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The city’s name was derived from the local dialect word “pandaragupan”
meaning a gathering since the city has been for centuries the regional market
center in particular the Ilocos Region or Region 1.
Dagupan City is in north of Manila and are serviced by bus companies such as
Victory Liner, Dagupan Bus and the Five Star with a travel time of approximately
four (4) hours.
On the 3rd of May 2003, the populace of Dagupan City created an event as part of
the Bangus Festival, the longest grilled “bangus” street party measuring 1,007.56
meters (3,305.6 feet). It broke Canchia’s, Peru 613 meters (2.011 feet long
record set in November 1999. Hence, the city gained the Guinness World
Record of the longest barbecued grill worldwide.
Alongside, cooking experts participated in the cooking festival of the milk fish
dishes such as sinigang, kilawen, daing and the local favorite pigar-pigar to
delight the taste of the local crowd as well as tourists. Through this competition
the “100 Ways to Cook Bangus” was reared, too.
To this day, a variety of restaurants serve the dishes in the area of Bonuan –
Tondaligan district fronting the beach of Lingayen Gulf. The succulent taste of
the milk fish in the city is due to the fact that it is raised in fish pen within the salty
water of Lingayen Gulf.