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.

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