Pitstop: Guimaras Native Delicacies and Products

On our way to Jordan Wharf to ride a ferry going back to Iloilo from Guimaras, we asked kuya Jesus to drop by Guimaras’ Pasalubong Center. I never knew Guimaras has other native delicacies aside from their well-known mangoes. They have fruit piaya made of either langka, pineapple, cashew or mango; mango jam, mango puree, and would you believe mango ketchup. I’m not sure about their mango ketchup but I bought all their piaya variety except for langka and other products made from Trappist Monastery in Guimaras. Looking at the labels of these products, it is nice to know that the Department of Science and Technology assisted the manufacturers in packaging their products to make it at par and marketable to both local and foreign buyers.

Guimaras also have native products such as soap dish made of wood, native coin purse, bamboo sofa, wooden pens, key chains, etc. We also asked manong to take us to a nearby market to buy mangoes.