One thing for sure about the Filipino people is their love
to party. What’s the occasion? Does there even have to be one? Just invite a
few friends and the enjoyment begins. We decided it was high time for us to have
one of these get togethers and Dayrit Resort in Cabatuan, Isabela seemed like a
great place to go.
First thing in the morning preparations began. We needed
fresh coconut scraped so our painter, that had been at the house doing some work
for us, helped to prepare this. Kuya Tony, Aljon and Ray all helped out. Aljon
was exciting to watch as he shaved the coconuts and then split them open with
his bolo. Kuya Tony and Ray used a scraper Filipino style to scrape the meat
from inside the husk.
Maly, Hazel and Marjorie were busy with other cooking duties
that morning. There was pancit, a Korean boiled pork wrap (Bossam), steamed
Filipino bananas, rice and other items to get ready. It was a mad bee’s hive of
activities that morning. The chicken had been marinated overnight and fresh tilapia
was bought that morning. Everything was coming together right nicely.
I had to go into town to pick up some other items we had special
ordered for one of the ladies that has a small caldaria in town. I managed to
pick up some dinaguan, pata tim and some kinilaw baboy. As soon as I could get
back home with my supplies we would be ready to go!
It is sometimes a chore to get everyone wanting to go to a
party where you need them to go along with all the food we were bringing. We had
3 tricycles we loaded with food and people along with our single motor as well.
We made sure the store was locked for the day and off we started.
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| Steve and Maly ready to ride! |
We no longer got on the road when we started to remember
several things we had forgotten. We had bought some ribs for doing on the BBQ.
Did we pack them? We could not remember if they were loaded in the cooler. So
back we went to pick these up. We also forgot the camera and one other
important item. That is yet to come.
We managed to get out to Dayrit Resort which is only a few
miles from where we live. It is a nice resort with big cottages you can rent
out by the day. We had been by a few days earlier and requested to have the
first cottage as you entered the resort. These cottages offer plenty of room
with two large tables to place your food on. Another advantage is that the
cottage also has a sink at the back with running water. This really comes in
handy when BBQing. They do have grills you can use also, but you need to bring
your own charcoal.
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| Maly and Ellen making sure everything is good to eat! |
As we were unloading all our goodies, we found we had
forgotten the most important ingredient of all if you want a Filipino party to
be successful! We had left the rice at the house. So here I go again with Aljon
back to get the rice. Again thankfully we only live a few short miles from this
resort, so we managed to get the rice and have it back in time for our lunch time
party!
Everyone seemed to enjoy the assortment of food, dessert and
refreshments we had brought. I think everyone that came went away with an
extremely full belly and had great memories to share afterwards.
Come along as we take you on this first part of our
enjoyable day at the Dayrit Resort. I am sure you will have some fun right
along with us!
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