Pistang Kapampangan at Salcedo Market, June 21, Saturday
Fri 20 Jun 2008
Just a quick blurb to announce that there is a Pampanga Food Festival at the Salcedo Market tomorrow, Saturday, June 21, 2008. There will be several restaurants serving kapampangan cuisine and other vendors with sweets and other native delicacies. If you are a fan of Kapampangan food, don’t miss it!
My sister and I are already preparing ourselves.
June 20th, 2008wow! thanks for the announcement. I’ll try to be there early!
June 20th, 2008Oh, no! I’m trying to lose 10 lbs. I like kapampangan food, sigh.
June 20th, 2008i’m jealous! sarap!
June 20th, 2008i am from pampanga but now living in california. how i wish that i could be there, too!
June 20th, 2008Just got back from HK. Was thinking of going there tomorrow then I read your post. Definitely going!!!!! :)
June 20th, 2008Thanks for informing……I’ll bring my kids there.
June 21st, 2008will be going home in September. WHere is Salcedo Market?
June 21st, 2008Thelma, me too! I echo your sentiments… for those lucky enough to be there, ikain niyo na lang kami. ;-)
June 21st, 2008I wish the market would stay open a bit longer.. like up to 2pm? I have work on Saturdays..
June 21st, 2008bagito, which food do you miss from pampanga? iam dying to eat tagilo with mustard green and inihaw na hito. how about the yummy sisig? how i wish that i am there now!
June 21st, 2008The kapampamangans have quite rightly earned such a good reputation for their cuisine, so much so that in olden days cooks from Pampanga were sought after to prepare large celebrations.
June 22nd, 2008I wonder how many other regions have developed a culinary identity, for instance is there a Visayan cuisine? or Pangasinan? What about distant regions from Manila, such as Isabela and Nueva Ecija? We must not forget Mindoro and Masbate. There may be culinary treasures waiting to be uncovered!
i’m a kapampangan and i’m one of the organizers of a food tour (viajeng cucinang matua - alquimista tours) that takes tourists to old kitchens in pampanga… there’s another food tour in pampanga, more upscale and highly recommendable being organized by some food/travel bloggers… my take is, each region can develop their respective food tours… it’s a matter of awareness… i’m pretty sure there’s a house or an eating place somewhere in Nueva Ecija that would whip a good dish or two, something that is not found in manila restaurants… the Tagalog cuisines of Bulacan or Batangas, the Pangasinense and Ilocano cuisines have their individual and unique strengths and i’m sure have developed their culinary identity… one thing i noticed during one of our tours, it’s the information and stories around the dishes that elicits interest from the tourist… so little know facts about a particular dish is a must… i believe that when one is open to eating the food of different regions and different cultures, he is also open to listen to other people’s views and become less judgmental…
August 3rd, 2008