Batanes food is quite unique, it would be a shame if you did not try out the local cuisine. At every
Ultimate Philippines tour to Batanes, we make sure everyone gets immersed in the local flavors of Batanes.
For starters, there's (1)
humet or seaweed soup, (2)
supas or turmeric rice, (3)
chipuhu or breadfruit, (4)
tamiduk or Ivatan salad which includes steamed
pako or fiddlehead fern, eggplant, string beans, chopped tomatoes, and minced onions, (5)
pinasu wakay or roasted kamote, (6)
vunes or dried gabi, (7)
wakay or boiled yam and (8)
amay or mashed kamote and taro.
Then for the main course, there's (9)
payi or lobster, (10)
arayu,
dorado or
mahi-mahi, (11)
tatus or coconut crab, (12)
lataven a among or
kinilaw na isda, (13)
lunies or Ivatan
adobo made with
liempo, and (14)
uvud balls made with pork, flying fish and banana trunk.
For dessert, there's (15)
bukayo, (16)
ducay salad, (17) glorified
gabi and (18)
rawut or millet.
As part of the tour, we arrange buffet lunches and picnics by the beach, and cocktails and sunset dinners at picturesque attractions Batanes.
Of course we have some Filipino comfort food too. But rest assured, you'll be getting an authentic Ivatan food experience on every Ultimate Philippine food tour. Our first tour to Batanes for the year ended today. We're all flying back to Manila tomorrow. There are five more tours for this year. So
book now!
