FOOD DELICACIES OF ILOCOS NORTE

 

    Let see and try our very own delicacies from the northern part of our country, and promote them to our local tourists as well as to the foreign tourist visiting our country.

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    This delicacy is known as TUPIG in Ilocos Norte, and I'm sure that some local tourists have eaten it, but did you know that it is one of the nutritious foods due to its ingredients? It is composed of powdered rice, sugar, and coconut milk, and it will definitely fill your stomach once you eat it. Cooking this takes time to prepare and serve as a finished product since there is a lot of procedure from preparing the ingredients to wrapping the dish in banana leaves and finally cooking in the oven. This meal is often served during the Christmas season. When you go caroling in Ilocos Norte, instead of money, this food is what they give to you.

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   This second delicacy that I present to you known as Sapin sapin is as good as it is attractive to the eyes of tourists or even to those kids. This Filipino steamed glutinous rice cake is soft, chewy, and topped with golden latik. It makes a great lunchtime snack or even dinner dessert, one of the healthy delicacies that you might try because of the taste. Those layers are one of the simplest Filipino sweets to create. It only takes a couple of minutes to combine glutinous rice flour, coconut milk, condensed milk, and sugar together into a creamy batter, which you either divide into three sections, by the different colors and steam one of these on top of each other. This one is heavy to our stomach so you can eat this for lunch or dinner because it’s made in glutinous rice.

     These two delicacies, which I have shown, are often offered during the charismas season; nevertheless, some of the shops in Ilocos Norte continue to sell so even throughout the summer and the rainy season. I hope that you will try these two delicacies when you are visiting at Ilocos Norte.