VIGAN CITY, Philippines - Attractive and unique antique furniture and the local fabric ''Abel,'' and other Iloko products and delicious food delicacies produced from this world's well-known heritage city of the country are presently showcased in the five-day Vigan Food and Trade Fair that formally opened on Saturday at the premises of Villa Fernandina de Vigan in Taguig City, Metro Manila. Vigan City Mayor Eva Marie Singson Medina said Sunday that the trade fair runs from November 20 to 24, 2010.
Among the products of this heritage city that are displayed for sale during food and trade fair include the famous antique furniture of Ilocos Region, attractive souvenir items and the ever famous Iloko clothing - ''Abel,'' the unique burnay (jars) and Vigan tiles, and the delicious food delicacies such as bagnet (crispy pig's rind), longganisa (native sausage), Bibingka Paskua (native rice cake), miki (native noodles), empanada, locally cooked sinanglao and okoy, among others. To reach the venue of the food and trade fair, Medina said that those coming from the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA); for the EDSA southbound vehicles, turn left at the south superhighway, then turn left towards the Bicutan exit then towards lower Bicutan; then turn right at the Manuel Quezon street and about 700 meters away, the Villa Fernandina de Vigan will be on the right side. The lady mayor is inviting everyone to see, to taste and to buy the famous antique products and delicious and well-known native food delicacies produced from Vigan.
