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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

October 2024

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

Location : Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines

Adding Trail Mix
Aside from my usual staples (pizza, bread), I've added my flare for taho, Pad Thai and roasted peanuts for my trail mix.

making carrot bread

FOMO

Whenever I see people lining up for food while other stalls are empty, FOMO (fear of missing out) hits me hard. Even if I don't know what they are lining up for, I also line up and then ask the people what they're lining up for. It turns out, they were lining up for this pinkish sweet drink. After having it, I couldn't figure out what the big deal was.

FOMO on this pinkish sweet drink

Pad Thai

I have been indulging with my penchant for Thai cuisine. After my Tom Yum Soup, I made Pad Thai. Next? Definitely Khao Soi!

Using authentic Pad Thai sauce imported from Thailand, I'm able to make some real good Pad Thai!

Roasted Peanuts

Peanuts are a healthy snack but they're not getting any cheaper from the vendors. So now, I buy raw peanuts at P100/k and dry-roast them myself on the wok. I mix in some raisins and M&Ms and get my on-the-go trail mix - delicious, healthy and cheap to make.

Roasted Peanuts on a wok

Carrot Bread

For every glass of pure carrot juice I drink, I end up with enough carrot pulp for 4 loaves of carrot bread. At one loaf a day of consumption, it means I can have my drink once every 4 days. I wish it was more frequent but what do I do with all that bread?

Carrot dough with pulp of 4 carrots, makes for a robust and fibre-rich bread

Cracked Wheat Bread

Once you make your own bread, you'll never go back to factory-bread. With my bread, there is no 'bread improver' (another fancy word for the carcinogen, potassium bromate, which has already been banned in many countries). I also use olive oil (not some cheap oil), organic egg (not large-scale industrial egg) and full cream milk (not filled milk or creamer).

Cracked Wheat Bread dough ready for its 3rd and final rise

Pizza

Come rain, shine or whatever weather, I have to make my pizza. There is nothing better than homemade pizza done to perfection.

Home-made Pizza

Taho

I can't say NO when I see a taho vendor (sweet soy bean custard). I usually have my tin cup with me and for P20, I can have my fill.

Mr. Taho and all others like him are the unsung heroes of our comfort food indulgence.

Ending Thoughts
Dancers play on the ballroom, chess players play on their boards, I play in the kitchen.

--- 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