Angono's Balaw Balaw Restaurant: Art and Good Food in One Roof

Angono is a first class urban municipality in the province of Rizal.  It is known as "Arts Capital of the Philippines", and located 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Manila. (Source: Wikipedia).  In fact, it is the hometown of two national artists, Lucio San Pedro for music and Carlos "Botong" Francisco for arts.

Angono Tourist's Landmarks

From our area in Taguig, it's just a 30-40 minute ride via C6 road.  We got there just before lunch so we decided to go to Balaw Balaw first.  It's a restaurant and art gallery in one.  It offers exotic dishes, as well as traditional Filipino dishes.

What is Balaw Balaw? It is a delectable appetizer and sauce the Tagalogs serve together with sinigang. It is made from small shrimps mixed with rice gruel and “angkak”, an herb that gives reddish coloring. The mixture is preserved and fermented in earthen jar for 3 days. After this, Balaw Balaw is ready to eat of sautéed with young bamboo shoots. (source)

Address:	#16 Doña Justa St., Doña Subd., PH1, Angono, Rizal
Contact Number:	+63 2 651-0110
Email Add:	balaw2x@yahoo.com

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To get there, follow the signs to Thunderbird Resort.  The restaurant is one house/establishment from the main road (left side when coming from Manila), a block (or was it blocks) before a 7-11 convenience store where one turns left for Thunderbird Resort/East Ridge Golf Club.

Balaw Balaw (the sign can be seen from the main road)

Facade of the restaurant

While waiting for our order, we looked around at the art pieces in the restaurant.

 

There's an eerie feeling about this room.
It might be these big heads which might have been
used during the Higantes Festival,
or it's something else...

Artworks from floor to ceiling

Sculptures and Paintings

View from the 2nd floor

Faucet

Restroom

At last, our food was served.

Nilasing na hipon for PhP130.00

Minaluto for PhP970.00 (Medium size good for 3-4persons)
Consists of steamed rice, mussels, prawn, crab, water spinach, eggplant, okra, pork adobo, tomato and salted red egg

Bucoroco for PhP130.00
Young coconut with halo-halo & ice cream

Next Stop: Angono Petroglyphs