Eat your way through Northern Luzon at Big Bite!

Head up to Pampanga for a three-day celebration of all things delicious at Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival!

There's something for everyone! Visitors can expect over a hundred of food concepts and vendors representing the best of Regions I, II, III and the Cordillera Administrative Region right at the food capital of the Philippines.

Special Sneak Preview

Yours truly visited MarQuee Mall for the media event. This took me not only on a gastronomic trip through local favorites..

[caption id="attachment_3921" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Palitaw[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3920" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Canonigo[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3922" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Cassava Cake[/caption]

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[caption id="attachment_3925" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Pork Sisig[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3926" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ilocos' pride, Bagnet[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3928" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Ox Tripe and Beef Tail Kare Kare[/caption]



[caption id="attachment_3930" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Fried Lumpiang Gulay[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3931" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Swam na Mais[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3927" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Binulo Rice[/caption]

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Freshly made empanada, which is originally from Batac, and longganisa <3 :) #marqueebigbite

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..with some known exotic delicacies..

..but also on a nostalgic one with simple but sumptuous delights food vendors offer! Yup, I'm talking about ice scramble, strawberry taho, binatog, sorbetes, etc.!

[caption id="attachment_3912" align="aligncenter" width="427"] Binatog (boiled corn with grated coconut and salt)[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3913" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Baguio's Strawberry Taho[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3935" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Smiling cup of Kalinga Coffee[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3936" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Ice-cold and refreshing sago :)[/caption]

A live sisig cook-off, to commemorate this festival's theme, was presented by Chef Emelita Galang and Chef Sau del Rosario.

[caption id="attachment_3915" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Classic sisig by Chef Emelita[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_3916" align="aligncenter" width="700"] Chef Sau's modern take on sisig - (left) Tuna Sisig Ravioli and (right) Pan-Seared Spiced Tuna Sisig Steak[/caption]

Other attractions / activities of interest

Aside from the food market, the food festival will also feature the following:

• cooking demos from Lifestyle Network chefs, Chef Sandy Daza (October 19, 6 p.m.) of Foodprints and the lively Chef Sharwin Tee (October 18, 6 p.m.)


• food art installations by Filipino visual artist Leeroy New and the Pampanga Arts Guild that promotes specialty dishes


• a culinary cook-off between top culinary schools in Pampanga and Bulacan, and


• live entertainment.

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Buying pasalubong will definitely make you crave, but I have good news! MarQuee Mall shoppers can maximize their Big Bite! experience and get free food samples when they present a receipt with at least P1000-worth of purchase from any MarQuee Mall merchant!

Let's support local and homegrown food products and concepts! See you at the MarQuee Mall on October 17-19!

 

MarQuee Mall’s Big Bite! The Northern Food Festival is staged in partnership with the North Luzon Expressway, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Tourism, Angeles City Tourism Office, Bank of the Philippine Islands and the Lifestyle Network.

For more information, contact (045) 304-0110 to 11. Like and follow MarQuee Mall's social networking sites:

Facebook: facebook.com/MarQueeMall

Twitter:   @MarQueetweets

Instagram:   @iloveMarQueemall.

Thank you Ms. Jing and Ms. Kathy for the invite! :)