Hotel management clarifies SEAG footballers’ kikiam breakfast issue

By: Katrina Hallare - Reporter / @KHallareINQ

INQUIRER.net / 11:54 AM November 27, 2019

MANILA, Philippines – The management of a hotel hosting members of the Philippine women’s
football team competing in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games clarified that the athletes
were served chicken sausage as part of a breakfast buffet, contrary to earlier claims that they
had “kikiam,” rice and egg.

In a letter addressed to SEA Games Team Philippines chef de mission William Ramirez dated
November 25, the Whitewoods Convention and Leisure Hotel said that they have proof that the
athletes were served chicken sausage.

ADVERTISEMENT

“The other Pinoy athletes also know that they ate Chicken Sausage,” hotel president and CEO
Edgardo Capulong said.

The letter also read that “kikiam” is not part of the hotel’s menu and that the food they have
prepared went through strict scrutiny of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing
Committee (Phisgoc) Food Audit Team.

ADVERTISING

inRead invented by Teads

FEATURED STORIES
NEWSINFO
SEA Games hosting troubles anger Duterte
NEWSINFO
Cayetano: Senate, Drilon to be blamed for SEA Games mess
NEWSINFO
Panelo: Duterte ‘angry’ with SEA Games hosting hassles
“Our food serving is generous because we decided a free and open buffet service complete with
egg omelet station that is not part of our contract.”

The hotel’s statement comes after the coach of the Philippine women’s football team, Let
Dimzon, rued that her team was served kikiam, along with rice and egg, for breakfast.

Women’s football teams served just egg, kikiam and rice for breakfast
Capulong also lamented how the football team brought “lechon” for dinner without coordinating
with the Sea Games food audit committee, which, he said, was a violation of an agreement that
no oil and pork products be served.

ADVERTISING

Capulong also expressed his disappointment over the actions of the athletes, citing one
instance where a member of the football team, Hali Long aired her frustrations directly to social
media.

“Honestly, we regret that this athlete did not direct the concern to the management or to your
duly appointed facilitator, but resorted immediately to clicking to Facebook which went viral very
fast,” Capulong wrote.

ADVERTISEMENT

He added that that the hotel was “so sad” because the country’s representatives are the “very
first one to destroy our dignity as Filipinos.”

“We are so sad because our very own Pinoy athletes are the very first ones to destroy our
dignity as Filipinos. Where is our sense of nationalism? What is the point of winning gold for our
country if we recklessly destroy other people and our honor as a nation and the Philippine
Sports Commission? All our efforts and undertaking will be in vain because of a few careless,
insensitive athletes of our are spreading wrong information,” read Capulong’s letter.

“May this be a lesson to be included in the future formation of our athletes,” he added.

GSG

Read more:
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1195055/kikiam-hotel-claims-ph-athletes-had-chicken-sausage-for-
breakfast#ixzz66SDwiOo3
Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook