BLOG#8 " THE BEST IN LEYTE PHILIPPINES "

" BINAGOL"

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This photo is one of the historical place in the province of Leyte Philippines. Mcarthur Leyte Landing Memorial National Park or Mcarthur Park. This is a protected area of the Philippines that commemorates the landing of General Douglas Mcarthur in Leyte Gulf. This event led to the largest naval battle of World War II and Japans eventual defeat and surrender after almost 3 years.

 Leyte province is not only famous about this, Leyte also is very famous when it comes to foods specifically to as what they called BINAGOL. I taste it myself since I lived there for almost 9 years and I could say it is very delicious.

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BINAGOL is a sweet delicacy that originated from Eastern Visayas, specifically Leyte. It offers a distinct taste to the pallet and is wrapped in a unique packaging.

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BINAGOL came from the root word " bagol " a visayan term that means a coconut shell.Inspired by the abundance of coconut trees in our beautiful country, many native delicacies use coconut shells as packaging. BINAGOL is one of these, a taro root mixture with glutinous rice and nuts that is contained in polished coconut shells called locally as bagol.

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You can buy BINAGOL in Tacloban City or on the sidewalks near the market. You can also find the native delicacy in other areas of Eastern Visayas. Aside from the markets and pasalubong shops, you can often see it on display in entry and exit points of Tacloban City like the airports and bus terminals. You can get it for as much as PHP. 25.00 per binagol depending on the sized or RM 2.00.

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