Up to 58% off on authentic and exotic Filipino food at Balaw Balaw

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Up to 58% off on authentic and exotic Filipino food at Balaw Balaw: 


Highlights:
Authentic ethnic Filipino cuisine
All natural, no MSG preservatives
Also has a gallery and museum
Sells food products






Fine Print:
Groupon is valid for 3 months
May purchase multiple Groupons
Reservation required at least 1 day in advance; call +632.651.0110
Printed Groupon is required upon redemption
Operating hours: Monday – Sunday from 10:00am – 10:00pm
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Up to 58% off on authentic and exotic Filipino food at Balaw Balaw: 


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Doreen, the consummate teacher | Inquirer Opinion

Ilang newspaper clippings ng mga artikulo ni Gng. Doreen Gamboa Fernandez tungkol sa Angono, Balaw-Balaw Restaurant at sa may-ari nito na si Perdigon Vocalan ang nakadisplay sa Balaw-Balaw.  Masasabing si Doreen Fernandez ang una at naging daan upang makilala ang Balaw-Balaw dahil sa kanyang mga sinulat na artikulo ukol dito.  

May nabasa din akong artikulo nya na naglalahad hindi lang ng mga pagkaing tatak Angono, tulad ng fried itik, paggamit ng dahon ng alagaw bilang sangkap sa pagluluto at mga luto sa isdang kanduli kundi maging ng mga pagdiriwang sa panahon ng kapistahan ni San Clemente at Salubong sa Pasko ng Pagkabuhay.


Maraming Salamat! Doreen Fernandez.



Doreen, the consummate teacher | Inquirer Opinion:

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 "Oh, to be so loved by one’s students that they would remember, not the drudgery of writing and learning, but the memorable experiences deliberately planned for them, all to be used as material for writing. She took them to trips to nearby Angono for its rich folk and popular culture. When the first McDonald’s first opened in downtown Manila, she took her freshman class there and placed an order of 24 of the following: burgers, fries, apple pies, fizzy drinks—all to discuss, analyze, savor, and write about in a writing exercise back in the classroom. Others cannot forget being led to discover how to open a fish head and its 13 distinct flavors. Another one said he never thought he was any good as a writer until she typed all his poems and photocopied them for the class to appreciate. One considers her the best single teacher he ever had. “She was our excuse to gush,” another one said unabashedly."

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'Bizarre Foods' host sees Pinoy food fad in US | ABS-CBN News

Balaw Balaw Folk Food Restaurant of the family of Perdigon Vocalan is really popular with all this international exposure by Mr. Andrew Zimmern of Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods.


 "MANILA, Philippines -- "Bizarre Foods" host Andrew Zimmern is predicting Filipino cuisine to be the next big thing among American diners.

Zimmern made the prediction an interview with the website of the US morning show "Today," which was published on Tuesday.

“I predict, two years from now, Filipino food will be what we will have been talking about for six months … I think that’s going to be the next big thing,” he told Today.com.

“I want to go on record — this is not something that’s hot now somewhere and will get hot everywhere else,” he said. “It’s just starting. I think it’s going to take another year and a half to get up to critical mass, but everybody loves Chinese food, Thai food, Japanese food, and it’s all been exploited."

"The Filipinos combined the best of all of that with Spanish technique. The Spanish were a colonial power there for 500 years, and they left behind adobo and cooking in vinegar — techniques that, applied to those tropical Asian ingredients, are miraculous,” he told the website."

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Balaw Balaw Restaurant, Angono, Rizal - andresalvador's Photos | SmugMug

"Nice photos of Balaw Balaw Specialty Restaurant from a good photographer named Andre Salvador "

BALAW-BALAW RESTAURANT, ANGONO, RIZAL - andresalvador's Photos | SmugMug

Balaw-Balaw Restaurant in Angono Hills is a Pilipino Restaurant that serve unusual foods. It serves dishes not usually served in regular resturants. When TV personality Andrew Zimmern of "Bizarre Foods" TV program came to the Philippines, Balaw-Balaw is one of the restaurants he visited and featured in his show. Although fresh wood worms, cow's balls, crocodile meat, white ants and other type of vegetarion worms may be ordered, I did not have the guts and stomach to order it.

The place is not just a restaurant, it is also the display area for the fine art paintings and sculptures of the restaurant owner. His art works are displayed on three floors of the building.