Stoop Bagnet Ilocos | A Mouthwatering Ilocos Cuisine Experince

Stoop Bagnet Ilocos is now on Quezon City!!!

Located at : 53-1 A AL3 Bldg. Visayas Ave. Brgy. Vasra, Quezon City

Quezpn City, Philippines - Last April 26, I was invited for a treat from Stoop Bagnet Ilocos to taste their Bagnet special in their Quezon City area. I was very excited to taste what Stoop can offer in comparison to the different Bagnet house in the Philippines. 

As i enter inside the place it very noticeable that the place is set up for a small number of people inside the room. The table and chair resembled a typical fastfood restaurant in the Philippines , although this kind of setup is what the Filipino love the most, intimate and quick-to-go.

What is special about this place is their condiments. Bagoong Ilocos (Boneless Bagoong Sauce) and Sukang Ilocos (Cane Vinegar) all natural/ no preservation will remind you of what it is like to be in Ilocos. If you want your taste-bud to experience the real taste of Ilocos with Bagnet together with their special sauce, i recommend you to try their food. 

As a promo they are currently having a Buy 1 Take 1 promo for their silog meal 

Another that you should try  is their Sizzling Bagnet for Php 180 only and Bagnet Bossing if one meal is not enough for you. 

I tried their bagnet meal with KKB, you can choose from this following side dishes:  KBL( Kamatis, Bagoong, Lasuna), KKB ( Kamatis, Talbos ng Kamote, Bagoong), TBA (Talong, Bagoong, Alamang), Indulge yourself after with their Fruit Salad Icecream.  

The inspiration of putting up Stoop Bagnet Ilocos, a restaurant serving authentic Ilocano cuisine stemmed from Jay Seneres’ acquired taste and craving for Ilocano food. He was then working for an airline company. Upon the invitation of his good friend and co-worker Galen Cid, they would spend vacation from work at Bacarra, Ilocos Norte, Galen’s hometown. Galen’s mother would cook adobo Ilokano, Igado, dinengdeng and pinakbet from fresh meats and vegetables from them. Jay was introduces to bagoong with talbos ng kamote, kamatis and lasuna (native onions) – to empanada, sukang Ilokos, longanisa, atbp. And the most unforgettable of them all-the bagnet! Jay was hooked.

In Manila, Jay would search for restaurants serving Ilocano food – but found no good ones. Frustrated, he suggested to Galen, that they open an Ilocano restaurant. The two friends agreed that they just needed a good business plan, a good product packaging and a good presentation for the concept to materialize. Still keeping their airline jobs, they decide to go for it! They came up with the name “Stoop Bagnet Ilocos”. “Stoops” is actually a funny moniker they and their close friends call each other – coined word that means “buddy”.

Thus, in March 2008, the first Stoops Bagnet Ilocos fast food restaurant was opened along 1021 Pablo Ocampo St. (Vito Cruz) corner Arellano St. Malate, Manila. For two years the first Stoops branch gained a foothold serving  good tasting bagnet and other Ilocano dishes at affordable prices with fast and reliable service. Owing to a growing customer following, a second branch was opened in August of 2010, a third was opened in Legarda St. Sampaloc, Manila. For six years, the three branches have been in operation under Stoop Bagnet Ilocos Company, a partnership formed by the two founders.

In May 2014, Jay Seneres, realizing the good potential of the business decided to franchise the Stoop brand and concept. He formed a new company – SBI Franchise System Inc. to handle the franchise business of Stoop Bagnet Ilocos. The Corporation will manage all future expansion of the brand. 

For more details and updates on current promos, you may visit their Website and like their Facebook Pages (Official and Visayas Branch). For those interested to franchise, you may call 4041376/09064040224 or email stoops.bagnet.ilocos@gmail.com

Stoop's Bagnet Ilocos (Visayas Branch)

53-1A Visayas Ave, Brg. Vasra, Quezon City

4042341/09164135800

10:30am - 11:00pm

Other Branches:

- Ultima I Bldg. Legarda cor. San Rafael St. Brgy 390 Zone 40, Quiapo

- Arellano St. cor. Estrada St. Singalong, Manila

- Lancaster Square, Imus, Cavite

- Unit 103 CMSR Bldg. #8 President's Ave. BF Homes, Paranaque City

- Calle Lila Marikina

The Quezon City 75th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary

The 75th Jubilee Anniversary of Quezon City

Last October 10, the municipality of Quezon City invited me as one of the bloggers to attend and write about their 75th Jubilee Anniversary celebration. As part of the program, I need to visit the different places of Quezon City for me to explore and discover the rich culture of the City.

As scheduled, I met them around 12 o’clock in a sunny afternoon at the Quezon City Hall. As we wait for the other bloggers to come, the event committee decided to divide us into a three groups with each different itinerary program. I belong to the group that will be going to La Mesa Ecopark, Erehwon Centre for the Arts and Ninoy Aquino Parks & Wildlife Center.

At exactly 1 o’clock in the afternoon, the van departed from the Quezon City Hall and went into our first destination. It was a nice 20-minute ride coming from Quezon City Hall to La Mesa Ecopark including the traffic. Immediately as we landed at the place, the welcoming fresh air of the Ecopark greeted us. All groups have a tour guide, in our team his name is Mr. Donito, which will help us in knowing more about the place.

It was my first time to go inside La Mesa Ecopark and I am very surprised on how well they keep up the park in its good shape even though it was self-sufficient when it comes to providing its daily maintenance needs.

At the time, we visit the Ecopark there are many people inside of it, the people are very lively as some do their company team building in that location, some use the location to snap and shoot pictures for a pre-nuptial wedding and some just hang around to relax.

 As we continue to explore the place, it was clear that the park does not only provide fresh air to the people, but they also have recreational activity for the visitors to try out like zipline, bungee jumping, and a shooting range. They also have animals that are roaming around in the place, like horse, chicken, and a squirrel. After an hour, we finally arrive into the last part of the ecopark, which is an amphitheatre.

The tour in La Mesa Ecopark exhausted me a lot, as it requires a lot of walking to roam around the place. Additional helpful information when you are planning to visit the location: Do not forget to bring extra clothes and water, as you will perspire a lot on the course of your tour.

           

            We arrived in our next destination almost quarter to the four. Erehwon Centre is located at Old Balara, Quezon City. They said that the area was a former factory place of the infamous Loafman’s bread back in the 80’s. We have met with Mr. Benitez the owner of place as an introductory to begin our tour in Erehwon. According to Mr. Benitez, the primary purpose of the establishment is to serve, as the art hub location in Quezon City that made available for the all artists here in the Philippines. The place has a welcoming kind of atmosphere and it even more magnified by their being hospitable to us.

            Inside the lobby, I saw a large painting of a Datu riding a boat together with various Filipino artifacts inside of it. They said that it was a collaboration work of various Filipino artists as a way to help to promote our beloved country thru painting. After a little introduction by the host, we then go ahead in our next place. Erehwon Café is great locations to hang out if you want to see some of our talented Filipino artists perform. After we finish touring the first floor area, we then go ahead into the second floor.

 

            On the second floor of the building, I saw their dance studio and the corporate office of Erehwon. Erehwon is not limited to support one kind of Arts but it also supports all kinds of medium to further expand & create more Filipino Arts that includes dancing, music, and all kinds of visual arts.

            As we transition from second floor to the third floor, I saw this staircase beautifully painted by this black and white paint that mimics a deep sleep scenario of a normal person.

According to them, one of their artists decided to use the staircase as his canvass to create his next artwork and on the next day “viola”, it was already created.

            The third floor of the building has a rehearsal room for an orchestra rehearsal. They said that the famous artist Sir David Pomeranz once visit Erehwon to do his orchestra rehearsal in that place. The room is equipped with various orchestra instruments and the facility is a very good venue to conduct a practice for a musical performance. The third floor also has a room for the artists to rest.

 

           Finally, we reach the top floor of the building where we saw a commemoration display of the late Mr. Nick Joaquin one of our national artists. In the next room, we saw the place where they create a head sculpture of some of the prominent people in the Philippines; some of the people who I recognize are Mayor Herbert Bautista, Mr. Henry Sy and the late Sir Jesse Robredo.

 

            

              We finished the tour at exactly 5 o’clock and headed back to the City Hall. The Quezon City was very exciting to explore and it was very enjoyable meeting other bloggers, which have the same interest in knowing more about the City of Quezon.

For more information about the place :

La Mesa EcoparkAddress: La Mesa Dam Compound | Greater Lagro,Quezon City, Luzon 1118, PhilippinesPhone Number: +63 2 430-5207

Erehwon Center for the ArtsArt Center
Address: #1 Don Francisco St., Villa Beatriz,
Old Balara, Quezon City, 1119 Metro ManilaPhone:(02) 384 3507