Yummy to the taste, “yucky” to the pocket.

Mouthwatering as they are very much enticing to include on the table for Christmas, Filipinos are likely to pass on them and scrimp for alternatives amid new price adjustments that La Loma roasters announced.

Lechon Baboy now sells from P7,000 to P14,000 each depending on their weight while tender-and-milky-to-the-taste roasted young calves now sell at a whooping P50,000 apiece! Take it or leave it. (Mike Taboy/BENJIE CUARESMA/IAMIGO/CNS)