Weird as I am, there's this event near our office on Visayas Ave. in Quezon City, that ushers in my personal Christmas Season: The Meat Fair of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS). It is held annually, every third week of October. For me, it's very festive: lots of cold cuts, canned goods and ready-made viands to buy at much lower prices than in groceries, eat to your hearts' desire (free tastes, left and right, can you imagine?) and freebies to score. After the week-long event comes Undas when we get to be together with relatives and then time to put out the Christmas tree.
That's why..get it? Tee-hee.
This year, however, Meat Fair was held a week earlier because of the African Swine Fever (ASF) scare. The government wants to assure people that it's okay to eat pork as long as you buy it from reputable stores that are regularly inspected by the NMIS. As always, my officemates and I had fun visiting the booths and sampling the products, especially the new ones, buying lots of breakfast and "baon" fares and getting freebies such as condiments and kitchenware.
Here are some scenes from this year's Meat Fair:
Free tastes!
Lapid barbecue is humongous at P50.
Big crunch!
My favorite hotdogs!
Not everything is meat, though. There's also "bibingka" for sale!
Do you know now why my co-workers and I love going to the Meat Fair? It's a fiesta for carnivores! Us moms also love the give-aways. This year, I got a free bottle of soy sauce and a pouch of menudo sauce. But last year, I had a beautiful red apron! My office friend received a grander free gift on the first day of the Meat Fair last Monday: a medium-sized ceramic baking dish and a Lock & Lock-type plastic container.
She had a big purchase of pasta sauces, that's why.
Well, till the next edition of our favorite event, the Meat Fair, in 2020!
That's why..get it? Tee-hee.
This year, however, Meat Fair was held a week earlier because of the African Swine Fever (ASF) scare. The government wants to assure people that it's okay to eat pork as long as you buy it from reputable stores that are regularly inspected by the NMIS. As always, my officemates and I had fun visiting the booths and sampling the products, especially the new ones, buying lots of breakfast and "baon" fares and getting freebies such as condiments and kitchenware.
Here are some scenes from this year's Meat Fair:
Free tastes!
My favorite hotdogs!
Not everything is meat, though. There's also "bibingka" for sale!
She had a big purchase of pasta sauces, that's why.
Well, till the next edition of our favorite event, the Meat Fair, in 2020!
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