Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Sagada Food Trip

One of the best parts about traveling is that it exposes you not only to different cultures but to regional foods and other gastronomical delight that made the place famous. And when you say Sagada, what comes to mind are Home-made Yoghurts and the Pinikpikan. I definitely tried those two and have discovered more. So, here are some food I have tried and the restos/establishments who made them:

NATIVE TREATS

Pinikpikan


Native Steamed Rice


Pinikpikan is Sagada's very-own chicken specialty. It is made by slowly beating a native chicken to death until its blood appear on its skin. The natives believe that doing so will bring-out the best taste of the chicken. It is cooked tinola style but with a twist because a salted pork called "Etag" is added to the meal. The meal is completed with sliced sayote and green beans. Pinikpikan is best served with native steamed rice.

Pinikpikan takes awhile to cook so you need to order it in advance. Our Pinikpikan was made specially for us by Tita Mary at Residential Lodge (0919-672-8744).

MAIN COURSE

Log Cabin's Roast Pork with Buttered Vegetables and Mashed Potatoes


Dalican's Buttered Chicken


Dalican's Chicken Curry


We have been to at least five restaurants in Sagada. My personal favorite however are Log Cabin and Dalican's.

Log Cabin is serve western-style food which is hearty and elegantly presented. The place can occupy at most six groups of diners in its cozy, wooden restaurant. You must drop by a few hours in advance to place your order thou 'coz it will take awhile cooking your food. On Saturdays, there are buffets but you need reservations to get-in. I ordered Roast Pork with Buttered Vegetables and Mashed Potatoes served in big plate and it was pure delight. This meal cost about two hundred and fifty pesos.

One of the newer place in town is Dalican's Restaurant. Their chicken meals are just great and really affordable and their breakfast are ok as well. You will also have a great view of the mountains from their place. Meals ranges from one hundred to two hundred pesos.

YOGHURTS AND PIES

Yoghurt House's Hiker's Delight Breakfast


Lemon Pie House's Lemon Pie


Lemon Pie House's Egg Pie


Makamkamlis Bakeshop's Cinnamon Bread


The Yoghurt House reputedly serve the best yoghurt in town. I have tried their Yoghurt with banana, strawberry preserve and granola (Benj calls this Yoghurt with Everything in it) and it taste really great. Kinda sour and sweet and definitely creamy. I have also tried their Hiker's Delight for breakfast composed of two sunny-side up eggs, toasted bread and yoghurt crepe and I liked it. Their yoghurts ranges from eighty to a hundred pesos each and their breakfast meals are under two hundred pesos.

When it comes to pies, Elena Sagada's Lemon Pie House rule. The soft, melt-in your-mouth goodness of their Lemon Pies and the to-die-for-goodness of their Egg Pies are truly too tempting not to experience. These pies are almost always sold out so better place your orders early. Pies cost a hundred and fifty pesos each.

One of the best-finds in Sagada is the Cinnamon Bread from Makamkamlis Bakeshop. You can have this soft and sweet bread for only seventeen pesos, really perfect with a cup of native coffee.

All of the restaurants above are located within the town center and you can just ask the kind people there where each of the place are located. Sagada's town proper is not that big so almost everyone there know these places.

For more information about Sagada, you may check Visit Sagada by clicking here. Also, this post is my contribution to My World where bloggers from around the globe share a piece of their world. To see other amazing contributions, please click here.

More of Sagada on my next posts.

42 comments:

  1. It all looks so wonderful that I'm at a loss as to what I'd have first...no, the Pinikpikan would definitely be my first choice! May I have seconds?
    Sandi
    ps
    hope all is well with your home in the aftermath of the storm!

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  2. base kuya.

    hahaha. nagutom ako dun ah. :)parang ang sasarap.

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  3. Yummy, mouth watering :) great shot's

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  4. mukhang katakam takam ang mga food lalo na yung Lemon Pie House's Egg Pie...anu yung parang crystals sa ibabaw?

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  5. i definitely want the buttered and curry chicken and the lemon pie looks scrumptious! oh, did i say i also like the roast thingy?! ^-^
    everything looks yummiest!

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  6. slowly beating a native chicken to death? did i really read it right? everything else looks very yummy though. now i'm famished :)

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  7. Glad I just had breakfast or I'd be tearing down the house looking for something good to eat!

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  8. I've got to go eat breakfast -- now! What a great post and the food looks delicious! Your photos are fantastic as always and now I'm drooling on my keyboard -- not good! Have a great day! I'm off to breakfast!

    Sylvia

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  9. I've got to go eat breakfast -- now! What a great post and the food looks delicious! Your photos are fantastic as always and now I'm drooling on my keyboard -- not good! Have a great day! I'm off to breakfast!

    Sylvia

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  10. i feel kinda sorry for the chicken who has to suffer before being served as pinikpikan...that's not something certain people would call "kosher" food. :P

    purple rice! ohhh what fun!

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  11. i am leaving right now...those plates of food are simply delicious looking. the ingredients amazing. now the steamed rice has what else in it to give it that purplish/red hue? is it some sort of bean? curious.
    and the Pinikpikan looks mighty tasty too. the cinnamon bread and egg custard pies...oh my goodness...

    thanks for sharing some of this wonderful food with all of us.

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  12. my mouth is watering from all the good food you showed. i would really love that chicken curry. i wish i could go visit that place.

    www.ewok1993.wordpress.com

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  13. pinikpikan might be a little too much for animal activists hehe :)

    the food looks scrumptious !

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  14. It all looks good. I'd like to start with pie first.

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  15. The native rice there reminds me of the native rice here which is grown on the hill

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  16. For a small town like Sagada (and remote at that), it's really impressive they've got really good places to eat. I tried Yoghurt House and was fed well. For me, I wouldn't order Pinikpikan - the preparation is just so cruel.

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  17. I'm full but your post made me hungry again! Whenever I travel, food exploration is among my priorities. =)

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  18. Uhmmm, pinikpikan, I think I tasted it once before, I just can't remember now. But what a gruesome way to cook food.

    But hey, it adds up to the exoticism of the food.

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  19. nung una kong narinig kung pano lutuin ang pinikpikan, awang-awa ako sa manok. i don't think makakain ko yun dahil sa manner ng pagkatay, if you can call it that. dunno, naiimagine ko kasi. :(

    as for the other foods posted here, aba kesobrang sarap naman ng mga yan ah. as ever kakagutom! :D

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  20. Pasilip silip lang. huhuhu. I can't resist. diet ako ngayon pero maganda ang photos walang kupas.

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  21. Pinikpikan... this is cruelty to animals...I am not an animal right activist and I accept other people traditions...but I would never never order this.

    Plants, animals and humans... we all share our world and we should show respect for each other.

    We can kill animals to feed ourselves... but we should do it in painless way.

    The only animal I know of that hunts and kills for pleasure is humans...

    All the other food look delicious! :-)

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  22. LS: That made me really hungry with all the great food. Did you gain weight on the trip?

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  23. eto ang pinakahihintay kong post!!! hahahahaahahaha

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  24. this makes me want to go to Sagada :|

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  25. nakakagutom talaga ang post na to... lalo na yung egg pie... favorite ko pa naman yun!

    sa susunod papadala ka sa lahat ng readers mo para pati kami makakatikim :D

    eto pala experience ko kay ondoy... baka lang gusto mo basahin at kung sakali paki kalat na din po sonation drive namin para makatulong kami sa mga nasalanta sa brgy na yun.

    salamat po =)

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  26. ooppps.. eto po link -> http://www.lalaineski.com/2009/10/07/surviving-ondoy/

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  27. It all looks delicious. thanks for sharing your wonderful foods.

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  28. that pinikpikan looks lovely..

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  29. yummy.... sarap naman nian... grabe... i want to eat them all up!!!!

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  30. promise...i'll try them all when i return to Sagada next time:)

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  31. Kainan na!!! syet nanghihina ako sa kakatingin sa mga pagkain... jejejejejejje

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  32. OMG! Slowly beating the chicken to death? I think that's cruel!

    The Yoghurt House's Hiker's Delight Breakfast looks yummy! And the lemon pie too! : )

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  33. whoa! cinnamon bread and the steamed rice, i like. plus the yogurt and lemon pies! yihaa!

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  34. one more detail, the cinnamon bread? 17 pesos lang yun - it's as wide as your face and it's about 1.5 inches thick.

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  35. Wow the food looked so good and yummy.

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  36. Dalican -- that's new! Food looks good too!

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  37. We love your Lemon Pie House photos. Can we feature them in our blog? We can also feature you as our writer of the day of you will do a write-up for our blog. Email us at lemonpiehouse@gmail.com. Thank you Lawstude.

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  38. ang sarap, parang kakaiba yung native steamed rice... ginutom ako...

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  39. ahhh! I must come back for the Yoghurt House's Hiker's Delight Breakfast. :)

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