Pacific Islands Club and Noel Quitugua appealed to the discriminating palates of the judges in last week\u2019s 2005 EcoArts Festival Cook-A-Rainbow Challenge held at the American Memorial Park.<\/p>\n
The San Antonio resort and Quitugua won the challenge in the Professional and Non-Professional categories, respectively, by both answering the competition theme of what does food have to do with the environment.<\/p>\n
PIC took home a whopping $600 in cash for the expert category, while Quitugua bagged the $300 cash prize for the amateur competition.<\/p>\n
PIC competed with two other professional food experts from Aqua Resort Club and Dai-Ichi Hotel Saipan Beach.<\/p>\n
Aqua Resort Club entered its own \u201cRainbow Mahi Mahi,\u201d while Dai-Ichi Hotel had \u201cLocal Vegetables and Local Tuna Fritter and Jellied.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the end PIC\u2019s \u201cMacadamia Nut Crushed Tuna on Spinach\u201d topped them all.<\/p>\n
In the non-professional category, Quitugua competed with the following entries: Ignacio S. Concepcion\u2019s \u201cIke\u2019s Beef Garden Stir Fry,\u201d Phyllis Ain\u2019s \u201cA Frenzy Flavor-Island Pork Tenderloin Salad,\u201d Jesus M. Castro\u2019s \u201cSukiyaki,\u201d Daniel Anderson\u2019s \u201cA Collage of Color,\u201d and Roxanne Salas\u2019 \u201cAnu-enu\u2019e Eggplant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quitugua\u2019s \u201cCoconut Shrimp Kelaguen\u201d was awarded the most colorful and tasty of them all.<\/p>\n
Competition coordinator Tanya Camacho said all participants were required to use the colors red, yellow, green, and purple in their recipes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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