Last night, I was reading Planning for that summer vay-cay that says it isn’t too early to make plans right now since the Holy Week break is but five weeks away. And I remembered Albay where we spent four days last year. I have written about Waway Restaurant (which was the best chow experience during those four days), pili nuts, Mayon Volcano, the mistake that led us to Busay Falls and even the disastrous accommodations we had to bear.
While I have mentioned, in passing, the dill hedges I saw in one barangay we passed on our way to Bacacay, I always meant to find out whether the abundance of dill is related to the cuisine of the area, or whether dill is grown purely for ornamental purposes. Because taking the photos of the dill hedges, I noticed that there were similar dill hedges in other parts of Albay. Unfortunately, to this day, I haven’t found any reference to the dill herb in Bicolano cooking.
baka fashion statement nila yan ms. connie. hehehe! maganda kasi eh.
P.S. fashion statement ba dapat ang term?
LOL Ah, landscape design statement?
parang ganun na nga. mas close kaysa fashion statement. hehehe! its really nice talaga. malamig sa mata.
hi! I am bicolana and the waway restaurant was owned by a friend of mine – a former officemate. Unfortunately, I haven’t tried their resto yet. Will probably do when we go home visit.
Dill? Yes, those ‘ornamental’ plants are very familiar. I didn’t even know that they are used for cooking.. Lol.. I often times see them used as an ornamental fence..lol..
Hi! I have this plant in my garden, I didn’t know it’s dill coz the dill I usually see in cooking shows are quite different…but I notice that this plant has a nice smell. thanks for posting the photos.
I wonder if the these Dill hedges are of a different variety than those used in cooking? It’s sad that we haven’t discovered a lot of the plants used as herbs. Can you imagine what great things it will do to our cuisine?