Somewhere in Zamboanga lies a small municipality known as "Diplahan". As is the case with virtually any place in the Philippines, Lechon is a staple in their fiestas and celebrations. However, in that municipality of nearly 30,000 people, there are only actually two families that prepare a roasted suckling pig in such a way that it is a cut above from the everyone else in the area.
Once Character Actor Benjamin "Wee" Abelarde sampled this gloriously succulent version during his stay in Zamboanga last year, he realized everything he thought he knew about Lechon was wrong. He and some partners knew they had to bring the awesomeness of the Diplahan Lechon to the metro at all costs. But hat was good about his group, was that they refused to bring a cheap knock off of the real thing.
It was the Authentic- Diplahan -Real-Deal-Lechon or nothing.
Wee and his group convinced one of the families to partner up with them, and share their lechon making prowess with the Manila team, to bring their prized Roasted Pig to Manila.
Though they were very confident with their product, the group at Diplahan Lechon were wondering how it would fare when sampled by some of the most (
That was the night, after a long hiatus, the Kain-Tulog Gang assembled.
