Celebs share love for pandesal on World Pandesal Day
In time for the celebration of the annual World Pandesal Day tomorrow, October 16, with free 100,000 pandesal breads to be given away at 84-year-old Kamuning Bakery Café in Quezon City, some customers and top celebrities shared their favorite ways of eating the uniquely Filipino bread pandesal.
Movie actress, former Batangas Governor and former Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos Recto said: “My favorite is coffee and cheese in my Pandesal” while movie producer Mother Lily Monteverde said, “Ever since as a child, my favorite is Pandesal breads with bukayo… Happy World Pandesal Day!”
National Artist for music Ryan Cayabyab said: “My favorite is pan or oven-warmed Pandesal with hardened butter, dunked in a cup of hot tablea or traditional chocolate, making sure butter is not completely melted. Yummmmy!” National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts Ricky Lee, for his part, said: “I love eating Pandesal with peanut butter, sometimes cheese. I don’t drink coffee.”
Actress and beauty queen Ruffa Gutierrez said: “I love eating hot Pandesal with butter. It’s most delicious when you dip it in hot coffee with milk in the mornings or merienda time” while comedian Giselle Sanches said, “I like eating Pandesal with cheese. Kesong puti is the best cheese for Pandesal. The Italians would go wild once they get to taste Pandesal with kesong Pputi. Cheapest nutritious merienda out there.”
The first “World Pandesal Day” civic and cultural project was launched on October 16, 2015 at Kamuning Bakery Café in Quezon City with special guests GMA Network, Inc. Chairman Atty. Felipe Gozon, Senator Sonny Angara and National Youth Commission (NYC) Commissioner and actor Dingdong Dantes.
The public is invited to this year’s annual #WorldPandesalDay celebration tomorrow, Monday, 10 a.m., for free pandesal breads, cheese, sardines, hams, juices and other foods.
Leading the bread-giving ceremony are Senate Agriculture & Food Committee Chairman Senator Cynthia Villar.
October 16 is also United Nations’ “World Food Day” to highlight global problems of hunger and food security.
The public is also invited on the eve of #WorldPandesalDay today, October 15, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon at Kamuning Bakery Café for a free medical and dental mission.
This shall be undertaken with volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses and staff of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and Chinese General Hospital (CGH).
