San Pedro Street: Suroy Ta!

Hot Cake, Buko Juice and Maruya

Sunday - day of worship for the Catholics. People are flooding at San Pedro Cathedral for the Sunday Mass. Outside, vendors are glad for the numbers of people walking along the street of San Pedro, another day of profit for them. A usual scene every Sunday, I paused and glanced at every people - different kinds of people are having a great day at San Pedro. Peers, families and lovers are all welcomed by the smiling faces of the vendors in this outdoor mall.

Salbaro / Sitsiritsit

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Sitsiritsit, commonly known as salbaro or salvaro (not sure about the spelling) is a crunchy snack made of cassava and melted sugar on top of it adding the sweet taste. I used to call it CD before as in compact disc since I don't know what it's called. You can find this crunchy snack in several beaches of Davao and Samal. Also, if you're in downtown, I'm sure there's a vendor of salbaro at San Pedro Cathedral. 

I've had a little chat with the salbaro vendor at Bago Beach about the process of making salbaro.

Gardena Fresca Garden Pond and Grill

Oftentimes, we don’t have time to relax and eat in a paradise-like place which most likely can be found in country places. We live in a city and fast food chain and carenderia are the best options for busy people including students. Well, FYI, I’ve found this kind of (hidden) place in Matina which you couldn’t imagine that there’s a paradise inside that very common-looking village (Coca-Cola Village). I was amazed and shocked to find out that there is a big pond inside, the pond of Gardena Fresca.

Kinutil: Tuba Chocolate

Wow! Look at that....! The one she's holding. It's TUBA.  Not the usual tuba that we know. This one is reeeeally great! Why? Because of it's chocolate taste. Something bizarre? No it's not. It's very common in Davao especially in the beaches of Bago, Toril and Times (Ecoland). Formerly favorite of lasenggeros alone, but not anymore. Tuba has gone a long way. From the typical tuba of our lolo, now we have "kinutil". Maybe they were sick of the taste of tuba and experimented something new, something weird but turned out great.