Before going home, we dropped by Cantipla’s ‘bagsakan” of very fresh produce from nearby barangays. I swear you can find ‘almost’ everything you want there. Very fresh at half the price! Wow!
Very fresh eggplants
Fresh corn!
Bananas, anyone?
Lots of sweet corn!
Ampalaya, Repollo, (I don’t know the name of the round thing, the white carrot-like veggie, and that long green thing)
Baguio beans
Potato
Mangosteen!
Peanuts!
Durian and carrots
Pomelo!
Pipino (Cucumber)
Okra
Tomatoes!
Gabi!
Kangkong and Alugbate
Saging sab-a
Nangka (Jackfruit)
After seeing that last photo, I can’t wait to taste fresh nangka when I visit Cebu next month. I bought some jackfruit this morning in Chinatown. A small slice cost me $15. I’m sure it’s much cheaper (and more delicious) in Cantipla. So how do you exactly get to this “bagsakan” market? Are there jeepneys that go there. Directions would be much appreciated. I definitely want to visit the place.
Hi Leylander – Regarding your comment that you don’t know the names of some of the veggies: the “round thing” on pic no. 5 is, well, we call it “kalbasang puti”; the “white carrot-like veggie” is, I think, a radish; and the “long green thing” is sikwa (I’m not sure of the spelling). The purple fruit (pic #8) is mangosteen – I am not aware it grows it Cebu (same with durian). The purple leafy vegetable in the photo with alugbate is not kangkong. I think those are camote leaves. Boy, I’m in my thirties but I feel like an old teacher giving my pupils a lesson.
OMG, Leyland nag laway ko, lame kau ang utan nga bisaya
I love fresh veggies and fruits! I still make eggplants with chicken & steamed rice on the side.=) Yummm!
Wow..tabisay ang laway! heheh.. mao ni akong gihandom..kalami unta kon dia ni diri. nammmmm…!
leylan, that purple colored guava look-like fruit is called mangosteen =)
brayta masil da!
All my favorite fruits and vegies !!!!!!!
hi leyland, your page is so refreshing! naglaway ko nagtan-aw sa talong. you are doing a great job! am looking forward to your next post.
uy, wala ko kabantay, naa pa man diay daghan pictures sa utanon imong gibutang! love them!
It was realy cool to see how people shopped for their groceries. It is very exotic and different from how we do things over here. We just by pre rapped food.
Hi Leyland,
Walay nay maka labaw dinha sa atong lugar kay anaa na ang tanan, sa Manila
ang mga Gulay ay magikan pa sa Bagio ug sa laing Lugar, Pero dinha sa Cebu
Ana na ang tanan ,
Lami pa gyod na labi pa bag-ong Harvest, I love it,
We love you Cebu!!!!!!!
Milette;hk
i love mangosteen but aside from being so hard to find over here, when i do find it, it’s about 4 or 5 dollars each…that’s just not right!
ang purple color nga kauban sa alugbate is udlot sa kamote.
ipalusot ra god ng mani dinhi sa imong blog-mao ra ba ni akong ampay, labi na kon hilaw og guwang kay daghan og duga.
kalami gyod, puera purigit!
=makahimo na ta ani og binignit, kuwang na lang kamote, landang og tuno.
=makahimo sad ta og pinakbit.
ang purple color nga kauban sa alugbate is udlot sa kamote.
ipalusot ra god ng mani dinhi sa imong blog-mao ra ba ni akong ampay, labi na kon hilaw og guwang kay daghan og duga.
kalami gyod, puera purigit!
=makahimo na ta ani og binignit, kuwang na lang kamote, landang og tuno.
=makahimo sad ta og pinakbit.
oy tikboy makalingaw man ka oy.lingaw ko sa imong comments da. naglaway na ka ay morag ako naglaway sa
udlot sa kamote kinilaw ba
pareho di-ay ta og ampay, ched. erpat ko ganahan sad ani. ma-ayo sad ning isahog sa lamayagan. kung magdaginot, imo lang ning i-steam unya pigaan og lemonsito-limot gyud ang apelyido sa imong silingan=:)
mao ba ning sa may governor leyson’s peak ley?
yup. mao ni. hehe
are you a full blooded Cebuano? those pictures are very yummy in my eyes. looks very fresh. :0