#NCDFoodtrip: Escalante-Mitra Bulalohan and other Bicolano Foods

#NCDFoodtrip From a 40-year old family recipe of Bulalo to affordable and delicious home cooked meals, Escalante - Mitra Bulalohan is a keeper. 🥰

Bicol Express, Lechon Kawali and Bulalo will mean more rice at Escalante-Mitra Bulalohan

3 Quick Notes About #EscalanteMitraBulalohan
✔️ Bulalo Cravings
✔️ Bicolano Food
✔️ Affordable Lutong Bahay

Aside from the Bulalo only priced at P180 being the main dish of the house, my personal favorite is the Ginataang Spicy Beef (2nd photo) which I learned that it’s a signature dish of Escalante Bulalahon, so please keep this as a MUST TRY.

Another favorite is the Gulay na Santol! Oh my for only 30 pesos! The Bicol Express was flavory Bicol of course. Lechon Kawali, special Fresh Lumpia and the Ensaladang Talong was also for the win 🤗

📍They are located along Diversion Road, right infront of C-Bros. Perfect for travelers and on the spot source of ulam for your homes. If you are familiar with them, they were located along Dayangdang before.

Ginataang Spicy Beef

Oh, they also sell #CamNorte delicacies Maza Podrida, Pili Roll and the like. So if you’re craving for them, just visit their store.

Gulay na Santol

Fresh Lumpia and Ensalad

⏱Store is open from 7AM to 8PM. 
🛵They also accept deliveries until 7PM. Just send them a message in their FB Page for inquiries https://www.facebook.com/escalantemitrabulalohan/
✔️They offer party trays/packs too!
☎️ ‭+63 951 610 2848‬

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PNR Manila - Naga Inaugural Run

PNR Inaugural Run

June 29, 2011

Travel Report by Absinthe
REESE Members

Photo Credits: Absinthe

T-611 Tutuban-Naga

6:15 pm Departure Tutuban
6:30 España Full Stop
6:34 Departure España
6:40 Pandacan Bridge
6:41 Pandacan Station - Full Stop/Line Clearance
6:45 Departure Pandacan
6:55 Buendia Station
6:57 Pasay Road Full Stop
7:04 FTI Full Stop (don't know why)
7:15 Sucat Full Stop - Awaiting DMU (not sure)
7:19 Departure Sucat
7:26 Alabang Station - Full Stop
7:31 Departure Alabang
7:43 Pacita Station
7:52 Biñan
8:22 San Cristobal Bridge
8:30 Calamba - Full Stop/Line Clearance
8:50 College Station
8:55 IRRI
9:12 Palikpik-Ayungin Bridge
9:25 San Pablo Station
9:38 Tiaong Bypass Road
9:53 Candelaria RR Crossing
9:56 Candelaria Station
10:24 Lucena Station - Full Stop/ Line Clearance
10:35 Departure Lucena
12:35 AM Plaridel Station - Full Stop/ Line Clearance
12:38 Departure Plaridel
1:55 Hondagua - Full Stop/Line Clearance/Nagbaba ng gamit
2:01 Departure Hondagua
2:43 Full Stop due to head-on collision with skates carrying sacks of coals
-:-- Stopped in Tagkawayan and Ragay, no time at antok ako ahihihi
5:25 Full Stop in Malaguico, Sipocot, Camarines Sur due to washout/ soil erosion
7:10 Bicol Commuter Train arrives
7:20 BCT leaves bound for Naga9:20 T-611 safely thru washed-out area and on the go again
9:37 Sipocot Station
10:14 Pamplona Station
10:30 Touchdown Naga City Central Station

T-612 NG - CA

7:00 PM Departure Naga City Central Station
7:30 Libmanan Station - Full Stop, 3 passengers boarded
7:50 Sipocot Station - Full Stop, 6 passengers boarded
8:05 Sipocot Danger Zone, safely thru
8:53 Ragay Station - Full Stop
10:09 Tagkawayan - Full Stop, Line Clearance
10:56 Aloneros
11:28 Hondagua Station - Full Stop, Line Clearance, 3 passengers boarded
12:37 AM Plaridel Station - Full Stop, Line Clearance
3:06 Lucena Station Full Stop, Line Clearance, lady passenger in Hondagua disembarks
4:05 Candelaria RR Crossing
4:26 Barangay Del Remedio, San Pablo City
4:38 Palikpik-Ayungin Bridge
4:57 IRRI
5:00 College Station
5:05 LB Station
5:29 Calamba Station - Full Stop, Line Clearance, yours truly disembarks

The trip got delayed from Tutuban to Naga somewhere in Malaguico, Sipocot due to soft soil under the tracks.

 T-611 stopped due to this scenario in Malaguico, Sipocot, Camarines Sur

Mr. Estelito Nierva, PNR Transportation Manager being interviewed by GMA 7's Tina Panganiban-Perez to explain the situation

ABS-CBN's Zen Hernandez getting ready to report

Ito yung lalaking na frantically waving to the loco driver not to proceed. Hinabol nya ung tren. 

Trackworkers rushing to temporarily stabilize the embankment. Aligned na yung riles dyan, nakaangat riles.

Engr. Esperedion B. Regulto doing a final walking check before proceeding to let T-611 pass.

Slowly...carefully...

A Parish Priest and PNR Officials led by Mr. Nierva gather for a small blessing of the Bicol Express train in Naga City Central Station.

Works Train hauled by DEL 917 enroute to Sipocot to repair the eroded embankment.

 Reese Members (from L-R) Vic Nierva, Paul Cabalhin, and Alfred Imasa share a light moment before T-612 leaves Naga City bound for Tutuban

This is what people living in the railtracks do when they have nothing to do. Stone throwing incident somewhere in Ragay, Camarines Sur.

Thanks Absinthe for letting us post your travel report on our site :)

How does the train look like inside? Please visit www.ironwulf.net and be amazed!

Departure at Naga: 7:00 PM

Schedule and Fare rates Source

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Bicol Express (PNR) Resumes Trips to Naga

Source: PNR Official Facebook Page
CLICK HERE

*Rates are subject to change without prior notice

PNR: Manila-Bicol Test Run Successful!


Read the rest at PhilStar HERE

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Bicol Express Back on Track by Year 2010

UPDATE: Manila-Naga Trips to Resume June 2011 CLICK HERE


Lately, the train horn can be heard over my workplace especially every morning. We have been wondering if PNR is "functioning" again, but I said, I doubt it because when I drove all the way to Legazpi last June 18, all the railroad crossings have tracks which were not in good shape or isn't ready yet for a full service train transportation. Here's something that I got from Inquirer.net. Indeed this is a good news, but the question is, how good will the service be, or how good will be the train itself be? Will the railroad tracks be only rehabilitated only or the train itself too? I'm hoping for the latter. Philippines has the poorest transportation in terms of the quality of Trains, especially trains going to provinces. Suntok sa buwan kung magkaroon na tayo ng Bullet Train, but it's nice to dream about it. hihi

PNR to run Manila-Bicol by year end--Arroyo

By Juan Escandor Jr.
Inquirer Southern Luzon
First Posted 16:21:00 04/20/2009

NAGA CITY, Philippines--President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo announced on Monday morning the reopening of service of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) in Bicol at the end of the year for its initial run after three years of without operation.

Describing the PNR train a "sentimental tradition," Ms. Arroyo said the repair and upgrading of train stations of the southbound train has started in March and the rehabilitation of railroad tracks would start by May.

She hinted reviving the Bicol train would the economy as it would bring freight from Bicol to Manila and vice versa.

Waxing sentimental, Ms. Arroyo recalled that when she was 11 years old she traveled to Bicol via the PNR train together with her brother Buboy and mother Eva.

She said she enjoyed her ride because of 11 hours of bonding with her mother and brother through lengthy conversations during the long ride.

Last month, Manuel "Ower" Andal, PNR general manager, said once the ongoing rehabilitation works of the rail tracks from Tagkawayan, Quezon to Guinobatan, Albay have been completed, a commuter train will start running to provide fast, convenient, and cheaper transport service to residents of the railroad towns in the provinces of Quezon, Camarines Sur and Albay.

The total cost of the Tagkawayan-Bicol repair works would cost some P1.8 billion. Out of this amount, some P500 million had already been released to the PNR, said Andal.

He said the overall plan is for PNR to resume train operations from Metro Manila to Bicol, vice-versa, before the end of the President's term in 2010.

Andal was in Naga City last week to grace the groundbreaking rites for the rehabilitation of the PNR Naga Central Station, which is estimated to cost P24 million. Aside from this, some P 17 million has been allotted to repair the Traversia Bridge in Guinobatan town, Andal said.

PNR totally stopped its Manila-Bicol-Manila service for more than two years due to heavy damage wrought by super typhoons "Milenyo" and "Reming" to substantial portions of its tracks starting from Calamba City in Laguna up to Legazpi City.

The PNR chief also bared that the government-owned railways company has adopted a new corporate image, from a new logo, uniform for its personnel and improved service.

Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20090420-200408/PNR_to_run_Manila-Bicol_by_year_end--Arroyo

Other news links with the same issue just CLICK HERE

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