PASALUBONG: What to Bring Back Home from Bacolod? @TourismPHL

By Abigail Javellana

Your Bacolod trip wouldn’t be complete without bringing a piece of Bacolod. From freshly baked pies and desserts, local delicacies and famous colorful MassKara Mask.

Our Awesome Guide to Bacolod City and the Masskara Festival

• BACOLOD: Food & Festival Guide of Masskara Festival! (VIDEO)
• BACOLOD: Our Awesome Guide to MassKara Festival!
• BACOLOD FOOD TRIP: Eat Like a Local in Bacolod
• Essential Tourist Spots to Visit in Bacolod
• PASALUBONG: What to Bring Back Home from Bacolod? @TourismPHL

Here’s our top picks to bring back home…

 

HOW TO MAKE PIAYA VLOG! (Piaya Workshop at Bong Bong’s Factory)

Piaya is Bacolod’s #1 pasalubong treat!

Join @Abi.golucky as she goes on a factory tour at Bong Bong’s -one of the oldest piaya bakers in Bacolod!

Being the Sugar Capital of the Philippines, trying out the local sweet delicacies are a must! This is one activity the kids would love to experience when visiting Bacolod, since affordable and mouthwatering sugary desserts is what the city is known for!

(Watch Video)

You can book the piaya workshop via Bong Bong’s Official Facebook, or call and message their office (034) 704 1275 | 09228606767.

Rate: 60php/head only.
Min of 15 pax max of 50pax
(The Factory is closed on Sundays)

*Please book in advance for availability

BONG BONG’S
Bongbong Villan Building
Corner Pauline Street Alijis Road,
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
Landline: (034) 704 1275
Mobile: +639228606767
Website: www.bongbongspiaya.com.ph

 

 

EL IDEAL:

It’s been called the applepie of the Philippines by the citizens of Silay a neighboring city to Bacolod, Negros Occidental PH.
During the 1980s “sugar crisis” some local sugarcane farmers switched to growing Guapple Fruit which is a Vietnamese variant of Guava that has a texture very similar to an actual apple. Alice Locsin Villanueva of El Ideal Bake Shop used Guapple in a pie recipe as a substitute for Apple and the rest is history.

Order: Guapple Pie (P45/slice P310/whole pie), Buko Pie (P45/slice P310/whole pie), Halo-halo (P85), Batchoy (P85), ubod (P25).

Pasalubong: Bani -da (69), masapudrida, gallietas (P30/piece P360/pack), brojas (P69) and piyaya (P60-P100).

 

Guapple Pie (P45/slice P310/whole pie) is to Silay as Apple Pie to America. Baked with butter sugar and cinnamon Guapple Pie has a taste and texture similar to Apple but a very distinct hint of tropical fruit.

A must-try if you’re ever in the Negros as these pies can only be found here and no other place in the world.

 

Buko Pie (P45/slice P310/whole pie). But the winner for us is the buko pie made from young coconut flesh. Layers of soft coconut flesh stacked together and baked between a thin layer of crust.

 

Check out the different cookies and snacks of El Ideal.

EL IDEAL
118 Rizal Street, 6116 Silay City
Operating Hours: Mon-Sun 6:30 am-6:00 pm
Phone: +63 34 495 4430
E-mail: elidealbakery@yahoo.com
Facebook: EL-IDEAL-Bakery

 

PENDY’S

Established in 1987, Pendy’s is home to a wide selection of best selling pasalubong goodies (Virgie’s, Bailons and etc) with some being freshly baked pastries to acquired yummy treats from supplier but the Half Moons are what they are most known for.

 

Half Moons (P40/piece) at Pendy’s are light and fluffy sponge cakes that are topped with a creamy bright yellow egg custard, the cakes get their names from being cut into crescent shapped—hand sized snacks.

 

Don’t forget to buy a box of their famous napoleones also (P15/piece, P180/box).

 

PENDY’S
25th Lacson St, Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Phone: +63 34 434-0269
Operating Hours: 7:30am- 8:00pm

 

BAILON’S

Piyaya (P80/pack). Your Bacolod Trip won’t be complete without bringing home a box of piyaya. Piyaya is a local delicacy made of flour and sugar.

My favorite piyaya would be from Bailons, it’s perfectly toasted and wafer thin with a chewy texture. It has a thin layer of muscovado, and we liked how it wasn’t as sweet and stuffed like the usual piyayas.

Best to consume 3 days after buying. You can also refrigerate it for 1 month and toast it before eating.

 

BAILON FOOD SPECIALTIES
#17 San Sebastian St. Bacolod City
also available at Pendy’s in Lacson Street (Php 80++)
Phone: +63 34 434-7997

 

ROLI’S

Napaleones are layered puff pastries filled with custard cream glazed with white sugar on top. They come in square and recangle shape sold in a box.

Locals would argue the best selling napaleones would either be from Roli’s or Pendy’s. Both napaleones  have crunchy layered puffs and a soft sweet creamy custard on the inside.

For us, we liked Roli’s because the creamy custard and texture was better for us. 🙂

 

ROLI’S
La Salle Ave., Bacolod City
Facebook: Rolis-Napoleones

Lopues East, Bacolod City
Operating Hours: Mon- Sun: 10am – 10pm
Phone: +63 34 709-3161, +63 34 433-3257
Facebook: Rolis-Napoleones

 

VIRGIE’S

Mango tart or Pastillas de manga is one of Virgie’s most popular product. It has a flaky crust with a chewy inside, you can also taste the natural sweetness from their fresh mango jam. (P200/25 pieces)

 

You can also buy their other best seller called the Boat Tart because of its boat-like shape. It’s butter caramel laced with meringue on top. (P200/25 pieces)

 

VIRGIE’S HOMEMADE PRODUCTS
59 San Sebastian Street Bacolod City, Neg. Occ.
Phone: +63 34 434-1788, +63 34 434-1588
Website: www.virgieshomemade.com
Email: virgies_homemade@yahoo.com.ph

 

 

NEGROS SHOWROOM 

Bring a piece back from Bacolod with the islands popular sweets and pasalubong goodies that Negros is known for at the The Negros Showroom. Get a mask from famed mask designer Jojo Vito. Buy hand-crafted and distinctive lamps, paintings and other home accessories, furniture, fashion accessories, bags for all lifestyles, and natural and organic products, among others.

 

Fashion! Find great finds with native inspired bags, accessories, and clothes. Beautiful furniture made from natural and eco-friendly local materials such as buri, firewoods, tiger-grass, and leather.

 

Local favorite pasalubong and even preserved kadios, batwan, sinamak and mascubado.

Kadios: pidgeon peas

Batwan: Negrenses and Ilonggos used this fruit as a souring agent, instead to tamarind or kamias.

Sinamak: Local Vinegar made from coconut sap, crushed garlic, onions, hot pepper, salt & sugar and langkawas. 

Mascubado: Natural unrefined can sugar, a healthier option to brown sugar.

 

NEGROS SHOWROOM
Mandalagan, Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Facebook: TheNegrosShowroom
Phone: +63 34 441-0142

9th Lacson Street, Bacolod, Negros Occidental
Facebook: TheNegrosShowroom
Phone: +63 34 441-0142

 

JOJO VITO GALLERY 

Jojo Vito is the most famous mask designer in Bacolod City, with his works being the highlight of showrooms and galleries in Bacolod. The award winning mask designer has been the official mask maker for the Masskara Queen of Bacolod City. Jojo Vito Designs Gallery is a pioneering brand to home furnishing, decors, novelty items and the famous colorful MassKara Masks.

His masks are travel-friendly using versatile material made out of reinforced plastic and glass fiber, mold, clay, and fiberglass. You can also find his masks at the Negros showroom and galleries around Bacolod.

(Price range from half masks -P150-P700, full masks P600-P900, wall masks P900-P1,500 and giant mask displays ranging from P7000-P8000 all depending on the designs and materials used.)

 

JOJO VITO GALLERY
119 alunan ave, Bacolod City (Near Metrodome)
Operating Hours: 8:00am-7:00pm
Website: http://www.jojovito.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jojovitodesignsgallery
Phone: +63 34 435-1256
Mobile: +63 92285-16729

 

Other go to pasalubong stores are Bong-Bong’s, Merczi, and Sugarlandia.

 

You can buy Bong-Bong’s Piaya from the airport.

 

Overall, we loved Bacolod City’s MassKara Festival! From Bacolod Food trips, heritage tours, colorful parades, vibrant costumes to endless street parties that last until the morning. Our experience wouldn’t be as fun without the smiling faces of the people of Bacolod.

Our Awesome Guide to Bacolod City

• BACOLOD: Our Awesome Guide to MassKara Festival!
• BACOLOD FOOD TRIP: Eat Like a Local in Bacolod
• Essential Tourist Spots to Visit in Bacolod
• PASALUBONG: What to Bring Back Home from Bacolod? @TourismPHL

BACOLOD CITY
Facebook: Bacolod-City-Public-Information-Office
Phone: +63 34 434-6751, +63 34 432-1997
Website: www.onebacolod.com
E-mail: onebacolod@yahoo.com.ph

 

Live an Awesome Life,

ABI of Team Our Awesome Planet

Disclosure: Our #BoomingBacolod experience was courtesy of the Bacolod City Toursim office. Read Our Awesome Planet Complete Disclosure Policy here.

P.S. We do believe in the saying after your visit in  Bacolod, you’re sure to gain 5 pounds and a smile!

Thank you Bacolod City Mayor’s Office and the Bacolod Tourism Office for a wonderful #BoomingBacolod exerience. Especially to Mayor Monico Puentevella and Mr. Rocky Puentevella for showing us what Bacolod City has to offer. Cheers to a successful Masskara Festival!