By eating halfway on Mar 22, 2013 in:
occidental mindoro pride, burger overload, burger, pizza, occidental mindoro, chicken fricassee, mamburao, eatinghalfway, elma tejada, ronielmacatol, carbonara, shake
On this second week of my Occidental Mindoro series, let me share one of the many opportunities for some breaks for meals, sightseeing and exploring during an official travel in Mamburao. Although the provincial capitol, I’ve always believed that M...
By entrep journal on Mar 17, 2013 in:
GMP, food establishment, SSOP, QPIRA, FDA, HACCP, ronielmacatol, LTO, entrepjournal, requirement
For anyone wanting to establish a food establishment, especially if you are looking into penetrating the export market (one of the ways is to join the IFEX 2013, BTW), one of the basic requirements is a License to Operate (LTO) issued by the Fo...
By eating halfway on Mar 16, 2013 in:
occidental mindoro, laid-back, shipbuilding, sea, ronielmacatol, mornings, lifestyle, eatinghalfway, sunset, pamutusin cove, seafood, paluan
We arrived just before the sunset in this quiet town which is an hour away from Mamburao, the provincial capitol or two hour away from Abra de Ilog seaport operates with two hour boat trips from Batangas. I have featured the town of Paluan in my ‘...
By entrep journal on Mar 9, 2013 in:
singapore, australia, saudi arabia, ronielmacatol, international business protocol, united kingdom, south korea, entrepjournal, france, japan
Our last week’s official trip to General Santos City allowed us to know about some food exporting companies. One that prefers Japanese market and another one which prefers American. The company which prefers Japan says Japan market buys at a high...
By eating halfway on Mar 1, 2013 in:
beef stew noodles, ronielmacatol, mint, eatinghalfway, vietnamese, chaolong, puerto princesa city, legacy, togue, calamansi, refugees
Now for a ‘purist’ EatingHalfway post, I am sharing with you a dinner that made me realize that yes, I can have dinner without rice. I have been returning to Puerto Princesa City for a while but this is a first time I have experienced a food cult...
By entrep journal on Mar 1, 2013 in:
international food expo, entrepreneurship, marketing, export, market, IFEX 2013, DTI, international trade event, ronielmacatol, trrade fair, CITEM, entrepjournal, dti-mimaropa
This is what’s keeping me busy among other things in the office these days. We are prepping for our first ever participation to this prestigious international trade event as a region. Will share more about that as we get even more ready. Meantime h...
