Comments on: Superb Sagada Navel Oranges in Weekend Markets Now!!!

By: trixie ann

trixie ann — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:46:28 +0000

we have the same project like that , the orange peeling like a dried manggo( candy )
nice experiment, guys…..
^_____^

By: Laye Topacio

Laye Topacio — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:18:27 +0000

My husband, kids and I love these sweet juicy sagada oranges. Got them from Baguio, true sagada orange or not will still buy this variety.

By: Daniel PAncho

Daniel PAncho — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:47:06 +0000

Hey MM! i look forward to exploring and travelling with you. I know this is food blog but you guys travel alot as well. Amidst the recession and all that jazz, its nice to know that there are some people who still cares about the things that add spice to life, like travel and food.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:46:01 +0000

Jayjayv,

Here is a link to some photos of a Sagada orange grove… I’d hardly think a blogger would MAKE this UP and fabricate a plantation… :)

https://ruditabora.multiply.com/photos/album/309/Sagada_orange_grove

I am so hot and bothered by the comments you mention at the Rockwell fruit stall. While there is no guarantee that oranges labelled “Sagada” oranges are from Sagada, they DO grow oranges in Sagada. And if the quality of the orange is notably better than the rest, as I have found whenever I buy Sagada oranges, then they are still worth it. But for the lady vendor to go the other way and downplay and even deny that Sagada oranges exist,let alone deny there are oranges in the Philippines, is just wacky. I dislike that stall intensely as I find that many of their fruits are 10-25% more than exactly the same offerings in Rustan’s, which is just 100 meters away (compare their driscoll strawberries, packaged blueberries and some of their apples, for example, and Rustan’s isn’t the cheapest, either)! I was once told by a restauranteur at Rockwell that he buys his fruit from that stall even if it is more expensive because and I quote “the owner’s child is sick with cancer” and he encouraged me to buy my fruit there… well, with a story like yours I would hope the owners know what they are saying to customers regarding oranges, or what their staff members are saying… that is simply outrageous! I will ask the same question you ask the next time I have a chance, and if the answer is equally inane, I will definitely write a post on it!

Marketman

By: jayjayv

jayjayv — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:11:29 +0000

i bought some from salcedo and they were really good. today i went to the legaspi market and got one last piece. feeling deprived, i went to Rockwell and checked if that fruit booth in the middle of the restaurant row at the ground floor had some. I saw the exact sagada oranges with leaves and stem just like the one in salcedo but 30 pesos more expensive. Just to make sure I asked the guy where the oranges are from and he said US. so I asked the male owner if these were sagada oranges and he said yes. Upon hearing us the lady owner said in a very palengkera voice: naku wala namang sagada oranges . Nagpunta nga ako sa baguio to order dahil madami ngang naghahanap pero yun pala wala. walang orange dito sa Pilipinas ! tinatanggal lang nila ang sticker etc etc…. i just got what i already unfortunately paid for and did not bother talking to her. Just wanted to ask if anybody knows if there are indeed sagada oranges ? well for me wherever the oranges came from marketman is right they’re really juicy and sweet. nothing like the other oranges I tried. and yes the one i bought from rockwell are exactly the same as the ones from Salcedo and Legaspi.

By: raymund

raymund — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:35:16 +0000

can i have a sample. send me, for sure, its delicious. yummy

By: marghi

marghi — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:18:26 +0000

Found these wonderful oranges at the Baguio market half a year ago and they convinced me that our soil is actually capable of growing much better stuff that we think…have been serving them at Pepato for nearly 4 months now…they are 450gms a piece!!! huge!!!!

By: maddie

maddie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:43:06 +0000

love these oranges. last time i enjoyed these was also during the christmas holidays in baguio. I guess ’tis the season for sagada oranges.

By: Ed Noel

Ed Noel — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:53:21 +0000

Thanks, MM. Looks like I’m not the only one who loves Sagada oranges. Looking forward to discovering more from your website. More power to you!

By: Ebba Myra

Ebba Myra — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:24:54 +0000

now this is a bit different, and sorry if its out ot the topic. But I remember a friend who hails from Infanta Quezon gave me candied watermelon rind. I asked her how to do it, but she did not give it to me. I wonder if the process doing this candied orange peelings is the same. Any comments please.