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FOOD Hacks

FOOD HACK

Dec

Nov

Oct Food: FOMO, Pad Thai, Carrot Bread, Roasted Peanuts, Pizza Dough, Pizza, Taho

Oct

Sep

Aug Food Odyssey: Pizza, Sikwate, Puto Maya, Budbud

Aug

Kitchen Hacks: Wheat Loaf, Rosti, Pancit Canton, Pizza, Fruit Breakfast

Jul

Kitchen Indulgence: Wheat Bread, Pizza, Lechon Sandwich, French Toast

June

May

Mar

Jan '24

Oct Food Hack: Pizza, Kinilaw, Coconut Bread, Fish Okuy, Carrot Omelette,Lemon-Grass Tea

Oct

Sep Food Hack: Fish Tinola, Ratatouille, Chayote Omelette, Flat Bread

Sep '23

July 2024

Kitchen Hacks: Wheat Loaf, Rosti, Pancit Canton, Pizza, Fruit Breakfast

Location : Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Rainy Days
Now that the rains are keeping me in, I get busy in the kitchen instead. Food, glorious food...as I say it.

nothing like hot-off-the-wok pizza, chilled bottle of Cerveza Negra and a good movie

Pancit Canton w/ Lechon Manok

(July 20, 2024) Every once in a while, I get a craving for Pancit Canton, Chinese-style. For substance, I shredded some leftover lechon manok and tossed it in together with a whole grated carrot. I still cannot seem to get the 'Chinese flavor' despite the use of 5 Spices. At least it was healthy.

Pancit Canton w/ Lechon Manok

Eel Pizza

(July 15, 2024) I bought dried fish that turned out to be a moray eel. The flesh was good for mongo, but the skin was thick, rubbery and had character. I thought I'd use it for pizza topping.

Eel Pizza

Roast Chicken Rosti

(July 12, 2024) Rosti is a fried Swiss potato pancake. The potato is steamed (I can piggyback the steaming when I cook rice), then grated, then put in the fridge overnight to dehydrate. It is then mixed in with sauteed onion, garlic and herbs before frying like a pancake, but thicker. The outside should be crispy and the inside soft. I layered over, shredded roasted chicken (lechon manok), leftover from last night's dinner.

Mustard Cream Sauce
Mustard, heavy cream, white wine, and a pinch of sugar. Mix well. Sauce is drizzled before serving. (No, I got lazy preparing that, instead, I used a portion of pizza sauce I already had)

Roast Chicken Rosti

Fruit Breakfast

(July 11, 2024) Tagbilaran, being the only city in Bohol, is the commercial hub where fruits of different varieties are abundant - avocados, bananas, mangoes, etc. As a general rule, my breakfast is a robust platter of assorted fruits drizzled generously with coconut cream with a little bit of honey. What a glorious way to start the day!

Banana-Avocado breakfast

Wheat Loaf

Once you go wheat, you can't be beat. To make it creamy, I use coconut cream instead of milk.

Mega wheat loaf with a whole slab of butter

Ending Thoughts
What impish delight it is to call the kitchen your playground!

--- Gigit (TheLoneRider)
YOGA by Gigit | Learn English | Travel like a Nomad | Donation Bank

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Bohol, Philippines

tourist attractions

Danao Adventure Park - zip lining, cable car ride, caving, river rides/trekking, off-road buggy ride, root climbing, rappelling and ultra-glide rides
Alona Beach - hub for tourists with hotels, resorts, restos, bars and dive shops
Chocolate Hills - hills side-by-side shaped like giant Kisses chocolate
Tarsier - pocket-sized marsupia looking like a monkey
Balicasag Island - one of the best dive spots in the Philippines
Loboc River - river cruise on a boat
Anda Beach - fine white sand beach with resorts, restos and cottages, 3 hours by bus from Tagbilaran
Cabagnow Cave Pool - brackish water pool about 5ft deep inside a limestone opening on the ground, 8 feet deep, P50
Lamanok Island - walk on a 100m bamboo bridge on stilts to a resto area to take a boat tour to caves and nearly attractions, P300
Combento Cave Pool - cave pool with underwater cave system, P20
Can-umantad Falls - long narrow drop until it hits a bulbous mound spreading it into a a curtain-like water canopy and down into a splash pool
Canawa Cold Spring - deep refreshing cold spring with developed pool area
Firefly Tour - evening boat ride into the river to watch fireflies

hotel

Fox & The Firefly Cottages - SUP paddle boarding, luxury riverside native cottages, mountain bike tours, SUP yoga
Baranggay Valladolid, Loboc, Bohol
Bohol Tropics Resort - seafront location, manicured surroundings, swimming pool, resto/bar
0133 Graham Avenue, Brgy. Cogon, Tagbilaran, Bohol 6300
Oasis Resort - Alona Beach location, dive center, resto / bar
Alona Beach, Panglao, Bohol

yoga

Jing Yoga - health & well being through yoga
The Courtyard - Airport Road fronting the church
Bohol Meditation and Yoga Center - 2nd Floor Lim Magtajas Bldg. CPG Avenue

Bohol Travel Info/Tips

Bohol FYI / Tips

the tourist area where most of the hotels, restaurants, ticket offices, tour operators are, is located within the Alona Beach area
the tourist attractions in Bohol are far apart and spread-out. It would be difficult to visit them all using public mass transit. Better hire a van (P3500/day) if in a big group, or rent a motorcycle (P400/day + gas)
Bohol relies on its tourism for revenue. As expected, everything they can capitalize on from tourism is extensively used and developed

Tagbilaran Port to Panglao

You can charter any tricycle from the port all the way to Panglao (~P300), but if you want to do it on the cheap,

don't take the tricycles lined-up inside the port. Walk past the port gate and immediately outside, you'll see many tricycles. Take one to the bus terminal in Dao (~P15)
in Dao, take the jeep that plies the Panglao route (~P20)

Tagbilaran (Bohol) to Cebu City by boat

** schedules and rates keep changing, call for latest schedule

Weesam Express - departs 6:15 AM, 11:30 AM, 4:00 PM
one way: Economy (aircon) P500.00, Economy (non-aircon) P400.00, First Class P600.00
round trip promo (at least 2 days advance booking): Economy (aircon) P600, Economy(non-aircon) P500, First Class P1200
round trip promo (1 day or on the day booking): Economy (aircon) P800, Economy (non-aircon) P700, First Class P1200
Ocean Jet - departs 6-7:05-8:20-9:20-10:40-11:40AM, 1-2-3:30-4:20-5:30-6:30PM, 2 hours, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
Open Air / Tourist Class P800, Business Class P1000
+63(32)255 7560 / +63 (32) 255 0115 / 0917 638 0000
SuperCat (2GO) - departs 5:50-11AM, 3:45-5:25-8:15PM, arrives Pier 1 in Cebu
P 500.00
+63 32 233 7000

Things to do, Places to go in Bohol

Chocolate Hills - this is a clustering of more than 1200 hills within a 50km² area. They range in height from 30-50 meters. What's unusual is their near-perfect conical shape resembling an individual chocolate chip. No one knows how they were formed. Entrance is P50/pax.
Tarsier Conservation Area - located Upper Bonbon, Loboc. The tarsiers are no longer being played at by tourists as circus props, but instead, visitors now view them in cordoned-off areas in their natural 6ha habitat. As they are territorial and nocturnal, they are predictable on where they can be viewed. P50/pax.
Alona Beach (Panglao) - Alona Beach is the tourist hub of Bohol. It has 1.5 kms of white sand beach lined-up by bars, hotels and restos. Alona is also the jump-off point for Balicasag Island, a world class dive destination.
Danao Adventure Park - located in Barangay Magtangtang, 72 kms (2 hours ride) from Tagbilaran. Adventure activities include river trekking, tyrolean traverse, rappelling, bouldering, rock climbing and ziplining.

Blogs

Bohol

Anda

ANDA

Exploring Combento Cave Pool Jun 29, 2017

Visiting Cabagnow Cave Pool Of Anda Jun 28, 2017

Exploring Anda, Bohol Jun 25-30, 2017

Candijay

CANDIJAY

Roadtrip from Candijay to Ubay Jul 1, 2017

Firefly Tour In Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017

Freediving Canawa Cold Spring Of Candijay, Bohol Jun 30, 2017