Aired (March 23, 2025): Chef JR Royol introduces another unique food combination! But this time, it's not far from our favorite Pinoy taste—Adobo with Mango. How does it taste? Find out in this episode.
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00:00Resort with a farm activity that can be found in the whole family, is that what you are looking for?
00:06That is the offer of Kiliawan Farm Resort that can be found here in Ibaan, Batangas.
00:11Our three main produce are golden queen mangoes, bamboo, and cacao, which we then use here in the kitchen.
00:19Your cacao definitely, I'm very interested, but when I saw your restaurant or receiving area.
00:28This is the main lobby and in the middle is the courtyard farm kitchen.
00:32Okay, it's not obvious that you have a lot of bamboo.
00:35But the way you integrated it into the vibe of your place is something that, well, suffice to say, I was mesmerized.
00:45It's very simple, maybe it's a cliché, yet very elegant.
00:51Yes.
00:52The way it came.
00:53This used to be a poultry farm.
00:55This one?
00:56Yes, the buildings, the entire farm used to be a poultry farm.
00:59Okay.
01:00Our parents were contract-growing at that time for a company, so we had about 55,000 chickens here in the property.
01:07Okay.
01:08But we stopped, more than 10 years ago, we stopped contract-growing.
01:13But we kept the buildings and then someone rented it to us, another contract-grower.
01:17But the way you integrated the elements that are beautiful in the farm, you can see it here.
01:23That was also our dad's marching order.
01:26Okay.
01:27When we were talking about the resort, he said, use whatever you can get from the farm.
01:34So, the bamboo, the steel trusses, old wood that we used as stairs to the cabin.
01:41And then everything you see here is local.
01:43The bricks are locally made here in San Juan.
01:46These?
01:47These clay bricks.
01:49And then the bricks in the cabin, we used eco bricks.
01:52Yes.
01:53So, they're made of plastic waste.
01:55Recycled materials.
01:56Yes.
01:59After learning about the history of Kiliawan Farm Resort,
02:02I continued to make a potahe using the farm fresh ingredients that they produce.
02:09Mmm.
02:15We grew up with the sweetness and the character of the mangoes.
02:21But here, the mango trees that they specialize here in Kiliawan is their Golden Queen variety.
02:33They're both sweet, but the Golden Queen has more floral notes.
02:38It's similar to the mangoes that I've tasted in Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
02:45I just want to partner it with a savory dish.
02:49And of course, to contrast the sweetness of our Golden Queen,
02:56let's also mix it with unripe mangoes.
02:59So, we're just going to make braised pork with mango salsa.
03:06So, this is how generous our portion is.
03:08And then we have a hot pan.
03:09We're just going to sear it.
03:11So, our pork is in.
03:20So, while we're browning our meat,
03:22onion,
03:25then our garlic.
03:29So, the browning that's happening in our pan is already good.
03:33I'll just add our garlic and onion.
03:41Let's just season it with soy sauce,
03:45our vinegar,
03:47and bay leaves.
03:50And generous amount of pepper.
03:52All of the most difficult parts are done.
03:55We're going to cover this.
03:56We're going to return this after an hour.
03:59And then we can prepare our salsa.
04:04So, these are our green mangoes.
04:14And these are our ripe mangoes.
04:15The good thing about Kiliawan is that they want to rely on their own produce.
04:21So, if there are leftovers, they just freeze them ready for orders.
04:25They can be shaken.
04:27Just like this, we're incorporating this into a savory dish.
04:32I'm just going to add our leeks.
04:37And for some kick, let's just add our chilies.
04:46Let's just mix this.
04:48And then, for the sauce, let's just get the sauce.
04:56Our pork is now tender.
04:58The salsa is ready.
04:59We can now serve it.
05:01It's just like an Adobo with mango salsa.
05:10That's good.
05:11Especially with a little bit of spice.
05:13Spicy and sour and sweet.
05:16It complements each other at the same time.
05:18This is called Putok Batok.
05:20Putok Batok.
05:21Correct.
05:22But it also makes it more delicious.
05:23Yeah.
05:24As we say in our world, fat is flavor.
05:28At least from how I was brought up.
05:33These are the fats that you can't avoid.