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Sunday, October 02, 2005

rice-ing to the occasion

It's the first time I'm hearing about "baye-baye," which, the article says, contains the same ingredients as those in espasol -- with some differences. Read on to know what it is, and be inspired by a heartening example of making it big due to hard work and a sporting spirit.

Rice delicacy rescues family from poverty
Posted: 5:24 AM Oct. 02, 2005
Ma. Diosa Labiste, PDI Visayas Bureau Inquirer News Service

PAVIA, Iloilo — Thanks to a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, a couple who described themselves as "formerly dirt poor," is now much admired for their success in making "baye-baye" rice delicacy.

Rodolpo Hachero, 49 and his wife Gina, 42, are owners of Polding's Baye-baye, which produces the delicacy sold in the malls, restaurants and pasalubong counters in Iloilo City.

Today, some eight years after they started their "baye-baye" business, the Hachero couple has not only taken their family out of poverty, but also cemented the reputation of their barangay as the "baye-baye" capital of Iloilo.

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