23: A Glimmer of Hope

2012 Food Trip # 23

Jomar’s Panciteria

Tuguegarao City, Cagayan PH

April 14, 2012

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It was a long travel. We traveled for almost 14 hours and are tired and HUNGRY!

Part of our day’s itinerary is to try Tuguegarao’s famous Batil Patung in Jomar’s Panciteria.

Batil Patung is not commonly known outside of Tuguegarao in the province of Cagayan in Northern Luzon, Philippines. It is an unusual sauteed noodle dish served with dark non-soyed-based sauce and two piquant side dishes; a cup of pork broth and a dish of chopped onions, vinegar or calamansi, chili peppers, and soy sauce. The noodles are wheat-based and are served moist and chewy, topped with crushed pork-rind crackling, and whipped egg from whence the name bati’l patong literally ‘scrambled and placed on top’ is derived. (Source: Wikipedia)

 

We got ourselves one serving for P60 each which is actually good for two. 

While we were pigging out on this sauteed noodle dish, we still 

couldn't believe we made it to Tuguegarao. Circumstances almost caused us to call this trip off. We were so close to rescheduling the trip or pushing thru without the other one or two not because we lost hope but more because we understand that some things don’t really go as planned.

We never gave up. We looked at the circumstances with a more positive attitude and a glimmer of hope. Just a day before the trip, everything was set.

This tells me that, maybe (just maybe) sometimes our persistence can really change the routes we take every day. No matter how far that glimmer of hope maybe, we can hold on to it and find ways.