A BOUNTIFUL FEAST

Comedor is the dining room where families and friends gather to feast and drink. It showcases the family’s collection of silver, glassware and porcelain. It has a ceiling fan system called punkah that is made of fabrics and strings manually operated by servants.

At the back of the comedor is the cocina (kitchen). It has a

banggera or slatted wooden dish rack used for air drying newly washed utensils and tableware before they were kept inside a platera (plate cabinet) or

paminggalan (dish rack).

Clockwise, from top: The main dining area of the Syquia Mansion in Vigan, Ilocos Sur; The Yusay-consing Mansion, popularly known as the Molo Mansion, in Iloilo; Inside the Hofileña ancestral house in Silay, Negros Occidental; The Lopez heritage house in Iloilo, also known as Nelly’s Gardens