Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Leyte: Binagol, moron and other Leyte treats

Day 7, my last day in Eastern Visayas... I stayed in the hotel the whole morning since it was raining cats and dogs. It was a pity since I wanted to explore Palo. Anyway, after lunch, my brod Gil passed by for me at the hotel and we stopped by an area along Zamora Street near the corner of Rizal Street where vendors sell binagol, moron and sagmani.

Binagol is a mixture of talyan (a type of root crop similar to gabi), coconut milk and sugar placed in coconut shells or "bagol" and steamed inside. This is made in the town of Dagami. Chocolate moron is suman made of ground rice cooked in coconut milk flavored with cocoa. Sagmani is another suman made of cassava, gabi or sweet potatoes cooked with coconut cream, sugar and sometimes coconut meat.

We also passed by the Leyte Capitol and the Sto. Nino Shrine. As much as I wanted to enter the shrine, the tickets cost P200 for the first five people. Talk about pricing! We should fry the PCGG for this!

Anyway, my flight was still at 4:50 p.m. but we decided to go to the airport early since there was nothing much we could do given the weather. I'm sure to go back to Eastern Visayas if time and funds permit and when the sun is out most of the time. I heard rainy season here starts in November. There's still a lot to be seen and its a pity I missed Southern Leyte too.

8 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed your blog and nice pictures. Thank you for letting me take a virtual trip to the Philippines.

    John

    http://johnfultz.blogspot.com

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  2. Parang nalibot ko na rin eastern visayas thru your blog. Really great pics and stories.

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  3. Anonymous20.11.07

    Hi! This is my first time to comment here. You have a great blog. I admire your passion to help preserve our natural resources. I love your postcard-perfect pictures and I always see a lot of substance in your writing. Keep it up!

    P.S. I know your friend Ivan Man-Dy, the street walker. Regards to him.

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  4. Anonymous27.11.07

    Parang you lost weight...? Haha! Doesn't eating go with travelling?

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  5. Anonymous20.8.08

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    Oliver
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SanPedroIsland/

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  8. Anonymous23.12.11

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