PH Consulate General in Calgary Supports Philippine Cuisine Festival Gala

Consul General to Calgary Gilberto Asuque congratulates the Filipino chefs who took part in the Philippine Cuisine Festival Gala in Calgary on 17 June 2019. (CalgaryPCG photo)

CALGARY 12 July 2019 – The Philippine Consulate General in Calgary showed support to the Philippine Cuisine Festival Gala held on 17 June 2019 at the Winston Golf Club in Calgary.

Consul General to Calgary Gilberto Asuque congratulated the event’s main organizers--Diaryo Alberta Society (DAS) and the Philippine & Culinary Federation of Canada (PCFC) – for putting up the event as part of the month-long celebration of the Philippine Heritage Month in Alberta, Canada.

Eighteen Filipino chefs belonging to the PCFC came up with Filipino dishes that were served to about 170 guests in fine-dining style. The Filipino chefs came from various parts of the province of Alberta–Banff, Canmore, Cochrane, Calgary, and Strathmore–and from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Quezon City in the Philippines.

The Filipino dishes showcased were the following; Sutukil, a trio seafood dish with yellow fin tuna as the main ingredient and done in sugba (grilled), tula (boiled) and kilaw (marinated in vinegar) and is popular in General Santos City; Bacolod's City chicken inasal with cucumber salad, grilled chicken cooked with calamansi, lemongrass and anatto oil; La Paz batchoy, a sweet and salty beef noodle soup popular in La Paz in Iloilo; hamonado, meat marinated overnight with sweetened pineapple sauce popular in Bulacan; biringhe Bulakenyo, rice cooked with coconut milk and turmeric oil, durian cheesecake, a dessert made of durian, an exquisite tasting fruit abundant in Davao, and; mango calamansi cocktail, a cocktail drink combining Philippine mango and Philippine lime.

 The Philippine Department of Tourism-San Francisco was among the event’s sponsors. END

(Clockwise from top) Sutukil, Chicken Inasal with Cucumber Salad, La Paz Batchoy, Hamonado and Biringhe Bulakenyo, Durian Cheesecake, and Mango Calamansi Cocktail (DAS photo)

Members of the Philippine & Culinary Federation of Canada at the end of the gala event. (Calgary PCG photo)

Madame Rosalie Asuque and the officers and staff of the Philippine Consulate General in Calgary together with some of the participating Filipino chefs. (Calgary PCG photo)

For more information, visit https://www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinCalgary/.