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I am not sure about you but I love eating with my bare hands when I eat fried fish with rice! There's nothing like feeling the rice in my hands and taking out those tiny bones of the fried fish!
Up in the mountains of Irosin Sorsogon, I was offered to eat a bowl of rice (their bowls are made of coconut shell) and fried fish. There was also the leaves of the cassava sauteed in coconut milk and seasoned with hot pepper.
Written Oct 10, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines
Irosin's major crops include copra (coconut), Manila hemp and rice. Just travelling around the Bicol region, you will see coconuts everywhere. So make sure that you experience drinking the "buko" juice and eating the coconut meat!
Written Oct 10, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines
Twenty years ago, my habit was to climb to the top of the hill close to the church and watched and listened to the hush and bash of this sleepy town. During my last visit, I was surprised that the hill has changed!
To my surprise, the people of Irosin put a grotto on it. I am not sure if I like it or not.
Before it was just a hill where you can sit down and contemplate at the end of the day. It was nice before because it was just plain hill overlooking the town.
Written Oct 10, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines
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After climbing Mayon Volcano in Legazpi City, there's another volcano to climb! It's the Bulusan Volcano! The volcano is not that high but it is treacherous to climb. There are sharp stones and rocks on the side of the volcano!
The hike here is long. It took us about four hours to hike. By the time that we got to the foot of the mountain, I struggled every minute of the hike. I was running out of breath! So, I decided to just rest at the Bulusan Lake.
Updated Oct 10, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon
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I learned to cut a raw Manila hemp and slice it thin to dry. In this picture, I had to sit down and slice a Manila hemp.
Manila hemp is one of the products of Irosin, Sorsogon. After drying this for weeks, the local residents tie them together and bring them down to the town proper. The middleman sells them to a Chinese businessman. The Manila hemp is used for making ropes. The local residents sometimes weave them to make baskets, purses, place mats and hats to sell to tourists in Legaspi City and Naga City.
Updated Oct 10, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon
One of my favorite fruits in the Philippines is called "Santol". They are not available in the United States. But, in Irosin, there's plenty of them! I asked Ronnie, my foster brother, to go get me some as I have not eaten one in twenty years after having been in the United States for a long time and not visited Irosin. He came back after few minutes and got me a bagful of santol (sorry, not sure what's the English word for this fruit).
The fruit is smaller than my fist, about the size of medium size red potato but circular and brown in color. You have to remove the skin and eat the meat of the fruit. There are four seeds on it that are big. Most of the time when I eat it, I soak or dip it with vinegar with salt. (That's how Filipinos eat them). They are sour and sometimes sweet!
Updated Sep 15, 2010
Address: Irosin, Sorsogon, Philippines
Going to Sorsogon from Legazpi City? Just take a mini-bus or a bus from the Central Bus Station and head to Sorsorgon. You can also take the bus going to Matnog. Either ways, it will stop at the junction of the town of Irosin, Sorsogon.
Written Oct 10, 2010
Copra is a major crop of the Philippines. It is exported abroad to be made into soap and shampoos.
During my last visit, I took some pictures of how the farmers gather the mature coconuts and turn them into copra so they can sell them. It is a very tedious process.
First, the farmers have to climb the tall coconut trees and gather the mature coconuts.
Second, they husk the coconut.
Third, the split the coconut and remove the water in them.
Fourth, the take out the meat of the coconut.
Fifth, they smoke the coconut meat on a make shift barn. until the coconut meat is dried and shrank one-third of its size.
Sixth, they gather the dried coconut meat and stock them in sacks.
Seventh, they carry the sacks of coconuts (now copra) from the mountains to the the town for sell.
Sixth,
Written Oct 10, 2010
Jackfruit is one of the biggest fruit found in Southeast Asia. It is found in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and in the Philippines. It can grow as big as a rice sack (80 kilos) and can feed 20 people.
In Irosin, the young jackfruit is cooked with coconut milk and seasoned with salt and hot pepper. Sometimes, the cook add some dried fish on it to make it tastier.
When the jackfruit is ripe, it has this sweet smell on it and eaten by taking out its large seed. The seed is also edible. The seed is dried and boiled and eaten as it is.
The jackfruit has a thorny covering and it is related to the Durian fruit.
Written Oct 10, 2010
I lived in many places. Irosin is one of the towns I have lived. I love this town- the people are warm and it is the place where I learned to stop smoking! I see how hard the people work in order to...
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