It was sunny and cool in Baguio during the Luzon leg of the National Food Showdown.
Supertyphoon “Lawin” came midway through the National Food Showdown (NFS) culinary competition held in Baguio last October.
The National Food Showdown is an annual competition involving student and professional cooks from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao and the National Capital Region.
Just before the storm on Sunday, Baguio weather was glorious. The sun shone and the temperature was just cool that it didn’t require sweaters or jackets during the day. So, it didn’t seem quite like work to judge once more in the annual culinary competition of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio.
Breakfast was prolonged on the day I had to judge coffee concoctions. And while I was tasked to taste about 20 cups, the sum of a teaspoon each must have just been half a regular cup.
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