{"id":29316,"date":"2019-02-05T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=29316"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:00:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T08:00:30","slug":"ihawan-sa-caoayan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/filipino\/ihawan-sa-caoayan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ihawan sa Caoayan: Serving Filipino Feast in A Traditional Kamayan Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ihawan sa Caoayan | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C0i_gHXSsBI?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 style=\"text-align: justify\">From the humble beginnings of\u00a0a small food cart to becoming the famed grilled restaurant in Ilocos Sur,\u00a0<strong>Ihawan\u00a0sa\u00a0Caoayan&#8217;s<\/strong> nipa hut dining place\u00a0continues to serve customers a traditional Filipino\u00a0<em>kamayan<\/em> experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29319\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2968.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2968.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2968-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2968-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px\"><i>Ihawan sa Caoayan has an open area setting\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Back in April 2009, the small stall\u00a0that happens to be destroyed by a storm was replaced by nipa huts, which gave birth to the concept of Ihawan sa Caoayan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From old nipa huts where they serve the same old pork barbecues, grilled meats and seafood, Ihawan has finally extended\u00a0to a new building to accommodate\u00a0bigger groups who wish to dine the Filipino style\u2014boodle feast and\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">kamayan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29321\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2975.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2975.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2975-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2975-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ihawan <\/em><em>sa<\/em><em> Caoayan has finally extended their restaurant and opened a small building beside the nipa hut<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><em>Kamayan<\/em> is a Filipino term for eating with your hands. It is often done in provinces and can be mostly seen during fiestas. It is often\u00a0linked to what we call boodle feasts\u00a0or laying out banana leaves, serving rice and viands on top of it and eating with your bare hands.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2018\/11\/22\/filipino-kamayan-culture-savoring-filipino-feasts-the-traditional-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Filipino Kamayan Culture: Savoring Filipino Feasts the Traditional Way<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ihawan\u2019s boodle feast has four sets into which you can choose your viands. Each set comes with unlimited rice and a glass of iced tea. If you&#8217;re a large group, we suggest you to get <strong>Set D<\/strong><b>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29320\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2996.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2996.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2996-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/IMG_2996-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Set D<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Set D\u00a0consists of\u00a0Inihaw\u00a0na\u00a0Tilapia, Hito,\u00a0Pusit, Buttered Tahong, Pork BBQ, Buttered Shrimp, Pork Sisig, Red Egg, Poqui-poqui, Sauteed Okra and Sili, Pinakbet, a choice of either Vigan Longganisa or Bagnet, Seaweeds, and KBL<em> (kamatis, bagoong, and lasona or tomato, fish paste and garlic).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Although they also have ala carte meals, we highly recommend you to try the boodle feast and experience eating the Filipino way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Serving as not just a restaurant but more of an extension of your kitchen, Ihawan sa Caoayan is a casual dining place where you can feel at home while eating with your bare hands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/asian\/filipino\/ricardos-in-caoayan-ilocos-sur-a-multi-cuisine-fine-dining-place-in-a-town-of-local-plates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ricardo\u2019s in Caoayan Ilocos Sur: A Multi-Cuisine Fine Dining Place in a Town of Local Plates<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>How to get here<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>From Calle Crisologo, head south toward Silang, turn\u00a0left onto Rivero and turn right to Quirino Blvd. Straight ahead for over 2km and turn left to Mestizo bridge, continue straight and you&#8217;ll reach Ihawan sa Caoayan. It&#8217;s on your right side.<\/li>\n<li>By public transport:\u00a0From Calle Crisologo, there are tricycles you can hire to bring you to\u00a0Ihawan sa Caoayan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This first appeared in Philippine Primer Japanese magazine\u2019s\u00a0February 2019 issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the humble beginnings of a small food cart to becoming the famed grilled restaurant in Ilocos Sur, Ihawan sa Caoayan&#8217;s nipa hut dining place continues to serve customers a traditional Filipino style kamayan experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,221,3070],"tags":[2975,2974,3015,3014,2980],"class_list":["post-29316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-ilocos-sur","category-ilocos-sur-x-vigan-restaurant-2019","tag-caoayan-ilocos-sur","tag-ihawan-sa-caoayan","tag-ihawan-sa-caoayan-ilocos","tag-ihawan-sa-caoayan-ilocos-sur","tag-ilocos-sur"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29316","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=29316"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49615,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29316\/revisions\/49615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}