I’m very thankful to the organizers of S3X Tour (SOCCSKSARGEN Experience Tour 3) for another memorable experience. SOCCSKSARGEN stands for South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Sarangani and General Santos and this is my third time there. This time, one of our destination is Maitum Municipality in Sarangani Province. I never knew anything about Sarangani aside from their finest diving spot and scenic places of the coastal roads of Sarangani Province. In Maitum, Saragani, there are lots of places to see and lots of food to experience. One of their most famous food is the fish above. Bangsi is very famous...

Looking for a nice place to eat for dinner in General Santos? A place where everybody can enjoy food because of its right serving and taste? Try Ranchero in General Santos. Ranchero is known for several dishes it revolutionized in the city such as babyback ribs, chopsuey, tuna kinilaw, thinly sliced crispy liempo, adobo flakes salad. Fresh fruits are also available for dessert. Ranchero located at the National Highway in General Santos City. Conveniently situated in a veranda adjacent to their Paseo del Sol venue close to the Mitsubishi Motors. click image to enlarge

I really love eating vegetables and one of my favorite vegetable dish is Pakbet. Pakbet is a tagalog  tasty vegetable dish made-up of different fresh vegetables, pork, and shrimp paste. I know some guys out there hates it because of its one major ingredient is ampalaya or the Bitter melon. The reason why I love Pakbet is because of Ampalaya (bitter melon) and the Okra’t Kalabasa (Lady’s Fingers or gumbo and Squash), they give lots of benefits in our health. Its really hard to find a perfect vegetable dish like this especially the right bitterness of the ampalaya. Good thing I have found...

Hey guys! If you are planning for a budgeted trip to General Santos City in Mindanao, I just wanted you to make sure that you book your flight as early as 3 months ahead. I know most of you guys are adventurous yet budgeted as I am. Here’s a very good tip to all of you, there are lots of things to do in General Santos City and there are lots of places to go outside the city nearby. From adventure thrill to food! From zip line to tuna to be specific. You can have all these cheap at General Santos. However, there are lots of cheap and affordable places to stay in General Santos City especially if...

The 2010 Tuna Festival Month of September that is being handled by the Tuna Festival Council headed by Mayor Darlene Antonino-Custodio and the GenSan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (GSCCCII) started on a high note last week. Guided by the theme “Go Global GenSan: We Are Ready for the World”, the jam packed month-long GTx (GenSan Tunafest experience) kicked off on September 2-4, 2010 with the conduct of the 12th National Tuna Congress which broke records in terms of the # of attendees and exhibitors at its Tuna Congress Exhibit held at Family Country Convention Center. On September...