Visiting the Organic Market

I have heard of the advantages of going for organic products for quite some time now.

In malls, there are stalls selling organic vegetables, fruits, rice, and even beauty products all from organic stuff. However, it has only been recently that I kept on coming back to the Organic Market.

The Organic Market is a humble place located at the back of the Provincial Capitol Building, right in the center of Bacolod City. Upon going in the little gates, you'll see a number of stalls lining up to your left selling organic produce such as bananas, papayas, eggplants, squash, etc... And to your right, a simple structure with screen windows and about 3 umbrellas that look like a parasol but is made of nipa.                                                                                                    
Inside, that simple structure they sell healthy foods!

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If you want a place that sells healthy foods, it is here! They have several viands such as bitter gourd with egg, squash with some greens, chicken tinola, and so on.

But what I always go there for is their fresh fruit mix.

In the afternoon, when I crave for something sweet for a snack, that is what I get. It is a mix of different fruits they have during that time, such as papayas, avocado, ube, and bananas, all mixed together with crushed ice, their organic pasteurized milk (which they also sell if you wish to buy), and just a bit of organic sugar. On a hot day, it is the perfect – healthy – snack. One glass or small bowl costs 25 pesos – not a bad price for a healthy snack.

They also have other products for sale that you might enjoy such as mascobado sugar, salabat (ginger tea), herbal soap, and organic wine, among others. These would make great souvenir ideas too.

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Pizzeria Makes It Big!

The latest in joining the fad of selling "gigantic" pizzas is Greenoz.

Greenoz started as a small hut selling pizzas with sizes ranging from 9 to 30 inches (in diameter). Competing against well-known and established pizza places such as Mamma Maria's who has had a number of branches around Bacolod City already, it has an edge over flavor and taste.

I must admit that I once fondly bought pizzas from Mamma Maria's. However, their pizzas weren't consistent. Sometimes it was nice, sometimes it was simply okay, other times it was just not nice. To this date, a number of branches of Mamma Maria's have closed, leaving only one, big branch open near the downtown area. Greenoz Pizzeria, on the other hand, is busy expanding and opening branches in the different areas of the city.

                                                                                 Starting somewhere in the south area of the city, near the Goldenfields Commercial Complex, they soon took a step up by opening one in the center area of the city at 6^th street, a mere walking distance from the Capital Lagoon.                         And now, they have another one, recently opened near the Bacolod Government Center (which is the location of the newest call center Panasiatic Solutions as well).

we barely finished this 
(and we had heavy eaters with us!)

Greenoz pizzas taste good, and for a really, really good price too. We ordered a 30-inch pizza, half of which was their "greenoz special" flavor, and the other half, their "bern" flavor. It cost us only 825 pesos. J Greenoz is a Swiss-Italian pizza place, so they serve food other than pizza. But it is their pizzas that get people coming back. Ask anyone in Bacolod where to get the greatest pizza and they'll instantly say "Greenoz" – at least everyone I know have said that.