Known as the Seafoods
Paradise in the Province of Quezon. the
Municipality of Guinayangan continuously try
to develop and enhance the sustainable
production, conservation and protection of its
marine and aquatic resources. The Ragay
Gulf still remains to be a rich source of these
sea products and the municipal government
pledges its full commitment for its protection
and conservation.
Foremost of the popular
marine and aquatic products from Guinayangan
include crabs (kasag, alimango), prawns (sugpo),
shrimps (hipon) and squid (pusit). A lot of
these may be bought fresh from the fish brokers
at the Guinayangan Municipal Fish Port.
Guinayangan, Quezon is also
known for its delicious dried fish (tuyo, bislad)
and smoked fish (tinapa). The
municipality until today continue to export
dried and smoked fish to its neighboring towns, to Lucena
City and even to Metro Manila.
Native delicacies are also
abundant in Guinayangan. Early in the
morning, native delicacy vendors walks around
the town proper selling them at very affordable
prices. These include puto,
kutsinta, suman, rice cake (bibingka)
pitchi-pitchi, patabol, cassava
cake (budin), and pinaltok.
Tikoy, special budin and
espasol may also be bought by order from
known native delicacies makers. Banana cue
and Kamote cue remain to be the favorite
snacks in the afternoon which can be bought from
vendors in street corners cooking them fresh in
hot oil.
Fastfood snacks centers
located strategically around the Metro Poblacion
area sell at very affordable prices regular
fastfoods with almost the same taste if not
better than commercial fastfoods at the malls.
Famous and very popular among these are
spaghetti, pansit bihon, pansit molo, pansit
palabok, pansit miki-bihon, chami, lomi, mami,
siopao, sandwiches, hamburgers and
halo-halo.
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