TUBA

(Bahalina)
Coconut Wine or Tuba is not just a drink but a culture.
Coconut wine or Tuba is the most popular and most pride native wine in Leyte and
Samar. In every celebration Leytenos and Samarnons cant be celebrating without tuba.
It is the finest local wine of Warays that tastes bittersweet and is made from unopened
coconut buds.
For non-drinkers, this beverage would often be mistaken as vinegar because of its sour
smell as well as its color.For others, they would inaccurately describe it as tuba or coconut
wine. But the longer it is aged, the more it tastes better. This is called bahalina. Like tuba
or coconut wine, bahalina is also derived from coconut saps.But bahalina undergoes a
natural distillation process for at least a month.Known to have originated in Leyte,
bahalina is one of the most popular local wines in some parts of Samar and Bohol
provinces.

SINUGBA NGA BANGUS

Inihaw na bangus recipe is one of the most popular Filipino dish for every occasion or
Pulutan for those who loves to drink beer with friends.
One of the best ways of cooking fresh Bangus is grilling with onion, tomato, ginger and
bagoong alamang stuffing wrapped in aluminum foil. The aluminum foil traps all the
juices from the fish and the stuffings which then steam infused all the flavors of the fish.
If aluminum foil is not available, heres another method. Sew the edge of fish with #20
sewing thread to bind all the ingredients inside then fish then grill it in low charcoal heat.
The fish is moderately charred outside but really moist inside.
 KINILAW NGA ISDA
Kinilaw (literally "eaten raw") is a raw seafood dish native to the Philippines, similar to
ceviche. It is more accurately a cooking process that relies on vinegar to denature the
ingredients, rather than a dish, as it can also be used to prepare meat and vegetables.[3]
Meat-based kinilaw (usually known as kilawin) are more common in the northern
Philippines and use blanched and lightly grilled meat (not raw). Kinilaw dishes are
usually eaten as appetizers before a meal, or as finger food (pulutan) with alcoholic
drinks.

CAPOOCAN, LEYTE
Capoocan, Leyte Province, Junction of Ormoc City, Biliran Island and Tacloban City, Leyte,
Visayas Islands, Philippines. Capoocan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte,
Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 33,617 people.

CATARMAN,
NORTHERN SAMAR
Catarman is a first class municipality and the capital of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is
the largest town in terms of land area and population in the province. According to the
2015 census, it has a population of 94,037, making it the most populous municipality in
Eastern Visayas. It is the commercial, educational, financial, political and government
center of the province. It lies on the northern part of Samar Island, bounded to the east
by Mondragon, to the west by Bobon, to the south by Lope de Vega, and to the north
by the Philippine Sea.
 STEAMED BANGUS
The milkfish, called bangus in Filipino, is a type of salt-water fish that can be found in
the waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans and tend to live close to the islands, coasts
and coral reefs. This is the reason why milkfish is abundant in Philippine waters.
Milkfish is a rich source of Vitamin B6, selenium, phosphorus and niacin, protein, and
Vitamin B12. It has a very low sodium content which makes it a healthy food option for
those suffering from hypertension and heart disease.

TUBA
(Bahalina)
For hundreds of years, the Eastern Visayas region has been among the top coconut
producers in the country. It is deeply embedded in the festive and colorful heritage of
the Waray culture is the magic of its local coconut wine concoction tuba.
Bahalina is the most special kind of tuba or coconut wine for it is distilled for longer than
1 year or more, thats why it is more preferred by red coconut winde drinkers rather than
those that are distilled for few months. Mostly bahalina are serve to a special guest or
reserved for special occasions. Once bahalina is served youll surely feel treated like a
royalty.