Comments on: Baclayon’s Brilliant Broas

By: jhaz

jhaz — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 02:00:01 +0000

Sigh…. I missed buying Osang’s broas when my family and I went there for a vacation last week. :c :c :c

By: Carlos

Carlos — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:58:15 +0000

I have just had 2 dozen little lady fingers from Osang’s. One of my agents is from Tagbilaran and i had told her about Osang’s. She went once and there was none, had to return next day for the 5 bags on order. I luckily had one of them. Incomparable to any other broas whether from Iloilo or Laguna, Crisp, light and airy . . Its a consistent flavor throughout the cookie and although it crumbles, the whole cookies barely leave crumbs.Thank you Market Man, tag that as another of the 1000 things to taste before leaving this mortal coil.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:20:56 +0000

maria, the broas were still crisp due to their cooking process… a double baking that gets the wafer as crisp as possible. To my knowledge, they are not for sale in Manila, and do not produce in commercial quantities other than for their in-house shop.

By: maria

maria — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:50:24 +0000

my sister and her husband visited bohol and came home with broas – very good! my apos could not get enough of them. the two packs we were given were gone in a jiffy.

for your information – the broas were packed in a brown paper bag but they were crispy and
just so when we got them. i share this because some broas i bought somewhere else were no longer crispy when we opened the can.

are osang’s broas available in manila?

By: chu

chu — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:09:03 +0000

yap….I’ll miss Baclayon broas…it’s yummy…try 2 look for it..it’s in the back of Baclayon Church…

By: dHomemaker in the Kitchen

dHomemaker in the Kitchen — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:28:45 +0000

i agree.. i am originally from Baclayon and i know just how delicious Osang’s broas are! my family has been buying their broas since my Mama was still in her teenage years, with my Lola, a friend of the owner, where they got the name. =) everytime i get to visit home, i never fail to go there to get a few hundreds to bring back to Manila.

just to share, there is also this one family-operated shop – Israel’s, which is also in Baclayon. They sell basically the same products, broas which is also a hit, the ones you can find in the Supermarkets in Tagbilaran City. I also found out a few years ago, together with local delicacies Calamay and Caycay, were sold in a convenient store in Better Living in Bicutan. Maybe a Boholano owner. This, by the way, is the commercial type.

but i would still go for Osang’s. definitely so much better than any other broas I tasted! yum!=)

By: Marketman

Marketman — Sun, 09 May 2010 06:46:07 +0000

Dragon, no cat in the bag. I have been meaning to write a book for years, have never gotten around to it. I would have to reduce MM posts to one a week instead of 10 to have enough time to even draft a book… :)

By: dragon

dragon — Sat, 08 May 2010 11:28:53 +0000

Cat’s out of the bag MM – when’s the book due to come out??? Before December for the feeding program? ;-)

By: Brian Asis

Brian Asis — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:34:09 +0000

It would be a shame that they could not increase their production and export it. Too bad I was not able to drop by Osang’s while I was at Bohol but now At least I have a reason to go back!

By: Gej

Gej — Wed, 05 May 2010 08:10:14 +0000

Great post.
Something must be done about these artisanal enterprises. And not just the artisanal food enterprises. Most are struggling, even as tehy have spent almost all their lives creating products that are truly unique and Filipino.
I was very happy to bump into a photo exhibit in Greenbelt 5 yesterday. The theme is “Artisans” . The high profile photographers include Jaime Zobel de Ayala, among others. It’s ongoing, although I am not sure until when.
It was a relatively small but well-appreciated high profile gesture for these photographers to pay tribute to named and unnamed men and women who, in a very real way, preserve Filipino culture with their lives. I hope many take the cue from them.