Our weekend was spent in Cagayan for Brandon’s off-road competition, “Ratratan Sa Planta 2” for the 1st Isabela Leg (Aug 2010), in Tuguegarao City. Our first stop in the valley was the quaint town of Alcala, where I had to get a few packs of their famous carabao milk candies, my ammunition for a long day ahead.
The soft and chewy old-fashioned Teaño Alcala fresh and pure carabao milk candies with just the right amount of sweetness are made in a factory near the home of the Teaños, where they sell the candies, popular with travelers passing by the town of Alcala. How they make the candies is a well-guarded secret. According to Mrs. Teaño, they don’t allow outsiders inside their factory which has been around since 1930.
Each rectangular milk candy is wrapped in white Japanese paper; twelve pieces of them are packed in a bag and sold for only thirty pesos.
Good news for Manileños who crave for the carabao milk sweets because they are always available at the Teaño Mandaluyong residence.
