
A quick meal popular in Maguindanao, pastil is a cup of rice topped with chicken adobo shreds and wrapped in banana leaves. For Ate Tata, 45, selling it for P10 a piece in the town of Sultan Kudarat in Maguindanao del Norte, earns her P300 to P500 net income a day. Photo taken Tuesday (21 February 2023). MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ