Aired (March 16, 2025): Join Biyahero Drew as he explores the breathtaking landscapes and rich bounty of Dasol, Pangasinan.
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00:30I can say,
00:31Asin
00:32Datukah
00:34Tonight,
00:35we'll be treasure hunting.
00:37Let's explore the things that make the town of Dasol, Pangasinan, rich.
00:46It's said that the town of Dasol, Pangasinan, is rich in rice.
00:49But instead of colored rice,
00:50it's black rice.
00:51It's white and it's grown on the ground.
00:54Their income from here
00:58is about a million.
00:59What kind of rice is that?
01:01It's 200 per kaban.
01:02That's why they earn more than 80 million per season.
01:06They make three kinds of salt.
01:09Barara, the salt that is extracted from rice fields.
01:14Dirty salt,
01:15that is extracted from the ground.
01:17And the salt that is extracted from rice fields
01:20and is cooked to become Pino.
01:22The salt that we normally use every day,
01:25when we wake up,
01:26when I wake up,
01:27actually, I eat already.
01:28I don't eat.
01:29I drink electrolytes.
01:30That's salt.
01:31I cook eggs.
01:33That's still salt.
01:36I work out.
01:37Salt comes out of my body.
01:39Sometimes,
01:40or most of the time,
01:41we take salt for granted.
01:44That's why when we saw the process
01:46of making salt here in Pangasinan,
01:50in Lugo.
01:51When I look at salt now,
01:52I don't look at the pepper.
01:54I only look at the salt.
01:56Then I'll say,
01:57Salt,
01:58you're crazy.
02:01The salt in Dasol is not just hectares.
02:03They also use it as the home of the quality salt.
02:06Because their salt is pollution-free.
02:09Here in Dasol,
02:10even though we are not the biggest producer of salt,
02:12but we have the highest chloride content.
02:15We are also content with the quality of our salt.
02:18And the quality of this salt comes from far away.
02:21The salt of Dasol
02:22is not just from Pangasinan.
02:25It reaches the entire Philippines
02:27from Luzon,
02:28Visayas,
02:29and Mindanao.
02:30And not only that,
02:31the salt of Dasol
02:32is also being imported to Japan now.
02:35For strength,
02:36all of that is because of the salt.
02:38Salt.
02:40Whew.
02:41Our lunch is almost here.
02:43Lunch.
02:44That's good.
02:45Oh, dad.
02:46I'm so hungry.
02:47Earlier,
02:48you know what?
02:49I'm so tired of cooking.
02:51Really?
02:52Yes.
02:53It's like we've been cooking for a week.
02:55It's okay,
02:56as long as there's meat inside.
02:57Oh, thank you.
02:58I'm so grateful.
03:00Let me think.
03:01Cream of lobster
03:05with
03:07garlic
03:09and some
03:10some
03:11onion mix.
03:12That's what I'm going to put.
03:14And there's mushroom.
03:15There's mushroom.
03:19There's mushroom.
03:27Hey,
03:28that doesn't taste good.
03:29I'm sorry.
03:30That's why it doesn't taste good.
03:31I'm fooling myself.
03:32It doesn't taste good.
03:33It doesn't taste good.
03:34Wait.
03:35Wait a minute.
03:36I'll get something.
03:38Where are you going?
03:49Where are you going?
03:50Where are you going?
03:51The salt is just here.
03:53I'll get some sugar.
03:55But before the salt reaches our kitchens
03:57and when we eat,
03:58we sweat and get tired.
04:00The best way to make a living
04:01still depends on the weather.
04:03Literally,
04:04let's remember when it rains.
04:05The sun is our companion
04:07when harvesting salt.
04:08Because if there's no sun,
04:10we can't harvest anything.
04:12Halfway through,
04:1318 hours of work,
04:15the salt was harvested.
04:1718 barangays of Dasol
04:19have salt.
04:20This is the main livelihood
04:21of their town.
04:22And in this livelihood,
04:24each member of the family
04:25has their own job.
04:27The family works,
04:28not just one person.
04:30From the father,
04:31the mother,
04:32to the children.
04:33As long as they can,
04:34even when they're still young,
04:35if they can do the laundry,
04:36the salt is put in the food.
04:38They help each other
04:39to make the work easier.
04:40We all help each other
04:42to make a family.
04:43Someone cooks,
04:44someone waters,
04:45someone carries the bicycle.
04:46That's what we do every day.
04:48That's the tradition
04:49that we do here
04:50so that the children
04:51who are working
04:52can also benefit.
04:54So that the salt is not lost.
04:56As part of the family
04:57of Mrs. Marcela,
04:58of more than 300 families
04:59in Dasol
05:00who live on salt,
05:01she is also the oldest
05:02salt worker
05:03in the town of Dasol.
05:04I'm 12 years old.
05:06I'm 50 years old.
05:07That's a big deal.
05:08The reason why
05:09she continues
05:10to work
05:11despite her age
05:12is so that they don't need
05:13to make a big deal
05:14of salt
05:15to have a meal.
05:16I'm not good at this.
05:17I'm not good at this.
05:18I'm not good at this.
05:19I'm not good at this.
05:20I'm not good at this.
05:21I'm not good at this.
05:22I'm not good at this.
05:23The salt that we know
05:24is salty
05:25and gives a salty taste
05:26to our food.
05:27But here in Dasol,
05:28they use this flavor
05:29in a dessert.
05:30But you will be more
05:31questioned
05:32about the name of this.
05:33This is the first time
05:34that I see
05:35this kind of rice cake.
05:37We don't have this
05:38but it's like
05:39a long puto.
05:41You're so light.
05:42Its name is controversial
05:44so that
05:45it's just sucked
05:46by the air
05:47and it's gone.
05:50It's so good.
05:51I want to poop.
05:53Oh, no.
05:56This was here
05:57a while ago.
06:00Who made this?
06:01My father.
06:05You're the one
06:08who made it.
06:09Mom!
06:12Ray, you know what?
06:14You're the only one
06:15who trusts me.
06:16I'm a drone.
06:17You're a drone?
06:18I don't hear anything
06:19from the drone.
06:20I'm a drone.
06:21Invisible.
06:23What's your problem?
06:24I don't want to.
06:25Why can't you face me?
06:26I want to know.
06:27I really don't know
06:28who got all of this.
06:29That's your problem?
06:30Why did you give it to me?
06:31Why are you
06:32looking for me?
06:33What is that?
06:34We've been together for a long time.
06:35Mordan.
06:36Mordan.
06:37You heard it from Mordan.
06:38Why are you looking for me?
06:39I don't know
06:40what you're looking for.
06:42Ray, face me.
06:43I'm not eating anything.
06:45What is that?
06:46Who told you to get it?
06:48How many times
06:49did I tell you to face me?
06:50It's like a lizard
06:51of another species.
06:53A lizard
06:54that's surrounded.
06:56This is called
06:57Patpapoy.
06:58Yes,
06:59you heard it right.
07:00It's meat is made of
07:01yam and ube.
07:02But in order to
07:03keep their
07:04main product alive,
07:05they came up with
07:06other ingredients.
07:07When the tourists
07:08were looking
07:09for our delicacy,
07:11we couldn't promote
07:13anything
07:14except salt.
07:15Chef CJ R
07:17and I
07:18collaborated
07:19to create
07:20our own version
07:22of potatoes,
07:23which is the
07:24salted caramel potato
07:25using the
07:26salt salt.
07:28It's our first time
07:29experiencing this.
07:30Well, of course,
07:31I think we've had
07:321 million finishers
07:33before,
07:34but
07:35the way it looks
07:36is different.
07:37This is called
07:38patutoy
07:39because the shape is
07:41patutoy.
07:42You get the point.
07:43But anyway,
07:44they say
07:45this has
07:46patutoy in it.
08:00The texture is good.
08:01Plus, of course,
08:02gluten-free rice.
08:03Gluten-free rice.
08:07And there's filling.
08:12Which is pretty good.
08:13Wait a minute.
08:14My first bite
08:15was salted caramel,
08:16but in the middle,
08:17there's ube.
08:19And in the end,
08:20salted caramel again.
08:25Oh my God, it's good.
08:27Wow.
08:28When it comes to
08:29the taste of the salt,
08:30it's not just the salt
08:31because of the
08:32saltiness.
08:33And near the
08:34Palais Daan,
08:35there's something
08:36that's chewy
08:37and filling.
08:38Do you know what that is?
08:39It's alakdan.
08:40This is the price
08:41in Manila.
08:43Before we reveal
08:44what it is,
08:45let's test it
08:46in a battle.
08:47Mga Bero,
08:48we're here
08:49in the Kilatlat
08:50Eating Challenge,
08:51but before that,
08:52join our teams.
08:53Let's introduce
08:54our teams.
08:55From Team BND,
08:56we have
08:57Lance
08:58and Jerry!
08:59Hi!
09:01And from Team DAZUL,
09:02we have
09:03Kuya Roger
09:04and Kuya Mark!
09:06Is that really his name?
09:07No, right?
09:08What's his name?
09:09Mark, sir.
09:10Mark, really?
09:11Christopher.
09:12Christopher.
09:13At least once.
09:14Correct.
09:15First,
09:16the players must cross
09:17the approved bridge.
09:18After that,
09:19the Kilatlat
09:20in their plate
09:21must be swallowed.
09:223, 2, 1, go!
09:30It's not coming out.
09:31Look at Jerry
09:32swallowing it.
09:33Look at that.
09:34I told you.
09:39Oh, it fell.
09:44Wow!
09:50While Team DAZUL
09:51is quiet
09:52in the Gatling,
09:53but they're not
09:54being caught.
09:55Out, team, out.
09:56It looks like
09:57Jerry was first,
09:58but he was caught
10:01by Alan.
10:03And,
10:04I hope I won't be
10:05left behind
10:06by the road manager.
10:07Oh, it looks like
10:08Mark was first
10:09and followed
10:11by Christopher
10:12or Christopher
10:13and Mark.
10:16Who's the Belat
10:17in the Kilatlat?
10:19Who's the Kilat
10:20in the Kilatlat?
10:22Who can finish
10:23the Kilatlat?
10:24I can finish
10:25everything.
10:26They're all full
10:27but Lance
10:28is still there.
10:29I can finish it.
10:32I can finish it.
10:352 versus 1.
10:40But Jerry
10:41is really good at
10:42eating chips.
10:43Team DAZUL
10:44is just focused
10:45on the goal.
10:46Go, go, go.
10:47Team B&D
10:48is just waiting
10:49to catch all the Kilatlat.
10:50Oh,
10:51is that it?
10:52Wait,
10:53you're ruining
10:54what's inside.
10:57I don't know.
10:59Hurry up.
11:01Wait.
11:02One more to go.
11:03One more to go.
11:06Looks like
11:08we have a winner.
11:09Kuya Christopher
11:10and Kuya Mark
11:11from Team DAZUL.
11:13I'm so full.
11:15I'm so full.
11:18You guys
11:19don't seem to eat
11:20for a week
11:21just for this challenge.
11:22It's true.
11:23It's so true.
11:25Do you still have
11:26some left?
11:27It's like you ate
11:28a pate shell.
11:30Pate shell.
11:31And because of that,
11:32Team DAZUL
11:33is the winner.
11:39It looks big.
11:41There.
11:42This is the Kilatlat
11:43or the local
11:44lobster of DAZUL.
11:46In Banila,
11:47there are more than
11:484,000 kilos
11:49of lobster.
11:50The Kilatlat
11:51weighs only
11:52200 kilos.
11:53That's why
11:54they have
11:55more everyday.
11:56The lobsters here
11:57are health conscious.
11:58This side of Pangasinan.
12:00This one
12:02is the sexiest
12:04but could also be
12:05the yummiest.
12:06Okay.
12:07I don't know.
12:09The Kilatna.
12:10Actually, that's its name.
12:11Kilatna.
12:18Oh my God.
12:19This is the biggest reveal.
12:20Are you ready?
12:25Oh my God.
12:29Do you have vinegar?
12:35Worth the wait.
12:39I guess
12:43you know,
12:44it depends on the dish.
12:45But
12:46if you compare it
12:48to crab
12:49or lobster.
12:50Actually, no.
12:51It's more of crab.
12:52It's more crab than lobster.
12:56Yeah.
12:58It's more crab than lobster.
13:03From Bacawan,
13:04we'll head down
13:05to the ocean.
13:12Did you see
13:13how the summer
13:14was underwater?
13:20Well, here in Basol,
13:21you don't have to
13:22think about
13:23how deep it is.
13:26Because it's only a few meters
13:27from the ocean,
13:28this is the highlight.
13:33Ladies and gentlemen,
13:35the sunken ship
13:36of Barangay Osmeña.
13:50It's only 50 meters
13:51from the shore
13:52of Pampang.
13:55It's a white buoy
13:56that tells you
13:57where the shipwreck is.
13:59It's only
14:003 feet deep.
14:05From the surface of the water,
14:06it's time for the ship
14:07to sink.
14:10So,
14:11whatever your trip is,
14:12snorkeling,
14:13or free diving,
14:14it's giving.
14:21Shipwreck experience
14:22even without diving gears.
14:24If you're going
14:25to a location,
14:27it's not just
14:28like the beach.
14:29The beach is a bonus.
14:30If the beach is beautiful,
14:31if there's water,
14:32it's a win.
14:33If it's swimmable,
14:37meaning to say,
14:38if there are
14:40coral reefs,
14:41you can snorkel
14:42near the resort
14:43where you're going to sleep.
14:45It's a bonus.
14:47If you bring
14:50a shipwreck,
14:51it's not a bonus
14:52even though
14:53it's not complete.
14:54But still,
14:55that's still part of
14:56the experience.
14:57Oh, my God!
14:58You can see
15:01a snorkeling area
15:02with a shipwreck
15:03that's not that deep.
15:06Because of the waves,
15:07the shipwreck
15:08in Barangay Osmeña
15:10was washed away.
15:11In spite of the shipwreck,
15:12this is now
15:13one of the famous
15:14beaches
15:15that is considered
15:16a treasure
15:17of the Desolenios.
15:23That's not the only
15:24treasure
15:25and the biggest
15:26treasure of the Desolenios.
15:31Island hopping
15:32on white sand beaches?
15:34Close a boodle fight
15:35by the beach?
15:38Oh, of course,
15:39that's a G.
15:43Just a few kilometers
15:44from where we're sleeping,
15:45the Crocodile Island
15:46will arrive.
15:49But don't panic
15:50because there's no creature
15:51that you can't see here.
15:53Its name is
15:54related to
15:55the whole shape
15:56of the island.
15:59Oh, you see that?
16:00Crocodile, right?
16:04Just a few minutes
16:05from Crocodile Island,
16:06the famous
16:07island of Culibra
16:08will arrive.
16:11Oh, no cobra,
16:12but the
16:13maritimes
16:14of the B.F.D. team.
16:15In the past,
16:16the island was
16:17inhabited
16:18by lugasi
16:19or sea snakes.
16:21That's why
16:22we chose this place.
16:25In the past,
16:26there were a lot
16:27of lugasi here.
16:28Here in B.F.D.,
16:29and sometimes
16:30in the water.
16:31Here, madam,
16:32in Batuansa,
16:33here in B.F.D.
16:34But when
16:35there were
16:36a lot of people,
16:37they left.
16:39In our visit here,
16:40we were lucky
16:41and we didn't see
16:42any lugasi.
16:44So, relax,
16:45you can chill
16:46and enjoy
16:47such a view.
16:52But not only
16:53our eyes
16:54will be satisfied
16:55with the beautiful
16:56island,
16:57surely,
16:58our eyes will
16:59also be happy
17:00here.
17:07Who will fight
17:08by the beach,
17:09you may ask?
17:11We will fight
17:12by the beach.
17:13We will fight
17:14by the beach.
17:15We will fight
17:16by the beach.
17:17We will fight
17:18by the beach.
17:19We will fight
17:20by the beach.
17:26What is special
17:27in our Boodle Fight
17:28setup?
17:29Is it the
17:30surplus of
17:31food?
17:32No.
17:33The unique
17:34and special
17:35in our
17:36Boodle Fight
17:37setup
17:38is the
17:39balbalulang.
17:40The balbalulang
17:41is the seaweed
17:42that you see
17:43here mixed
17:44by the locals
17:45with their
17:46soupy dishes
17:47or they do
17:48like this.
17:49This is called
17:50Tambobong Beach.
17:55There is no
17:56Boodle Fight
17:57but people
17:58get confused.
17:59Because whenever
18:00the low tide
18:01comes,
18:02people
18:03run past it.
18:05Their
18:06favorite
18:07is to get
18:08balbalulang.
18:10I get it
18:11three times
18:12in a week.
18:13We catch it
18:14when there is
18:15no fish left.
18:16For example,
18:17when there is
18:18a lot of
18:19fish,
18:20we catch it.
18:23This is a
18:24kind of seaweed
18:25that looks like
18:26lambat.
18:27Most people
18:28make it as
18:29an ensalada
18:30or they
18:31mix it
18:32with vegetable
18:33soup.
18:34What else?
18:36What am I going
18:37to eat?
18:38Of course,
18:39the rice.
18:46Normally,
18:48you can
18:49set up
18:50in a boat
18:51because the
18:52waves are strong.
18:53So,
18:54you need
18:55to set up
18:56so that
18:57the waves
18:58are not too strong.
18:59But even in the
19:00wind,
19:01at least,
19:02there is an
19:03island of
19:04Calibre.
19:05Calibra.
19:07Colibre.
19:08Just kidding.
19:10Co
19:11li
19:12bra.
19:14Do you want
19:15to go to
19:16Masilayan?
19:21It has a
19:22small pool
19:23and apparently,
19:24even small kids
19:25can swim in it.
19:27There's more
19:28in Dasol,
19:29Pinros.
19:32New discoveries
19:33of caves
19:34that have no other
19:35way to reach
19:36but by rappelling.
19:39Add more
19:40breathtaking views
19:41in the
19:42Philippines.
19:43Where else
19:44in Dasol
19:46can we find
19:47a cave
19:48that you can
19:49only see
19:50now
19:51because it's
19:52just a new discovery?
20:00To get in,
20:01you need to rappel
20:02down.
20:04But don't you
20:05worry,
20:06even a kid
20:07can do it.
20:10The highlight
20:11of the cave
20:12is a lagoon.
20:13Sorry guys,
20:14I couldn't stop
20:15myself from
20:16jumping.
20:23So I guess part of
20:24the experience,
20:26if you
20:27check in
20:28with that
20:29particular resort
20:30is the
20:31ATV ride
20:32which is like
20:33a 10-minute
20:34ATV ride
20:35going to
20:36this spot
20:37which is
20:38cemented first
20:39and then after
20:40a few minutes,
20:41there's a gate
20:42that's going to
20:43lead you to
20:44the trail
20:45which is
20:46actually quite
20:47exciting
20:48which leads
20:49to one of
20:50the two caves
20:51that you can
20:52go to.
20:53This cave
20:54is very unique
20:55because it has
20:56a lagoon
20:57and they
20:58call it
20:59La Cueva.
21:04From La Cueva,
21:05we are bound
21:06to Pabatanes.
21:07It's a longer
21:08ATV ride
21:09to get here.
21:13It's more fun
21:14and there are more
21:15beautiful views.
21:19Enjoy the fresh
21:20breeze.
21:29But don't forget
21:30to wear a mask
21:31if you don't want
21:32to get caught.
21:44The descent
21:45from Pabatanes
21:46is what's
21:47next for you.
21:57They're trying to
21:58put a landmark
21:59eventually
22:00so that
22:01tourists can
22:02go there.
22:03Now, it's
22:04a bit high tide
22:05but if it's
22:06low tide here
22:07which is
22:08I think
22:09half of
22:10this time
22:11of the year,
22:12you can walk
22:13there.
22:14Go to
22:15the letter
22:16C
22:17and people
22:18take pictures
22:19there.
22:20Not only that,
22:21there are
22:22different
22:23tide pools
22:24here.
22:25Pools wherein
22:26if it's
22:27low tide,
22:28the water
22:29will remain
22:30here
22:31and it will
22:32have a small
22:33pool and
22:34apparently,
22:35even small
22:36kids can
22:37swim here.
22:39The concept
22:40of the resort
22:41is we want
22:42to keep it
22:43low density
22:44and we want
22:45to ensure
22:46that our
22:47guests are
22:48the ones
22:49that can
22:50experience what
22:51we prepared
22:52here at the
22:53resort.
22:54So, here at
22:55the resort,
22:56we have
22:57the complete
22:58landmark.
22:59The flex
23:00of gasoline
23:01to these
23:02rich people
23:03is not yet
23:04over.
23:05Oh, there's
23:06more.
23:07Because if
23:08it's literally
23:09rich people
23:10Shala,
23:11there's a lot
23:12of pearls.
23:13The experts
23:14have already
23:15examined it.
23:16These people
23:17are really
23:18heavy when
23:19they are
23:20put together.
23:21They weigh
23:2231.5 kilos
23:23of pearls.
23:24The Las Calas
23:25Pearl Collection
23:26actually has
23:27been already
23:28submitted
23:29and being
23:30considered
23:31by the
23:32Guinness Book
23:33of World Records
23:34as the heaviest
23:35pearl collection
23:36in the world.
23:37So, hopefully
23:38we get it.
23:39We have to
23:40celebrate because
23:41this is so
23:42pearl-fect.