Over 5o producers of the Association of Negros Producers (ANP) are joining the 26th Negros Trade Fair on September 28 to October 2 at Rockwell Tent, Makati. This year’s theme is i.Negros and features event collaborations with LGUs and private groups. On opening day, September 28 at 2pm, Negros Occidental Vice-Governor Genaro Alvarez and GSIS […]
Negrense Rarities
Every weekend morning, I am always in the wait for the food I will eat for breakfast. In those moments of annoying hunger, they remind of Negrénse delicacies I miss so much. Oftentimes, if resources allow, I would cook some of those dishes I miss but one problem that often gets on the way is […]
Pilgrimage to the Food Mecca
Food is perhaps man’s common interest but apart from the nourishment it gives, we desire to enjoy and take pleasure from it. Growing up from Negros Occidental, a province which I can say is obsessive-compulsive about its food, I always desire to savor food from my very homeland. Daily discussions in a Negrénse home in Manila […]
Finally, Negrénse Food in Manila
Last Saturday, my Mom came back from our hometown Bacolod City after an important business matter. She brought with her treats from the all-famous Bong-Bong’s like a lot of piaya, pinasugbo and butter scotch. Along with her is another box containing the best achara or pickled unripe papaya ever made by my own grandma and […]
Recreating the Negrénse
Looking at the history of Negros from the establishment of the first Spanish settlement at Binalbagan in late 1565 to the present time, one cannot help but see the wheel of time passing by this island paradise. Much of what Negros was shapped the minds and hearts of the present-day Negrénses. From a wilderness as […]
The City of Little Things
Last week, I was blessed to have spent my simple 21st Birthday in my dearest hometown, Bacolod City. Truly, much has changed since I last went to this fast-growing city and that was just last January! Buildings are beginning to soar, shops of high-quality are beginning to rise and businesses are ever so booming. These […]
