Foodiemanila flies to Laoag
We left Manila via Terminal 2 at around 545. Along with our entire group of 17, we had to check in alot of stuff. Since I was travelling with Chefs, they all brought along their own equipment. Even their own pots and pans, as well as mixers, knives, ingredients, flowers, and plates. (talk about being prepared!) Chef Heny was the head of the group. Chef Glenn acted as usher and Chef Kathy was also kind enough to chat me up since I didn’t know anyone. She made me feel comfortable actually. I was so intimidated with all the different Chefs!
We arrived at Laoag International Airport (I didn’t know it was an international airport) at around 7:15 PM and we arrived at our hotel an hour later. We had a GREAT dinner of Prawns in Lemon and Butter Sauce, Pinakbet (Ilocanos ALWAYS has Pinakbet at gatherings!) Green Mangoes and Bagoong, Stuffed Crab in tausi sauce, and of course Lechon. What was special about the lechon was the skin was so crisp and juicy that you could hear the crrrruunnnnccchh when you chew. The sauce for the lechon was made with the liver of the pig mixed with herbs and spices along with Ilocano Vinegar. It was like a sour liver patee. I wanted to continue eating but I didn’t want to indulge myself too much because we were heading straight to bed that night and whole day of eating will commence tomorrow.
We were briefed about what was going to happen tom as well as assigning who will judge which contest. Yes FoodieManila was on the list of judges! The iShore Chefs on Parade Event is FoodieManila’s first event!
As a sidenote, the resort we stayed at was Cabugao Resort. It is located in the town of Cabugao, 30 mins away from Vigan and 1 hour away from Laoag. It was beautiful.I am leaving you with pictures for today.
I will be adding more content here as the day goes on. But for now I leave you with the pictures!
Cheers & Happy Eating!
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