because all of us were tired from the trip from manila, we didn't get to go out until 5pm. cousin O drove us to the beach, which wasn't much as most of the establishments on the beachfront were closed. obviously, all the people were in the cemetery but it was good for us, at least there aren't that many people. the only establishments open were the open air KTVs where some drunk guys were already warbling their throats out. hah, it was funny to hear them sing (shout is more appropriate).
a some kinda panoramic shot of the beach taken with my bro's camera phone. it was drizzling hence the cloudy skies.
white castle... whisky? not!
on the way to the beach, there was this building so out of place in the fishing village where we passed. it was white, big and it looked like a castle. no, it was really a castle, because there's a sign in front of it: don's castle. not kidding! that strange, garish edifice had us laughing. check out this vid my bro took from his camera phone. it's not that good and the car was moving so just try to pause on the parts where the castle is visible:
food trip sa sementeryo (food trip at the cemetery)
this was my first time to go to the cemetery at night time. i never thought that there would be a lot of people by that time but yeah, there were. we visited the mausoleum of cousin O's family and met his relatives (the ones who are alive and kicking, not the dead ones) who immediately offered us different kinds of rice cakes, barbecue and inasal na tinapay. yep, you've heard me right. there's such a thing as inasal na tinapay. basically it's just pan de leche brushed with some barbecue marinade and skewered on a stick and grilled over hot coals. yum-yum! my brother had this when he went to roxas a couple of months ago and he warned me not to get my hopes up. but then again, i'm a bread person so i found this inasal na tinapay really good, especially when paired with pork barbecue.
barbecue and inasal na tinapay. yum-o!
as for the rice cakes, they're similar to palitaw, only smaller and stickier. they can be sprinkled with either linga (sugared sesame seeds) or coconut in syrup (something similar to bukayo, only thinner). if you eat it with linga, then you call that matsikoy and with the coconut, it's called inday-inday. sorry no pictures for this one. =)
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ReplyDeleteThat was a scary flight!! Siguro kung ako yun nagka heart attack na ako (okay exagg!) The only experience I had na tulad ng sa inyo is nung na traffic sa runway kaya di kami maka lapag..so pa ikot2x lang kami. But yung sayo...scary! Ano ba meron at pangit ng weather? Bagyo?
Hey bago yung airport ng Iloilo kaya maganda hehe :)
Barbeque na pandesal..yep! ngayon ko lang na realize na parang wala nga pala nyan dito hehe
Anyway glad you had a blast...mare malay mo yung future hubby mo eh taga Roxas hrhrhrhr
na curious ako sa castle na yun ah. san banda yun? heheh
ReplyDeleteand anu family name ng tita mo? toinks..
wala talaga mumu jan or aswang.. ako mismo di naniniwala.. ^_^
Inasal na pandesal? Man, I never knew you can barbeque a pandesal, haha. Masarap ba talaga? :-D
ReplyDeleteAbout that castle, parang na-feature na yata sa TV yan ah...
verns: umuulan lang talaga nung araw na yun over roxas, pero ok naman sa iloilo... naku mare ha, wag naman ang layo! siguro taga cebu ok lang nyahahaha ;)
ReplyDeletemimi: hindi ko mapinpoint yung exact location basta sa may fishing villae makikita mo agad kasi yun lang ang castle hekhek. =) nga pala, balgos ang maiden name ng tita ko =)
snglguy: well, para sakin masarap talaga siya kasi kakaiba eh... talaga na-feature sya sa tv? parang di ko nakita.. ay kasi di na ngapala ako nanonood hehehe =)
This made me soooo hungry. I am missing some good ole Filipino food these days! And was my favorite part about being in there. The second was going to 100 Islands... loved the water! Great post.
ReplyDeletenice.. miss these foods..
ReplyDeleteyou can fry bread after dipping it in scrambled egg (u can add pepper and honey)..it's called french toast.
Inasal na tinapay?! Wow, never heard that before but it sounds yummy! :)
ReplyDeleteInasal at tinapay?!! Magaya nga yan minsan
ReplyDeletewow, meron palang inasal n pandesal... tsalap cguro nyan! nagutom tuloy ako... ahehehe...
ReplyDeleteNovember 1 is quite unique in the Philippines! Quite different from Europe.
ReplyDeleterochelle: i've been to hundred islands too and it's really beautiful, isn't it? hopefully you can come back here for a visit. glad to know you enjoyed it the first time! =)
ReplyDeletekrisjasper: yup, i've cooked that before, just added cinnamon on mine. =) i'll try it with pepper next time =)
gypsy: yup inasal na tinapay. galing ano? sounds yummy and it's really yummy, especially for a bread person like me =)
ferdz: mukha ngang madali eh. basta ang ginagamit na tinapay ay pan de leche. =)
ReplyDeletedhez: kakaiba nga ano? sarap nga nya =)
sidney: ey, you're back! =) how different is it? i guess nov. 1 isn't such a big holiday over in europe. =)
Inasal na Tinapay... hhmm.. nice concept.. was there a filling? or just plain bread?
ReplyDeletedocchef: it's plain bread, pan de leche to be exact, brushed with bbq marinade then skewered and toasted on the grill. they said it's supposed to be pan de leche and not some other kind of bread that's used for inasal na tinapay =)
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