Tuna – General Santos City is the Tuna Capital of the Philippines. So what do you expect? Tuna dishes from sashimi to chef’s masterpieces; huge fresh, frozen tuna to canned tuna. And tuna of all sorts in canneries, allied services, small processors, tuna festival, tuna tour and others. Coffee - Sultan Kudarat is the no. 1 coffee producer in the Philippines growing robusta, arabica, excelsa and liberica varieties. There is also civet coffee. It is sold as green coffee beans, roasted beans and roasted and ground. Muscovado – Region 12 (Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato) boasts of the naturally grown sugarcane processed into muscovado or semiprocessed brown sugar, sugarcane juice, cane vinegar and jams.
Savor in Paradise Other must savour in the 12th Paradise are: • Crabs - Cotabato City and Sultan Kudarat • Tilapia - Sultan Kudarat and South Cotabato • Bangus - Sarangani, Sultan Kudarat, General Santos City • Bangsi (Dried flying fish) - Sarangani Province • Fresh and Processed Fruits- All areas in Region12 • Tablea - North Cotabato, South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat • Maguindanao Delicacies (Tinagtag, Dudol, Putrimandi and Pastil )- all areas in Region12 • Rice Delicacies – Most parts in Region12 • Apasragus - South Cotabato • Pineapple - South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat