Barbie Forteza, Vilma Santos at Ruffa Gutierrez
NGAYONG araw, October 16, ipinagdiriwang ang #WorldPandesalDay at knows n’yo ba na karamihan sa mga sikat na celebrities ay “adik” din sa pagkain ng pandesal?
Ilan sa mga artistang gustung-gustong lumafang ng pandesal ay sina Vilma Santos, Barbie Forteza, Sunshine Cruz, Albert Martinez, Alfred Vargas at marami pang iba.
Sabi ng former Batangas Governor at Star For All Seasons na si Vilma Santos, “My favorite is coffee and cheese in my pandesal!!!”
Para sa movie producer na si Mother Lily Monteverde, “Ever since as a child, my favorite is pandesal breads with bukayo. Happy World Pandesal Day!”
National Artist for music Ryan Cayabyab said, “My favorite is pan or oven-warmed Pandesal with hardened butter, dunked in a cup of hot tablea or traditional chocolate, making sure butter is not completely melted. Yummmmy!”
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Sey ni National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Ricky Lee, “I love eating pandesal with peanut butter, sometimes cheese. I don’t drink coffee.”
Para naman sa actress and former beauty queen na si Ruffa Gutierrez, “I love eating hot pandesal with butter. It’s most delicious when you dip it in hot coffee with milk in the mornings or merienda time.”
Sey ni Giselle Sanchez, “I like eating pandesal with cheese. Kesong puti is the best cheese for Pandesal. The Italians would go wild once they get to taste Pandesal with kesong Pputi. Cheapest nutritious merienda out there.”
Sey naman ni Barbie Forteza, “For me, my favorite is yung classic pandesal sa brewed coffee.”
Para kay Iza Calzado, “Pandesal toasted with kesong puti and butter and hot chocolate is heavenly!”
Sabi ni Sunshine Cruz, “I love pandesal! I place my favorite salted butter or margarine and dip the Pandesal sa black coffee. Also perfect with fried egg. Sinasawsaw ko ang pandesal sa egg yolk.”
Pagbabahagi naman ng singer na si Cooky Chua, “I love hot pandesal from the bakery and with palaman of egg or laing.”
Sey ni Albert Martinez sa pagiging pandesal addict, “I love old school way of hot pandesal in the morning with kesong puti and good Batangas coffee.”
Para naman sa actor and painter na si Jao Mapa, “I love toasted pandesal bread with butter or sometimes with peanut butter.”
Sey si Quezon City Councilor Alfred Vargas, “My favorite way of eating pandesal is when it’s fresh and hot straight from the ‘pugon’, then I’ll put kesong puti as ‘palaman’ or coco jam when I’m craving for something sweet. I’ll have the local hot chocolate with it to complete the treat. That is the way we do it in Sta. Maria, Bulacan, my hometown.”
The first “World Pandesal Day” civic and cultural project was launched on October 16, 2015 at Kamuning Bakery Café in Quezon City with special guests GMA Network, Inc. Chairman Atty. Felipe Gozon, Senator Sonny Angara and National Youth Commission (NYC) Commissioner and actor Dingdong Dantes.
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Among top leaders who sent greetings to the annual World Pandesal Day include Vice-President Sara Duterte Carpio, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte and others.
The public is invited to annual #WorldPandesalDay celebration on October 16, Monday 10 a.m. for free foods of 100,000 pandesal breads, cheese, sardines, hams, juices and other foods to be given at 84-year-old Kamuning Bakery Cafe at Judge Jimenez Street corner K-1st Street, Barangay Kamuning, Quezon City.
Special guests to lead the bread-giving ceremony at Pandesal Forum will be Senate Agriculture & Food Committee Chairman Senator Cynthia A. Villar. October 16 is also United Nations’ “World Food Day” to highlight global problems of hunger and food security.
The public is also invited on the eve of #WorldPandesalDay on October 15 Sunday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at Kamuning Bakery Café for a free medical and dental mission.
This shall be undertaken with volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses and staff of Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and Chinese General Hospital (CGH).
Wilson Lee Flores said this philanthropic project of giving away 100,000 free breads and other foods to urban poor families and orphanages every October 16 was inspired by the miracle in the Bible of a humble boy who donated five loaves of breads and two fishes, which Jesus Christ multiplied to feed thousands of people.