Like kids, we were stuffing our mouths full with bars of bandi, Antique’s own version of panutsa. Locals stir pots filled with melted muscovado sugar—unbelievably, they’re still preparing more sweets for our consumption. It was the last activity for the second day of Katahum’ Manggad Kang Antique Heritage Tour and we simply can’t say no to ending the day with nothing but sweets.
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| A MUSCOVADO SUGARL MILL IN LAUA-AN |
An hour or so before, we visited a sugar mill in the town of Laua-an. This is actually where all those local sweets we’ve been devouring come from. The place was hot and stuffy as we watched how sugarcane juice is processed into muscovado sugar.
