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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Rediscover Bulacan through AAP Travel caravan March 23, 2022 at 04:14PM

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Rediscover Bulacan through AAP Travel caravan

Team Out of Town Blog Hub (Outoftownblog.com) – With alert levels down in most parts and people going on road trips, AAP Travel will once more roll on a caravan to rediscover the historical, cultural, culinary, and countryside spots of Bulacan.

Set on March 27, the curated day tour is the second during the pandemic area to help tourism and local enterprises restart.

AAP Travel is the drive tourism arm of the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP), the country’s national auto club. Over the past 10 years, it has held a series of caravans and fly-drive caravans across the archipelago.

The tour’s first destination is The Garden City in Guiguinto town, dubbed as the country’s garden capital with the bounty of fruit-bearing and ornamental plants which will surely tickle the fancy of every “plantito” and “plantita”.

The next pit stop is Barasoain Church which hosted the 1898 Malolos Congress which gave birth to the First Philippine Republic and the Constitution.

Also within Malolos is “Kamestizuhan” or Calle Pariancillo, a heritage district within the town proper known for the colonial-era ancestral houses, many of which became offices of the cabinet of the newly-established Republic.

The caravan then swings to Baliwag for demonstrations of buntal hat weaving, traditional straw hat from fiber extracts from petioles of buri palm leaves, and the making of imbute or carabao bone inlay embedded in wooden furniture.

Itinerary also includes a running tour of the town’s heritage area whose centerpieces are the Mariano Ponce Museum and the Spanish-era baroque St Augustine Church.

Also to be visited is Bustos town’s Bahay at Yaman ni San Martin de Porres orphanage where participants will be serenaded by orphan children. The Instagrammable Ivatan-style houses and the stone church will transport guests to the idyllic island province of Batanes.

The tour’s last stop is the Bustos Dam and Eco-Park where native snacks will be served and a pop-up souvenir store will be set up. Built in 1926, the 79-meter rubber dam is the longest in Asia and the second largest in the world, it is a favorite stopover among road trippers, motorcycles, bicycle riders, and picnickers.

“AAP caravans are safe to join because the itinerary program is designed and coordinated with local government authorities and complies with prescribed health and safety protocols,” says AAP Travel president Mina Gabor.

The former tourism secretary added that participants drive their own vehicles. The tour’s destinations and elements are endorsed and pre-arranged with the Department of Tourism and local tourism offices.

She also revealed that more destinations are lined up this year to rediscover nearby provinces.

The caravan is supported by the Department of Tourism, the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (Philexport), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), the local governments of Bulacan Province, Malolos City, and Municipality of Bustos, Mapfre Insurance, and Petron as official fuel partner.

For more information, log on to www.aaplakbay.wixsite.com/travel/bulacancaravan, aaplakbay.caravan@gmail.com or follow their Facebook page AAP Lakbay.

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Original article: Rediscover Bulacan through AAP Travel caravan

Rediscover Bulacan through AAP Travel caravan
Bernard Supetran
Out of Town Blog

How to Make Delicious Cocktails That Everyone Will Enjoy March 23, 2022 at 03:54PM

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How to Make Delicious Cocktails That Everyone Will Enjoy

Making cocktails is an art. Luckily, you can easily master the skills and make cocktails like your favorite mixologist. You can learn to make the best cocktails, whether it’s for your family and friends or you want to become a mixologist. You only need to get the equipment and master a few basics, and within no time, you’ll be a pro. Here are some of the tips that can greatly help you.

Have The Right Tools

A few bar tools are essential if you want to make the best cocktails. Some of the basic things you need to get include a shaker, a bar spoon, jigger, muddler, and strainer.

Know Some Recipes

You don’t have to master all the recipes for making cocktails. However, you should master the recipes for making a few cocktails, especially the less complicated ones such as a margarita recipe, mojito recipe, and the espresso martini recipe.

Learn The Essential Techniques

You need to learn a few cocktail-making techniques since you’ll be using them often. These include:

Shaking – You will need to shake cocktails that have heavily flavored ingredients or juices
Layering – Layering simply refers to adding various ingredients in order, starting with the heaviest ones to the lightest.
Stirring – You will need to stir cocktails that are poured on glasses directly or those that contain liqueurs.
Straining – Straining is necessary for removing the ice used when shaking or stirring.

Use Fresh Ingredients

The ingredients you use to make your cocktails can make a very big difference. It’s advisable to use fresh garnishes and herbs when making cocktails as they look presentable and add vibrancy and distinguished flavors. Fresh ingredients are also healthy.

Chill Your Glasses

Chilling a glass before serving cocktails helps them stay colder for longer. And you don’t have to chill them after making a cocktail; you should always chill them before. Also, chilling glasses enhance the aesthetics of a cocktail, thanks to the frost.

Chilling your glasses is simple. You can put them in a freezer for 30 minutes or fill them with ice cubes and let them rest for a while. This method is faster than the freezer one.

Sample Them Before Serving

If you are observant, you might have seen bartenders put a straw in a drink, then put it in their mouth. They do this to sample the drink and determine whether it has come out fine. You should also do the same before serving cocktails. Some of the ingredients might be off, and you can’t know it unless you taste it.

Use The Right Glassware for Serving

Using the right glassware for serving cocktails takes your drinking experience to a whole new level. Gone are the days when cocktails were served in anything, including mugs. There are several types of several glasses. These include:

Highball Glasses – Highball glasses are tall and straight and are usually filled with ice. The straight glass shape preserves carbonation and ensures that the cocktail remains cold. Highball glasses are mostly used for serving dark and stormy, gin and tonic, and rum and coke.
Couped Glasses – Couped glasses are used for serving cocktails that don’t need straining and no ice. Their long stem ensures that you don’t make the cocktail warm using your hand. Some of the drinks you can serve from this glass include gimlet, Manhattan, and boulevardier
Martini Glasses – Martini glasses are among the most popular cocktail glasses. They are V-shaped and very stylish. They are ideal for drinks that contain little or no mixers, such as martini, sidecar, and cosmopolitan.
Margarita Glass – Margarita glasses have large and round bowls. They are good for serving drinks such as margaritas and daiquiri. Their rims are very broad, which enables them to hold garnishes. They also have a stem which you hold to prevent heating the drinks with your hands.

Dilute Them Properly

Diluting simply means adding water to cocktails. One of the worst things you can do to a cocktail is overdiluting it. Doing so makes the nice flavors get dull. Under diluting is also not good for cocktails. Just balance dilution to make sure you don’t underdo or overdo it.

Making cocktails is not rocket science. You can easily learn how to make them and perfect your skills by practicing. With the above tips, you can make cocktails like professional bartenders to enjoy at home with your family of guests. You can also get started on your mixology career.

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Original article: How to Make Delicious Cocktails That Everyone Will Enjoy

How to Make Delicious Cocktails That Everyone Will Enjoy
Melo Villareal
Out of Town Blog