TUGUEGARAO CITY – The 18-foot-diameter with 250-kilogram rice noodle dish Pancit Batil Patong, locally known in Ibanag as Pansi Batil Fotun, were gone as hundreds of villagers partook the viand during the Foodie Festival held at SM Tuguegarao on September 22 evening in this city.
The viand, a popular dish among Cagayan Valley folk, have the usual classic ingredients such as carabao beef, shrimps, sausage, vegetables, lechon kawali, pork chop and other toppings.
Leah Saquing, a villager who tasted the food, said “no one can surpass the gastronomic delight we experience in eating the pansit batil-patong.”
The Pancit Batil Patong has been a popular noodle dish in Cagayan with its two-part servings which are composed of the noodles with toppings and the sauce which looks like an egg drop soup and a poached egg along with sautéed meats and vegetables are topped over the fresh miki noodles while the second, is a piece of cracked egg and stirred-in simmering beef stock and poured in a bowl.
Regarded as an added flavor, the sauce is gradually poured over the noodles and meat and it is further enhanced by adding a tablespoonful or two of the chopped onion and soy sauce or vinegar dip. The beef stock that makes the batil is traditionally prepared using carabeef.
The giant pansit batil patong in Tuguegarao City is being prepared and was later served free to people on Sept. 22 evening. (GIDEON VISAYA)
