With everything else done during the day in Lucena having a sidetrip to Silangang Nayon in Pgbilao, Tutubi did not eat again at Panciteria Granja for chami nor at nearby Buddy's for his or her Pancit Lucban. He'd another pasalubong and native delicacy in your mind to look in Lucena City.
Growing up, he accustomed to eat tikoy in Paete in addition to individuals produced in nearby towns of Laguna and Quezon. Zabala's tikoy was certainly one of his favorites because of it's really no-cooking needed tikoy recipe, unlike Chinese tikoy during Chinese Year that need dipping in egg batter and deep-fried, Zabala's Tikoy could be eaten from the packaging.
Zabala's tikoy recipe is tasty and never too sweet, with slightly yellow color and sticky which means you sometimes require an oil-dipped knife to chop it. All ingredients, mostly glutinous grain, included a bowl after which steamed on trays stacked on each other. Bad, all tikoy during the day were already cooked and Tutubi wasn't capable of taking images of tikoy being designed for "documentation purposes."
Although clients are brisk throughout the Christmas season for many years, the company has witnessed the very best of days because of competition and altering people's habits.
half-tray of tikoy a good inch thick. they are sliced towards the preferred sizes then covered with colored plastic wrappers much like individuals employed for sweet yema.
Origin and good reputation for Tikoy:
A chinese friend of Tutubi pointed out to him once that tikoy originated from china word for sweet cake but Filipinos misheard china name and today calls the sweet pudding tikoy.
Tutubi found Zabala's tikoy in Lucena with the assistance of his sister who accustomed to live there as guest from the transient house, also at Zabala's tikoy factory.
Tip: searching for affordable accommodations in Lucena? Zabala's, besides getting catering services and tikoy, also provide rooms rented to transients just for P150.00/night/person (that's about $3.30/day)
Zabala's Tikoy Especial
Zabala St. Marktown Subdivision
Red V, Lucena City
Tel. No. +63.42.710.2402
Ways to get to Zabala's Tikoy Lucena City, Quezon:
Zabala's is inside Mark Town Subdivision and merely a couple of meters in the highway where SM City Lucena is situated. From SM Lucena, drive towards Lucena city center, locate a huge store with Quality Ceramics sign about 500 meters from SM and switch there. Zabala's Tikoy Especial is all about 100 meters in the corner. If you are commuting, a tricycle ride from SM is going to do.
