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KULINARYA tour highlights
Carlito's Workshop, San Pablo City Laguna.
Carlito Ortega is a sculptor who works in welded steel and brass, as well as with old hard wood. He creates figurative works in both intimate and monumental scale inspired by Philippine folk art and lore. An avid art collector, he has a striking collection of contemporary art. He is also a land artist whose garden is his marterpieces. Come and visit his artist workshop and garden. Inspired by the American Southern-style plantation homes, his house evokes images of the movie Gone with the Wind. His garden boast of hard wood trees and rare plants. Kusina Salud, San Pablo City, Laguna Patis Tesoro, renowed fashion designer and advocate of indigenous fabrics, has thrown open the doors of her enchanting country home (photos of which have found their way into international interior design books.) Get a chance to experience its eclectic wit and rustic charm. It is is a Balinese and Bohemia rolled into a cozy home, tickled by the sound of a rolling brook and embraced by Banahaw ferns and giant vines. Chef Paul Poblador of Salud Bistro in Baguio (recently nominated one of the best restaurant in the country by the readers of Philippine Tatler and soon to reopen in Manila) has created a memorable menu of Filipino favorites prepared with fresh ingredients sourced from nearby farms and market. Ugu Bigyan : Potter's Garden Tiaong Quezon For Ugu Bigyan, celebrated potter, home has always been in Tianong, Quezon. In his workshop, he shapes, glazes, and fires the ceramic pieces he has become famous for. He specializes in large pots with imaginative glazes, delicate dried wood-and ceramic pieces, and wall tiles. His creations are used by up-scale hotels and posh resorts such as Amanpulo, Campo Travieza, Casa Patricia, El Nido and Villa Escudero. His artist workshop is a cluster of quaint huts, connected by brick paths, and surrounded by a lush garden. Comfortable reclining chairs, day beds, and huge pillows tempt visitors to slow down, relax and breath in the artistic energies of his workshop. Strewn all over the garden and in a high ceiling gallery, Ugu's works are on display and are for sale. Ugu serves lunch at his workshop. His sumptuous native fare - usually fresh mussels cooked with mustard leaves, squid sisig, grilled tilapia, and inihaw na liempo are served on his beautiful ceramic plates and bowls.
KULINARYA QUEZON
A unique PALATE ADVENTURE, A showcase of the province's COLOR, FLAVOR and CULTURE in a POT! Come and enjoy this special Feast of TASTE and SENSES! SIZZLING at ARTIST's GARDENS!!!
Inclusions:
AM Snack in Lucban featuring PANCIT HABHAB and local biscuits at Dealo Koffee Klatch with Food demo (make your own Longganisang Lucban and Broas(Ladyfinger) with the Quezon Food Authority, Ms. Milada Dealo Valde). Visit KIPING at IBA PA souvenir shop and experience a bit of PAHIYAS Festival any season of the year. Feast on a sumptous native lunch while dining at floating bamboo huts at KAMAYAN SA PALAISDAAN. Let's go down memory lane while exploring the ancestral houses of Sariaya along Calle Rizal and partake of the LAMBANOG (coconut wine) RITUAL. Cap the day with a hearty Afternoon Snack amidst an artist's haven of wonderful pottery pieces and personally designed native gazebo's at UGU's Pottery Garden. Learn to prepare KULAWO, a banana blossom appetizer before you go home, it will make your day! KULINARYA TAGALA Experience a culinary delight of the provinces of LAGUNA, QUEZON and BATANGAS in a DAY!!! This culinary adventure ends with a TREASURE of RELAXATION only the Filipino hospitality can offer. INDULGE and RELAX!
Inclusions
Filipino Breakfast in Laguna (Kusina Salud), an ancestral house turned restaurant set in the midst of a garden-aviary with a Fettleheard Fern Crispy Salad by Chef Pol Poblador. In the heart of a serene garden, appreciate the Filipino talent and inter-act with a Brass-Sculptor at Carlito's Workshop. It is not everyday you see an artist at work! What about a sumptous native lunch in Quezon at UGU's Pottery Garden using his handmade pieces as dining utensils under gazebos designed by the artist and learn his KULAWO recipe as an additional treat? The highlight of your tour, a relaxing trip at The FARM AT BENITO in Lipa City, Batangas, the Philippines' world class spa-resort to give you a 30-minute REFLEXOLOGY or PEPPERMINT FOOT SCRUB before calling it a day! VIAJES DEL SOL
Trace the highway from Laguna to Quezon and catch the sunlight as it runs through charming country inns, off-the-beaten-path cafe's and inspiring artist's studios. Experience it in the most unexpected ways - its magical tales, its creative spirit and its deep plantation life.
Inclusions: Lunch at KUSINA SALUD with Food demo by Chef Pol Poblador. Inter-action with a Brass-Sculptor artist , CARLITO ORTEGA, you don't see an artist at work everyday! Another showcase of the Filipino ingenuity when you visit UGU's Pottery Garden and discover the culinary side of Ugu Bigyan when he serves an afternoon snack. And to top it, food is served at handmade utensils from the pottery! It's time to check-in at CASA SAN PABLO. While away your evening dreaming in hammocks scatttered at torch-lit garden before enjoying your dinner. Books to read inside your rooms. After breakfast the next day, we tread and trek KUBLI SPRINGS in Dolores, Quezon(jump off point to Mt. Banahw). After experiencing the beauty of nature, treat yourself to a sumptous lunch personally prepared for you by Jay Herrera of KINABUHAYAN CAFE'. Your relaxation after lunch includes playing billiards and of course, savoring Quezon's Lambanog.
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