during the most awaited Pahiyas Festival in Lucban, Quezon. It's a feast held every 15th of May in honor to St.Isidore the farmer, the patron saint of harvest. It was my first time to visit that place, well thanks to my good friends, Chef Janjie Ocoma and Issa Collantes for letting us stay in their humble abode. I really felt their warm welcome and excitement to show what their place has to offer.
It was fun strolling around the streets of Lucban and watch the beautiful houses, which the local adorned with their produce such as fruits, vegetables, rice stalk and the colorful kiping.
Another highlight of the festival is the parade - featuring the ADgiants or higantes, drum and lyre bands, street dancers, floats, Sunduan (lovely ladies and their escorts in Filipiniana costumes) and Parikitan (ladies in unique costumes made of indigenous materials).
What I also love is the gastronomic delights of Lucban. I was amazed to find good food at cheap prices. From pancit habhab to lucban langgonisa, which you can find along the streets. Then Salud's halo-halo, they told me it's better than Razon's, i'm a bit skeptic at first, but yea they prove me wrong. One of my favorite is the Kinulog, it's a pork dish and it has slight bitter taste that I really like. I bought Broas/ladyfingers for pasalubong, it's my favorite delicacy from Lucban, it goes well with coffee. :)
A day at Lucban is not enough, I still have lots of thing to discover and food to taste. I will be back next year! :)
Kiping is a colored rice wafer molded into the shape of a leaf which can be eaten after cooking. I had a chance to taste the cooked kiping, it's crunchy but tasteless so a sprinkle of sugar will do the job.
Another highlight of the festival is the parade - featuring the ADgiants or higantes, drum and lyre bands, street dancers, floats, Sunduan (lovely ladies and their escorts in Filipiniana costumes) and Parikitan (ladies in unique costumes made of indigenous materials).
What I also love is the gastronomic delights of Lucban. I was amazed to find good food at cheap prices. From pancit habhab to lucban langgonisa, which you can find along the streets. Then Salud's halo-halo, they told me it's better than Razon's, i'm a bit skeptic at first, but yea they prove me wrong. One of my favorite is the Kinulog, it's a pork dish and it has slight bitter taste that I really like. I bought Broas/ladyfingers for pasalubong, it's my favorite delicacy from Lucban, it goes well with coffee. :)
A day at Lucban is not enough, I still have lots of thing to discover and food to taste. I will be back next year! :)
