Comments on: Luzon Fair at Megamall… Wonderful Food Finds!

By: beth

beth — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 14:42:29 +0000

mr. MM, thanks for buying “pinoy” products. God bless you!

By: edel

edel — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 11:57:23 +0000

its a family affair for us at the Luzon fair today. my daughter enjoyed the yema that was sold in almost all the stalls (P5 each). hubby liked the maja blanca from Betty’s (tarlac city). i hoarded the quesong puti and parmesan from c&c foods (talavera nueva ecija), vigan and lucban longganisa, pancit habhab.. was a bit disappointed with the puto binan (forgot the stall’s name).. didn’t get to see the candied tomatoes and the tomato jelly though. as for the dish towels, boughts tons of it also.. got it for P10/pc and a nice indigo woven messenger bag for P85!

By: Lou

Lou — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:18:07 +0000

Has anyone tasted/tried the juice made from the kasoy fruit? Please let me know. One of my friends said that in Ghana ex-(English colony and a big producer of cashews) people make juice out of these kasoy fruits aside from jams.

By: Thea Equina

Thea Equina — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:07:51 +0000

Dear Mr. Marketman,
Thank you for the great favor of featuring our cashew prunes and cashew nut butter in your website.

I am also thankful for cashew prunes muffin you’ve baked and shared with us for free! The taste is great infairness! How about adding cashew wine on it?

Mr. Marketman,please help us look possible for institutional market for our cashew prunes. Dont you know that millions of ton of cashew “apple” (the fruit) are wasted yearly in Palawan?

If only all those “apples” will be processed into prunes, the income of farmers cashew prunes will be maximized.
Hence, their social status will be allecarated.
Let us help them generate more “cash” on “cash….ew”

Thank you and more power to you!

Thea Equina
Turubudun Food Processor
Western Phil. Universuty
Aborlan, Palawan
09068360101

By: solraya

solraya — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:25:57 +0000

I was at the OTOP yesterday and overheard the lady manning the Nueva Ecija booth that she ran out of the dried tomatoes.

I smiled to myself and thought someone from the blog must have bought them :)

By: Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:46:31 +0000

I went with my mom and sister to the Luzon fair today and bought lots of stuff! Sorry to say, but we didn’t like the puto (Putong Ube and its other flavors are much better), but we LOVED the cashew nut butter and candied tomatoes. (Any ideas how to use the latter?) I also bought kitchen towels (what a steal!), a mango conserve with cashew and raisins, cute flip-flops, and lots of pili products. Thanks for the heads-up, MM!

By: Marghi

Marghi — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:58:45 +0000

You should all try the cashew butter that Tobee’s Apiary sells too…these are the guys that make all that lovely mango honey, acacia honey…..some bottled honeys even with honeycomb!!!! I found them at the dti sponsored food fair 2 years ago and was so thrilled with all their honeys from local trees…aparently their bee farm imported Italian queen bees that are a bit easier to manage than the local queen bees…interesting stuff….their cashew butter comes in a plastic tub and MM is right cashew butter is indeed more elegant and subtle….”raffinato”, the Italians might say….

By: belle

belle — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:57:53 +0000

hi marketman, have you tried michelle’s putong ube, pandan and keso they make here along libertad st, mandaluyong? they’re really good but a bit pricey because they’re just about the size of pingpong balls and 25 pieces cost 120 php. but considering the taste and creaminess it’s worth it. i love it. they have some at MOA, Tiendesitas, The Block in SM North, Greenhills etc. :) have a good day MM

By: chrissy

chrissy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:51:43 +0000

I love the OTOP and regional trade fairs in megamall! Time to buy food stuff! Thanks for the cashew nut butter tip, MM. I’m a peanut butter freak haha

By: choy

choy — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:56:22 +0000

MM, your influence is getting a little scary. the wife and i found ourselves at the trade fair last night, just hours after reading this post.

but truthfully, it was good. out of budget, but good.

thanks.