Bohol Dining & Entertainment

Dining in Bohol

When it comes to dining, the islands' visitor will be amazed at the wide area of cuisines one can choose from. One can indulge in authentic international cuisines such as European, American, Asian, Indian and vegetarian. For the more adventurous gourmet, one can go on a journey around Bohol and sample the wide range of flavours from the various regional kitchens.

The exotic native cuisine is a spicy blend of the many different cultures the country has come in contact with through the centuries. Thus, the Filipino cuisine is a merry mix of Malay, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and American flavours.

The fresh use of coconut milk or gata as a cooking ingredient is of Malay origin Popular dishes like lumpia or lumpiang shanghai [spring rolls filled with vegetables or meat and vegetables] and pancit [noodles mixed with pork, shrimps and vegetables] are Chinese. Several Filipino traditional dishes still retain their Spanish names such as mechado [beef with pork fat], menudo [diced meat and potatoes stewed in tomato sauce], and pochero [a blend of pork, cabbage, green beans and other vegetables]. In some dining spots specializing in native dishes, the Filipino Kamayan [eating with your hands] is recommended for a truly native experience.

Very American are the fast food chains that serve fried chicken, hamburgers, hot dogs, pizzas, spaghetti and other popular fares. In other words, no matter what your palette, you are sure to find something to suit your taste.


Loboc River Cruise Lunch

Grilled seafood (like tigerprawns, calamari, lapu-lapu fish) BBQ chicken and pork and some grilled vegetables and omelette served with rice. Fresh fruits for desert and coffee/tea to follow. Although it was pricey, it was super delicious. There is a man on a guitar serenading Spanish and popular songs in the 80s thoughout the whole cruise.


Jollibee

Plaza Marcela Mall Tamaong Street cor. Delderal St., Cogon, Tagbilaran City


Jollibee

Togego Bldg. Jacinto cor. B. Intiong Sts., Tagbilaran City
(63) 38-4114329, 38-4112550, 38-4114579

Tel : (63) 38-4114329, 38-4112550, 38-4114579

"bohol food"

• A Taste of History: Food Through the Ages
  This site explains the influence of food on cultures throughout history and its effect on historical events. Topics include 22 different major civilizations from prehistory to the future. In addition to this wide array of information, the site includes authentic recipes, actual historic languages, a game, a crossword puzzle, a message…
  2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• Snack Foods
  Have you ever wondered who invented junk food? Or even why? Well, our website will have information that will tell you the answer. You can also learn about the health of junkfood. Or you can have fun by playing our games, taking our polls and solving our wordsearch and other fun games.
  2003 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Food on the Rails
  This site incorporates information on the move. It is now showing the motion of trains. It includes the travelling recipe book. It will include food on rails, with information all about trains, train wrecks and foods of the world!
  2006 ThinkQuest International
  
  
• The Real Truth About Fast Food And Nutrition
  The Real Truth About Fast Food And Nutrition provides a general overview of nutrition (calories, RDA, fats, etc.). The site also focuses on the nutritional value of fast food restaurant items and how these restaurants get you to buy the food, The Real Truth About Fast Food helps you to find more healthy selections when you go out to eat.
  Finalist - 1998 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• BIO food
  Learn about how bioengineering of foods helps improve their nutritional value.
  2003 ThinkQuest - October
  
  
• History of Food in New York
  New York State has seen many changes in the last 400 years. From the Native American civilizations to our fast food lives of today a lot has changed. We have chronicled the changes in this site. Try some of the recipes or just enjoy the information. Bon Apetit!
  2004 ThinkQuest - October
  
  
• Food Science in South Africa
  In this project we will have a closer look at food in south africa and the development of them. We have listed a few areas which we will explorec and researched.We decided on the idea of food Science in south africa as we often found peoiple from other countries asking questions about them as there was no real internet site that provides…
  1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• German Food Vocabulary
  We will design a web site that will teach beginning German students basic food-related vocabulary. We will include interactive quizzes so that students may practice the vocabulary they have learned.
  2002 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Food for the Holidays
  This web site is about food. The site tells about different activities and things you can do for the holidays.
  2001 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Funky Foods
  Welcome To Funky Food Cafe where the food and info never stop!! Enter this site to learn more.
  1998 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• FOOD-eriffic--Foods from Across the Hawaiian Islands
  Our site purpose is to teach people around the world about food that comes from different places in Hawaii and about different ethnic food groups, also about the cultures and folk stories and legends that are related to the different foods. We achieve our purpose by putting articles on our website.
  2001 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• The Food Files
  Learning to eat the right way can help you to stay well, look good, and enhance your mental and physical performance. This site will help you to identify those foods that are best suited for good nutrition, and discover which foods to avoid. How much protein do you need? What is a complex carbohydrate? Learn how to handle food properly for…
  1997 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• Favorite Foods Of Kids
  The students decided to created a website on what they felt the favorite foods of students were. They surveyed their school, looked though cookbooks they had used, and created interactive pages they felt would be fun. The objectives were: Students would gain an understanding of the computer and the internet by creating a website.
  1999 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Apples to Zucchinis: The Story of Food
  Apples to Zucchinis: The Story of Food showcases social topics surrounding the foods that appear on dinnertables worldwide each day. Everything from farming to food additives and the new debates surrounding genetic engineering are covered.
  2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• Dangerous fast food
  Most people in the world like eating fast food. But at the same time,most of us have forgotten the danger of it. As a healthy people,we should raise our attention to this problem. We hope that after you reading our website,you could guide yourselves in forming healthy eating habits and lead a healthy life. Thank you!
  2006 ThinkQuest International
  
  
• Fish Bowls and Food Chains
  WE learned about the coral reef from high school kids then we taught 2nd graders using our web site. We taught them about the food chain using mircroworlds and the Internet
  2000 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Food Irradiation
  The site helps you be savvy about the safety zone of your food by taking an objective look at food irradiation. Learn how low amounts of ionizing radiation is used to destroy common food borne illness. A FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section provides answers to the commonly asked questions about food irradiation. "In Depth" has…
  1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• Play with Your Food
  Play With Your Food features fun crafts and other activities you can do with food products. Visitors to our web page will learn step by step how to make creative snacks using simple ingredients. They will also learn which types of snacks are the most healthy and be able to share their own snack ideas with others. Our creative snacks make…
  1999 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Watch Your Food
  This web site is designed to describe the development of food. It introduces briefly the genic food and the information of carcinogen resulting from food. In addition, it also introduces the types of food that causes allergy as well as their symptoms and reasoning. Moreover, food calorie table, the problems of digestion and metabolism…
  2001 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• The Dangers of Genetic Engineering and the Benefits of Organic Foods
  Genetic engineering, and the publics' understanding of it, is a very important topic, and one that may very well change certian aspects of life as we know it. We understood the importance of this subject, and wanted everyone to know about the dangers of genetic engineering and the benefits of organic foods. It is only fair to the general…
  1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• Genetically Modified Food
  This website aims at clarifying the meaning of GM food or Genetically Modified Food. Genetic modification is a very hot issue which is both debatable and controversial. We try to provide solid facts about the process of GM food production, the pros and cons of using GM food and its possible future.
  2000 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  
• J.J.'s and B.B.'s Food Fight
  This is a website to learn how to make junk foods healthy. You can send us comments and questions about our website.
  2000 ThinkQuest USA
  
  
• Get into the Mooood for Food!
  Our entry provides information on proper nutrition, exercise, and eating disorders.
  Finalist - 2000 ThinkQuest USA
  
  

• Music, the Food That Feeds Our Souls
  Read about the history of rock and roll, from the early blues-inspired music of the 50s, to the progressive art influenced styles of the 90s. As a cultural phenomenon, this style of popular music has created its own world of criticism and writing, style and politics. A jukebox for listening to popular tunes, and artists' biographies round…
  1998 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge
  
  

Entertainment in Bohol


Golf

Tee off and experience the beautiful settings of the Philippines’ unique golfing enclaves, from lush valleys to mountaintops, seaside resorts, or just within the cityscapes. The courses have been designed by golf's premier architects, radiating the strategic brilliance of such greats as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Robert Trent Jones, Jr., among others. Play at venues that have been proud sites of some of the most prestigious international and local tournaments, like the Johnnie Walker Classic, the World Amateur Golf Championships, the World Cup, The Asian PGA, and the Philippine Open.

BAGUIO COUNTRY CLUB (Baguio City) Tel. No. (074) 442-5060/5069 It is one of the oldest and finest courses in the country. Even at par 61, this does not indicate an easy round due to its restrictive layout of tight fairways and rolling hills.
CAMP JOHN HAY (Baguio City) Tel. No. (074) 442-2101/2102 Smell the pines as you walk through the fairways of this par 69 all-weather course. Laid out about 5,000 ft. above the sea level, it was recently redesigned by the Nicklaus Group.
CANLUBANG GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB (Canlubang, Laguna) Tel. No. (049) 549-1362/1363 This 36-hole complex is the largest in the Philippines, masterfully designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. The North course is a championship layout with a rating of 72.4 while the South course also features ravines, a bit of sand traps, and other challenges.
CLUB INTRAMUROS (Intramuros, Manila) Tel. No. (02) 527-2887/6612 Try a superb round of night golf amidst the historic walled city of Manila. It is simply a par 66 course but it can be a real test of your short game, with water or out-of-bounds or both, in nearly every hole.
EASTRIDGE GOLF COURSE (Binangonan, Rizal) Tel. No. (02) 651-2240/2298 Two man-made lagoons, one in the front nine spanning 1.3 hectares and the other at the back nine at 2.3 hectares, are the most distinct features of this 80-hectare 18-hole par 72 course.
FOREST HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB (Cogeo, Antipolo City) Tel. No. (02) 651-2240/2298 With a 74.7 course rating, this course characterized by rolling terrain at the front nine and a moderately hilly back nine, poses many possible difficulties for the average golfer.

SCUBA DIVING

The Philippines is to scuba divers what Switzerland is to skiers, Hawaii to surfers and Nepal to mountaineers: is a place you must visit at least once, to get the real heart of the sport. The country is a veritable smorgasboard of world-class dive sites set in a lush tropical environment with all the trappings you could wish for. Statistics from the Philippine Department of Tourism indicate that divers visiting the Philippines return for an average of 10 trips each which speaks volume about the quality of the dive sites and the professionalism of the operators. Lifted from the book, “Action Asia Adventure Travel Guide to the Philippines”.


Popular SCUBA DIVING Spots

Anilao (Batangas)

Puerto Galera (Oriental Mindoro)

Cabilao Island (Bohol)

Balicasag Island (Bohol)

Apo Island (Negros Oriental)

Malapascua (Cebu)

Tubbataha Reef National Park (Palawan)

Sarangani Bay

Mactan Island (Cebu)

Olango Island (Cebu)



WRECK DIVING

From scuba dives in strong currents and the deep sea to ship wreck dives for history’s sunken glory, the Philippine archipelago offers plenty of unforgettable and rewarding dive experiences. There are close to 25 shipwreck dive sites in the country. Explore the sunken wreckage of century-old Spanish galleons and World War II vessels in Subic Bay, one of the best wreck diving sites in Asia, as well as the remarkable wrecks in Busuanga and Malapascua