At the farm

Last week I went on travel to a farm in Sariaya, Quezon (that’s about 126Km South of Manila). I enjoyed myself with fresh fruits and some time with friends.

Johnny de Villa’s farm looked like a fruit picker’s dream come true. Despite the fact that tropical storm Frank wreaked havoc in many parts of the country, every tree in Johnny’s are bearing fruit, practically and metaphorically. Pickers are busy with the green mangoes (not the Indian variety, but the Philippine ones). He has the Pico and Carabao mangoes. One mango weighs a quarter of a kilogram.

For refreshments, we had coconut juice, nice for the kidneys. There are also jackfruit and avocado. By the way, if you’re gonna make some guacamole try to squeeze some lemon on the avocado to keep it from tasting bitter when you store it. The action of the enzymes on the avocado is checked by the acid from the lemon. Squeezed lemon is also good for all ingredients in a tropical fruit salad.



From the left: Johnny de Villa, Jun Carriaga, Boy Ferrer and Fenny Rojas