Fuentes Manila Public RelationsPress ReleaseTourism Promotions BoardWorld Street Food Congress (WSFC) 2016
A 15-hour Culinary Adventure
It was a whole day filled with fun, friendship
and gastronomic delights as the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), the Department
of Tourism (DOT), Makansutra and Ayala Malls launched the World Street Food
Congress (WSFC) 2016 via a 15-hour food frenzy safari.
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| Ayala Malls’ Javier Hernandez |
WSFC is an international culinary affair and
will be held in the Philippines for the first time after being hosted by
Singapore for the past two years. The five day event will take place at
Bonifacio Global City (BGC) from 20-24 April 2016 and will feature the World
Street Food Dialogue, World Street Food Jamboree, and World Street Food Awards.
Registration for the World Street Food Dialogue is done online at www.wsfcongress.com.
Among those who participated in the food tour
were Makansutra’s KF Seetoh, Indonesia’s culinary ambassador Chef William
Wongso, Our Awesome Planet’s Anton Diaz, Chef Sau del Rosario, RJ Ledesma of
Mercato Centrale and Singapore’s DJ Rosalyn Lee.
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Makansutra founder KF
Seetoh with Chef Sau del Rosario of Café Fleur
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The street food safari kicked off at 7:00 AM
at BGC then proceeded to food stops at Pampanga, Binondo and back to BGC at
around 10:00 PM. The itinerary included Recovery Food, Everybody’s Cafe, Aling
Lucing’s Sisig, Cafe Fleur, Sarsa Kitchen + Bar and Mercato Centrale Night
Market. Traditional favorites such as tapsilog, sisig, kare-kare, lumpia and
lechon were among the numerous iconic Filipino dishes the participants sampled
during the jam-packed trip.
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Mercato Centrale’s RJ
Ledesma and Anton Diaz
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“We are very excited that the Philippines
will be hosting the WSFC 2016.This will once again highlight our country as one
of the best culinary destinations in the world, and it is an opportunity for us
to share to the global audience the richness and contemporary edge of Filipino
gastronomy,” shares TPB COO Domingo Ramon C. Enerio III.
Considered as Philippine Food Month, April is
packed with other major culinary events such as the Madrid Fusión Manila 2016, the biggest and most important gastronomic event in
Asia in the 21st century; and Flavors of the Philippines, a
month-long food extravaganza that showcases the unique tastes of classic,
contemporary and exotic Filipino food from all over the country.
For more updates on WSFC 2016 and Philippine
Food Month, visit www.tpb.gov.ph.
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