Comments on: Lunch at La Preciosa, Laoag, Ilocos Norte

By: sheena

sheena — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:27:40 +0000

Hi Marketman! I think poqui poqui is best paired with tuyo! Yum yum! Gosh! I’m craving for eggplant… I’m salivating.

By: shalum

shalum — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:17:21 +0000

you’re so right about the vigan longganisa.

By: ilokano-kano

ilokano-kano — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:05:46 +0000

I was reading your blog and it seems you went for the tourist trap restaurants in iLOCOS Norte. There is this restaurant in San Nicolas just before the bridge to Laoag called Dawangs actually a hole in the wall or rather a “Carinderia” that serves the best food. If you are not particular about the ambience like the G3 or G5 restaurants in Makati this eatery is an extension of the owners house right beside their kitchen and outdoor laundry.Sounds terrible but you have to try it. Authentic homecooked iLOCANO food…Try their tinono(grilled pork with tomatos, sinanglaw(papaitan),Baligatad(medium cooked beef),sarabasab, igado,and their dinuguan with chicharon with lots of rice and bottled soda. WE first tried this restaurant about 8 years ago courtesy of our late DAD and we keep coming back every year along with his 12 grand children who love eating there and trying new dishes.This restaurant is definitely always on our itinerary.One lunch for the whole brood of 20 hungry kids along with 30 orders of rice, and 2 cases of soda cost us just PHP1650!!!!. Try it!!”DAWANGS”…. Ilocos longanisa is different for each town but the Cabugao,sinait and Batac are the best and it tastes even better when grilled.Batac empanada is the BEST when you like it with eggs and longanisa, Vigan empanada is good when you order the plain ones make sure you dip it sukang iloko… In Santo Domingo,iLocos Sur they sell Malunggay ice cream.. Happy Eating!!!

By: PinoyzZ cray c.r.a.z.y.

PinoyzZ cray c.r.a.z.y. — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:51:13 +0000

we think the poqui-poqui is “sarap”!!!xD

Bye2

B careful.

By: PinoyZz

By: paul

paul — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:19:23 +0000

woah, no way! my family and i ate at this restaurant the last time we were in the philippines…like about 2 years ago! it’s right around the corner from my cousins’ house. honestly, i didn’t enjoy it that much. for one thing, my sister and i saw a rat scurry across the floor…that threw off our appetite. and for me, the food wasn’t all that great. i forgot what i had but i just had a small portion of it and i was done.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:59:15 +0000

Lauya looks good! Poqui poqui is new to me and thanks Tulip for the heads up on how to cook it.

By: sugar

sugar — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:56:23 +0000

MM! what happened in Cafe Leona?… Vigan longganisa i think is more garlicky than the ones in laoag. For me it tastes better, even their empanada(grated papaya or cabbage/vigan longganisa and egg complimented with sukang iloco with onions)

By: Blaise

Blaise — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:25:10 +0000

Thanks tulip for the tip..

I’m really going to try out that poqui-poqui, looks so good..

By: corrine

corrine — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:24:35 +0000

Gosh,I’ve been trying to trace the origin of what my mother calls “laoya”. I’ve only seen it served in our home in Laguna ( you can consider it an heirloom recipe) and nowhere else. But, it’s more a cross between bulalo and cocido. I cook bulalo using beef shanks then there is a side dish made of boiled camote, eggplant, saba all mashed together with mashed garlic, vinegar, salt, and pepper. It’s far from the lauya you described but it’s named the same. That’s amazing!

By: palengkera

palengkera — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:05:20 +0000

erleen, have you heard of “Sparkle” it’s getting quite popular here in Davao. I think it’s a new softdrink by Coca Cola. But right on with the longganisa and it is even more delicious if the casing gets a bit crispy-fried. Sus ginoo.