First up...
My very own version of the famous Calderetang Batangas...
Some years back I remember sharing my baon directly from Batangas to some of my Manileño officemates. Did they like it? Absolutely! then they asked me what it was...Its Caldereta! I said. No! its not, its like adobo with liver spread. Calderobo it is! they said. Well that's just how Batangeños cooked it. We don't use tomato paste or sauce like other provinces cook with theirs. And yes it does seem taste like Adobo but waaaayyy more yummier! Why not?! it has way more spices that it looks. Its sweet, spicy, umami salty, creamy and tangy all at the same time. Where else do you cook Caldereta with liver spread and peanut butter? Only in Batangas!
Elders said its best cooked with Goat meat. I have tried goat meat Caldereta but its not really my liking... I'd still prefer pork or chicken, haven't tried the beef version yet. But I've had beef caldereta just not Batangas style.
In every year's Town Fiesta there would always be the "Calderetang Batangas Cook-off", participated by the Cooks from different Batangas Eatery/ Resto famous for their Calderata. But being an Iglesia ni Cristo member, I'm not really a fan of fiestas. So, I haven't really seen the competition live only in local news, thanks to TV10-Batangas.
One would usually find this Traditional Batangas version of Caldereta in most Eateries around the City, but most of Restaurants would serve the Typical Calderata with tomato sauce unless they have it on the Menu. <by Eatery I mean, your typical fastfood resto where foods are already cooked, displayed on warmers for the customer to choose from. And by Restaurant, a resto where you get to served by waiters and handed a menu for you to choose from.>
So if you happen to be around Batangas City and wanted to try this version, you would want to go to Eateries instead.
Every one close to me growing up had always called me Bayo as in BA-with stress on YO... kinda sound mabantot, but I have gotten used to it since when I can no longer remember. And yes, I'm a true blooded Batangeña. A proud Probinsyana.
Why I decided to blog? I really don't know. I am not fond of writing either, I'm more of a reader. I love reading...just anything I find interesting. I read book, novels, newspaper, mostly online articles, blogs and I'm really a fan of Wikipedia. I wouldn't go for a day without consulting wiki. Thanks to Google I now have more options other than Wiki in everything I would thought of acquiring just a bit knowledge of.
What do I intend to write here? I Love FOOD...I love Eating and I love to cook and bake. I love trying on new recipes and experimenting on food. I like exploring foods that are pretty new to me, minus the bloody and exotic foods. I'm not at all picky but blood is something sacred that our religion would not allow to devour, on the other hand trying exotic ones really scares me <who wouldn't>
Recently, I have this urge to explore food within our City or say Province. I have searched Google high and low hoping to find something that features food find in our city. However, aside from the best resorts and beaches in the province, it seems lacking info in where I could find the best eats here in Batangas City. Although, yeah there are few blogging sites which features eat finds, and few restos in Batangas but nothing for some of the Best ones, well in my opinion. Which is quite peculiar, cause I believe we have more than Sinaing na Tulingan and Kapeng Barako that deserves an "Exposé".
And so... Here I'll try to my best effort to somehow create an Info of what and where one would find a Gold mine in Batangas City... a gold mine's bit lot, let me rephrase that... The Best Eats in Batangas City.
P.S. I'm not really a Writer nor a Photographer. What you'd be expecting here is nothing Professional. Mostly just thoughts and notions of what satisfies my Not so Sophisticated Palate.
