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"POWER NG PINOY" TV Show Features Simply Calamansi

Power Ng Pinoy is a weekly 30-minute TV program that features inspirational and  success stories of Filipino shakers and movers. Produced in a documentary format, Power ng Pinoy introduces and salutes successful individuals who continue to make a difference in the lives of Filipinos in the U.S. and in the Philippines. This episode features Victor "Boysie" Elizaga, the visionary behind the 'Simply Calamansi & All Natural Calamansi' fruit juice concepts.

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SIMPLY CALAMANSI CONCENTRATE Featured in Adobo Nation TV

Adobo Nation Episode on April 3rd, 2012

Title: "Lasang Pinoy: Calamansi"

Calamansi is a mini citrus that packs maximum punch–just ask any pinoy food lover. Our friends from Dampa restaurant in Castro Valley, CA bring us their dishes made with this favorite Filipino fruit.

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Featured Dish: Calamansi
Location: Dampa Filipino Food
Address: 2960 Castro Valley Blvd, (between Anita Ave & Nunes Ave), Castro Valley, CA 94546
Telephone: (510) 247-9990

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While on a recent trip to the Philippines, Franklin went to a restaurant to get himself a nice lunch. He had spent his morning climbing and exploring the Taal volcano and had worked up quite the hunger and thirst. As he is prone to do he asked his waiter to put a lime in his water instead of a lemon. He read somewhere that lemons in restaurants are full of germs and bacteria since they are left out and workers tended to cut them with bare hands. As per usual logic did not surface in the mind of our fair protagonist and to him limes were as clean as can be. The waiter informed him that he was sorry, but the restaurant did not have any limes. Now Franklin did not like being lied to. On his way into the restaurant he had seem into the kitchen and there was crate upon crate of limes. He had even thought to himself that he had never seen so many limes in his life. To be fair you don’t run across large congregations of citrus in western Pennsylvania. Franklin began to raise his voice and it took a whole two minutes of him giving the waiter a piece of his mind before the server could get a word in edgewise to inform Franklin that those were not limes, but calamansi. He then informed his guest that it was a different sort of citrus fruit that tasted like God put a lemon, a lime and an orange in his heavenly blender and then shoved the result back into a skin that looked like a lime, but was actually sweet. Being a man who likes to get a taste for local fare, Franklin asked if he could have a wedge of calamansi in his water. His server told him he would do him one better and bring him a glass of his island famous calamansi juice. It was his grandmother’s recipe that was a mixture of the fruits juice, cane sugar and a little bit of honey for flavor. He warned Franklin that it was a bit acidic so he should not drink it on an empty stomach and urged him to eat some of the complimentary bread on the table while he went to fetch a glass. Franklin was no dummy, he knew to never fill up on free bread at a restaurant. He was a well-read man who had read that factoid somewhere (he just forgot the part about not doing that at buffets). He didn’t touch the bread and when the glass was set before him, he chugged it down like a true Pennsylvanian. The waiter had not lied this was a tasty and refreshing drink that did in fact taste like the description he gave. It also tasted like the rind was left on the fruit when it was blended, but that was not a bad thing. It had a sweetness to it, but there was not so much sugar added to eliminate the tartness of the fruit. He could also taste the honey. It wasn’t very strong, but it was there enough that he noticed it. It was basically lemonade made with this exotic fruit instead of dirty old lemons. This was something that Franklin would rave about when he got back to the States. He let out a huge burp and asked for three more glasses to be brought out. He would forgo his meal in order to fill up on this delicious juice. The waiter tried to talk some sense into him, but Franklin would not hear it. He was a grown man and he knew what was best for him, or so he thought until a half hour later when he left the restaurant with the worst gut rot of his life. Let this be a lesson to you; always have some food in your stomach when you drink something with a high citrus concentration. Franklin would never make that mistake again, well at least not until he ran into another exotic fruit that was new to him.

The Simply Calamansi Concentrate
is Great for Cocktails!

These versatile little citrus fruits are bursting with fragrance and flavor and can be used in many cocktail drinks! For a different, yet convenient, take on your favorite beverages, try some of these recipes using the Simply Calamansi Concentrate.

Calamansi Strawberry Margarita

Ingredients:

1/2 oz strawberry schnapps

1 oz tequila

1/2 oz triple sec

1/2 oz Simply Calamansi Concentrate

Preparation:
Rub rim of cocktail glass with lemon juice and dip rim in salt. Shake schnapps, tequila, triple sec, Simply Calamansi Concentrate, with ice, strain into the salt-rimmed glass, and serve.

Calamansi Daquiri

Ingredients:

1 oz. light rum

1/2 oz Simply Calamansi Concentrate

1 Calamansi fruit as garnish (optional)

Preparation:

Shake ingredients with shaved ice, strain over ice in an old-fashioned glass, and serve.

Calamansi Mojito

Ingredients:

1 oz Simply Calamansi Concentrate

6-8 mint leaves 
6 oz light rum
Club Soda

Preparation:

Place ice in beverage shaker then add in the rum, broken up mint sprigs, and Simply Calamansi Concentrate. Shake well and serve over ice in a high ball glass. Top off each glass with a splash of club soda. Garnish each with a slice of calamansi lime (if available) and a sprig of mint, and serve.