Hello, Baguio!

I always look forward to our yearly trip to Baguio.  Erman's dad is a PMA alum so we always tag along for the homecoming weekend.

Our favorite way to start the day!

I just realized that this is my 6th PMA weekend!  And every year Erman and I spend our Saturday morning at our favorite place, Cafe by the Ruins.  I also love their organic market!  I was able to buy a few punnets of cherry tomatoes and strawberries.   Yay!  No cape gooseberry this time though.

brewed coffee and a cute shaped sweetener

Happy and festive!

Really excited to check out Ketchup: The food community later.   The food community is just across Wright Park. Maybe I'll rent a horse and go riding? Happy weekend folks! :)

LaTOP Organic Veggies in Manila

Saturday breakfast at the Cafe by the ruins is one of the things I look forward to every time we go to Baguio.  Aside from the yummy food, I really love going to the organic market outside the cafe.  The fruits and vegetables are all products of LaTop (La Trinidad Organic Practitioners), a cooperative of over 100 farmers practicing organic farming in the Cordillera region. 

Gooseberries

LaTop offers a wonderful selection of produce.  They even have things that are not usually grown here such as gooseberries, blueberries, brussel sprouts etc.  

star ranking

Each product has a grade (from 1-6 stars) depending on how it was grown.  I don't have the exact details right now but I do recall that a higher number is always better.  I'll post the complete explanation once I find the leaflet that I asked from the vendor last year (hope I find it :D).  I remember leaving that leaflet on one of our floor stand mounts but now it is just missing.  Hopefully, I will find it soon!  

Anyway, the good news is that we do not have to go all the way to Baguio for these veggies because  they are now available at SM!  This week I got baby carrots, red beets, ginger, red radish, french beans and blueberries.

Now to find a recipe that uses red radish :)