Empanada and Mami in Candon City
Candon Eateries
Mami and Empanada
If you ever in Candon City and looking for a place to eat, there is a place at the plaza area a few meters from the national highway. At Jollibee, go east and the next block would be rows of eateries with open-air seating. Most of the eateries serve empanadas, mami and other snacks. I go here to eat because sometimes I get tired eating at the fast-food restaurants in the area such as Jollibee, Chowking, McDonalds and Greenwich Pizza. There are also always long lines in those restaurants. Vigan is the place to go for empanadas but at least, they also have it in Candon. There is no need for you to go to Vigan if you are craving or would like to try Ilocos empanadas.
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Atty. Romeo J. Somera, Esq.,CPA on June 27, 2017 Permalink |
This reminds me of my primary and elementary days when they were peddling empanada on the streets of Tagudin. Ilalaaw da diak lacoda nga empanada. “EMPANADA, EMPANADA APO”. And they are freshly done because they are still hot.. “Agayamoom ti banglo da”. I thought those empanadas were the best tasting that I ever came across. But then, everything would taste good to a hungry child whose palate was tickled by the aroma of the food. Besides, I love “balatong”, one of the ingredients of empanada.
lv on June 28, 2017 Permalink |
Balatong (mung beans) sounds like a good ingredient for an empanada. I am not sure if they still make empanadas with balatong. It would be nice if they would bring back some of the original ingredients they used to put in the Ilocos empanadas. The crust of Ilocos empanadas is made out of rice flour but I guess the folks in Ilocos could either use wheat or rice but in order to make it different from the other empanadas they use rice flour.
lv on July 2, 2017 Permalink |
The dough is made out of rice flour. There are many variations on the ingredients for the filling but it would not be an Ilocos empanada if there is no longganisa in it.