Amlan Root Crop Zone
Description
Cassava and gabi farms in Amlan uplands. In Amlan, a small east-coast town between Dumaguete and Tanjay. Cassava, camote, gabi and ube are the fallback staple in the uplands here — boiled as merienda, and the base of kakanin and budbud. Native siling labuyo grows in backyards rather than fields: small, fiercely hot, sold by the heap in the market.
Tips
This is an ordinary working town market without tourist traffic, which is the point — expect no English signage and no fixed prices. Buy fruit in season and vinegar direct from makers at roadside stalls rather than in the market building.
Stops
Dumaguete–Valencia Food Belt
How to get there
East-coast highway north of Dumaguete, about 30-40 minutes by bus or jeepney.
Best Times
Early morning — markets, landings and roadside stalls all run hardest before 8am.