adobo festival 2023

The Adobo Festival is the most anticipated seasonal event of Silay City. It is also the best Cinco de Noviembre celebration in the island of Negros. Returning for 2023, this gastronomic event takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, 2023 at Casa A. Gamboa. 

the 26th Adobo Festival, 2023

For twenty six years now the turnout for this two-day entertainment has drawn folks from all over. The Adobo Festival is a family-friendly event that starts at 9:00 am and goes until 10:00 pm for these two days. 

a fresh season of firsts

September 27 is the birth anniversary of Dr. Alicia Lucero Gamboa, my grandmother and original owner of Casa A. Gamboa. An auspicious day to launch my own blog to celebrate pursuits and interests inherited and borne of this lineage and heritage.

courtesy of Casa A. Gamboa

Alicia is mother and namesake of Doreen Fernandez - noted Filipino writer, teacher, cultural historian, food critic, scholar, and revolutionary and avid advocate of Philippine performance art and Filipino cuisine.