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About Lutong Cavite

In early December 2009, I conducted an online search for Caviteñean cuisines out of curiosity about their history. Unfortunately, to my frustration, I couldn't find any photographs, recipes, or valuable research information. There seemed to be a lack of interest and attention given to the rich food culture of Cavite City.

Recognizing the importance of food in connecting us to our past and future and after my research frustration, I made an ambitious dream of creating a blog, which was a popular medium that time, that would serve as an online platform to promote awareness about the delectable cuisines of Cavite and showcase the city's culturally vibrant essence.  In January 2010, I started this blog with the aim of preserving the culinary traditions and heritage of Cavite foods as a tangible legacy for future generations of Caviteños.

However, after several months of blogging and sharing family heirloom recipes of Caviteñean cuisines, I faced difficulties in finding additional information. There was little online response, and the Cavite City Library was of no help, which further added to my frustration. Since I was reluctant and not into interviewing people, I decided to diversify the content of the blog by including other family recipes, restaurant reviews, food trips, discoveries, and my own successful cooking and baking experiments from various sources.

Years later, when content posts and features became less frequent, I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Ige Ramos. His passion for food inspired me greatly, as he shared my vision of putting Cavite dishes on the local food map. Consequently, I began expanding the blog's social media reach and promoting both the cuisines and the city, while incorporating the Chabacano language and more heritage content.

In 2022, after over a decade of blogging, here are the primary purposes and updated dreams of this blog and its social media platforms:

💓 Preservation of Caviteñean heritage cuisines
💓 Saving Chabacano Caviteño
💓Online repository of articles and photographs featuring history and culture of Ciudad de Cavite 
💓 Promotion of small and medium city food businesses 
💓 Creating a community of city food sellers, food makers and food enthusiasts as well as organizing heritage food events in the future (where the focus is solely on the food and the city people, not the politicians)

LUTONG CAVITE blog is my way of giving back to the city, especially its young generations. It is also a tribute to my Caviteñean roots and my ancestors, who were among the early inhabitants of the city when it was still known as Cavite Viejo.

The primary focus of this blog is Cavite City, the place I love and where I grew up. In the future, I hope to expand the content to encompass the entire province of Cavite when my schedule permits. There is still much work to be done for our city, and I hope that with strong support from the local government and long-term planning, we can achieve great things. For now, I hope you enjoy reading my labor of love and find it as a useful guide, just as I enjoy cooking, eating, writing, and sharing it.


NOTE: All the recipes with photographs featured on this blog are prepared, cooked and captured by myself, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise. While some recipes draw inspiration from open source recipes or Filipino cooking traditions, they have been adapted to suit my personal cooking preferences, ingredient availability, and other culinary resources.

If you have recipes of authentic Caviteñean cuisines especially food ternos feel free to e-mail, post and share on Facebook page. This way, we can collectively preserve the rich history and culture of CAVITE CITY's culinary traditions.


Ta platica yo puro Chabacano y junto esti na adbokasiya de esti blog. Si ta le y intindi tu esti que buenu. Si ya anda tu aqui para busca y cusi el mga comida mas buenu. Viva el Comida Caviteño !   



If you're interested in promoting or engaging with our content, we invite you to join the following Facebook groups:

Cavite City Foodies - Dedicated to Cavite City food sellers and food lovers 

Cavite City : Learning Chabacano & Spanish - For language enthusiasts and native Chabacano speakers who are interested in recognition retention, preservation and learning of Chabacano plus Spanish.

Cavite City Cultural Heritage - For heritage enthusiasts and individuals who are interested in learning, discussion and wants to dive deeper into the incredibly rich historical background of Cavite City.

Feel free to join these groups and become part of the vibrant community that appreciates and celebrates Cavite City's food, language, and cultural heritage. 



13 comments:

  1. Muchos Gracias Que bueno naman tini este tiempo para escribi el mana vianda se ta cusi niso na Ciudad del Cavite, Ta muri ya el Sabor del Caviteños poreso No hay mas todo el mana lehitimos Kusineras na Ciudad Y al mana juventud no mas ta cusi. Que algre yo tini niso pudi le todo el recipe del Cavite. Siempre pa si pasya palagi aki para busca nuebo!

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    1. Gracias Caviteñong Pupol! Sa wakas tiene ya rin ya pasya na ta platika Chabacano aqui na blog. No ma nga ta cusi el mga juventud ora puro process food ya lang ki ta kumi ilo. Ta muri ya el Sabor del Caviteños como el lengwahe na Chabacano. Sana nga pudi yo busca o tiene dali aqui otro mga recipe del mga vianda del mana lehitimos Kusineras na Ciudad na pwede yo kusi bago todo ilo kida nuway.


      Note: Pardon my barok and murdered Chabacano spelling and sentence construction. I understand and speak the language but only in this blog I attempted writing it :-P

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    2. hora noway ma sabor el comida de cavite tamales is lacking in peanuts and very sweet. bibinka ni samala is not that tasty, but i still go back to cavite city to eat these comfort food this is better than nothing. wish someone can duplicate ang pancit at lumpia ni aling badang sa cabuco

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  2. Hello! Just want to ask if you have the recipe for menudencia con casuy? And if you do can you share it please....

    thanks!

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    1. Added it to the wish list of Caviteñean Cuisine recipes in hope someone will be kind enough to share : https://www.facebook.com/notes/lutong-cavite/lf-cavite%C3%B1ean-cuisine-recipes/542539685771202

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  3. Good morning, God bless us all...

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  4. so nice to see fellow caviteno here on the net1 nice blog by the way!

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  5. Hi Lutong,

    My name is Anuj Agarwal. I'm Founder of Feedspot.

    I would like to personally congratulate you as your blog Lutong Cavite has been selected by our panelist as one of the Top 50 Filipino Food Blogs on the web.

    http://blog.feedspot.com/filipino_food_blogs/

    I personally give you a high-five and want to thank you for your contribution to this world. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 50 Filipino Food Blogs on the internet and I’m honored to have you as part of this!

    Also, you have the honor of displaying the badge on your blog.


    Best,
    Anuj

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  6. keen to know where can i buy sampalok candies without the "buto" , will be buying in bulk in case.

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  7. hi, i just happen to see your blog in 2014 and i started following you then coz you've featured useful information that helped when i go back to Cavite for a visit... Btw, are all the restaurant you've mentioned before are your ratings (comments) still the same? Any information on them would be very much helpful.
    thanks in advance and good job on this blog.

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    1. Gracias for the follow. Some of the restaurants got closed and other food sellers had disappeared but there are a lot of new ones sprouting like mushrooms. The new admin seems also supportive of small business which is good news.

      Some of the list here is already outdated and needs update. And since the pandemic this blog also lie lowed on its resto reviews but will try to work on the updates when schedule permits.

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