Baguio serves another giant tossed salad

BAGUIO CITY — The city’s salad days are not yet over; they are just getting bigger and better.

Yesterday, even without any Guinness representatives to record the feat, the city served another giant tossed salad, outdoing its two previous annual servings.

The feat’s proponent, the Baguio Association of Hotels and Inns (BAHAI), did not mind having no Guinness executives around, saying it would be too expensive to invite them to the festival.

Three tons of the freshest carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce and bell peppers went into yesterday’s giant salad, tossed in a huge bowl with a diameter of 20 feet.

People eager to partake of the salad lined up as early as 8 a.m. at the Baguio Athletic Bowl. The organizers were confident they could feed more people than last year’s 12,866. The exact figure was not immediately known as of press time.

"This is history in the making," quipped Vice Mayor Lourdes Tabanda, who was among the first to get a taste of the giant offering.

Jeannine Chan, BAHAI president, said that even without Guinness recognition, they were delighted to bring glee to the hearts of residents and tourists alike and perk up the tourism industry of the city and the rest of the Cordilleras. — With Andy Zapata Jr.