Sometimes an unexpected detour leads to some memorable food finds, as Faith proves in this short summer piece. – Lori

Planned trips are great, but spontaneous ones are even better.
Recently, my mom and I headed to Cagayan de Oro (CDO) for a business meeting and a family gathering. The former was to take place on the first day of our trip, while the latter was set for later on in the week. That business meeting didn?t materialize?so what were we to do"
The answer" Go someplace new.
Although my mom and I had just arrived in CDO, with our luggage in tow, we immediately set out for Gingoog City, a place we both had never been to but had only heard about from my cousin who drove us the entire way. It didn?t matter that it was lunch time and we hadn?t eaten yet (a stopover at a gasoline mart for water and Skyflakes solved that); we were determined to get to our destination in the soonest possible time. You might ask, ?What?s so important in Gingoog that you would skip dropping off your stuff at your lodging and forego what could have been a sumptuous sit-down lunch"?
Well, giant fruit statues and delicious halo-halo. (At least that?s what our short visit could afford us.)
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Gingoog (pronounced ?hi-ngo-og?), a two-and-a-half-hour drive from CDO, is said to be the oldest city in Misamis Oriental. Its original settlers were the Manobo, from who the city got its name. In their language, it means ?good fortune,? which is why Gingoog is christened ?The City of G...