{"id":23713,"date":"2018-07-14T12:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T04:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=23713"},"modified":"2018-10-31T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T08:26:30","slug":"sagana-epicerie-and-bistro-farm-to-family-freshness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/taguig\/bonifacio-global-city\/sagana-epicerie-and-bistro-farm-to-family-freshness\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagana \u00c9picerie and Bistro: Farm to Family Freshness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sagana \u00c9picerie and Bistro | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMYiVpAjRzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Philippines is an agricultural country and\u00a0it houses\u00a0crops that has an organic quality. There are few local restaurants in the metro that use these raw ingredients; <strong>Sagana \u00c9picerie and Bistro<\/strong> in <strong>Bonifacio Global City <\/strong>is one of those.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23721\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Welcome to Sagana\u00a0\u00c9picerie and Bistro in\u00a0Taguig<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sagana is a French restaurant incorporating as much organic local ingredients as possible while bringing France to your table. At its helm is <strong>French celebrity Chef Marc Aubry<\/strong> who makes sure that everyone&#8211;not just locals&#8211;will definitely enjoy the\u00a0food.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23725\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana4-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana4-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Eggplant and Garlic Pur\u00e9e with Lettuce and Pita Bread (from the weekly changing Market Menu)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sagana is a Tagalog word for bountiful. The restaurant utilizes crops from all over the country following the French concept of &#8220;terroir,&#8221; wherein a specific piece of land is cultivated to produce the best crop. This is reflected in their interiors that are brimming with plants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23727\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana6.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana6-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana6-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana6-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The restaurant interior reflects their\u00a0advocacy to use local ingredients and support Filipino farmers<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sagana uses a visual menu of French cuisine rather than just one specialty taste of a region. Customers will also\u00a0like how each dish is cooked the same way they\u00a0do in France.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23724\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana3-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana3-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Chilled Gazpacho Soup (from the weekly changing Market Menu)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chef Aubry tells us that their supplier will often bring new vegetables especially when some crops are damaged or not in season.\u00a0He presents the\u00a0<em>Market Menu,<\/em>\u00a0a weekly special, in which new and extra raw ingredients are used. Thus, this menu changes weekly. However, they offer dishes that are\u00a0not included\u00a0and are always available\u00a0such as the <strong>Algerian Couscous (Php 980 single serving, Php 1600 double servings)<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>which is a chicken and beef broth served with grilled US lamb chops, merguez sausage and wheat semolina. Meanwhile, the <strong>Grilled Apahap (Php 760) <\/strong>is served with creamed vegetable ratatouille and fried shallots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26439\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA1-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA1-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Algerian Couscous (Php 980 single serving, Php 1600 double servings)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26438\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/SAGANA-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Grilled Apahap (Php 760)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Being an\u00a0\u00e9picerie, Sagana sells\u00a0same\u00a0organic ingredients that are used in their cooking, as well as French wines and sauces. Nothing is wasted in Sagana and local products are patronized.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23726\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana5.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana5-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana5-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/07\/Sagana5-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Organic and straight from the farms, extra ingredients are sold to reduce waste<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Fresh from the farm to your table, Sagana \u00c9picerie and Bistro is not just your average French restaurant but also a champion of Filipino agriculture.\u00a0Visit\u00a0Sagana for a taste of the fruitful relationship of Filipino and French.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This also appears on Philippine Primer Japanese Magazine\u2019s July 2018 issue.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh from the farm to your table, Sagana \u00c9picerie and Bistro is not just your average French restaurant but also a champion of Filipino agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,14,2067],"tags":[565,2104,2103],"class_list":["post-23713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-french","category-bonifacio-global-city","category-french-2018","tag-french-restaurant","tag-sagana","tag-sagana-epicerie-and-bistro"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23713"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26451,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23713\/revisions\/26451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}