{"id":29510,"date":"2019-02-11T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=29510"},"modified":"2024-02-15T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T08:58:06","slug":"irenes-vigan-empanada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/filipino\/irenes-vigan-empanada\/","title":{"rendered":"Irene&#8217;s Vigan Empanada in Ilocos Sur: Serving Empanadas Since 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Irene&#039;s Vigan Empanada | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PHv5FjIA24E?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\">A trip to Ilocos region wouldn\u2019t be complete without having a big bite of the famous local delicacy\u2013the empanada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This staple Ilocano snack can be found almost everywhere around the province, but only one stood out from the rest of empanada shops around the town of Vigan, and it is <strong><b>Irene\u2019s Vigan Empanada<\/b><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29515\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada4.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada4-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada4-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The main store of Irene&#8217;s Vigan Emapanada at Calle Salcedo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The\u00a0famous\u00a0empanada shop has been around since the 1930s. On 2004, Irene Santos established Irene\u2019s Vigan Empanada in Calle Salcedo to continue her great-grandmother\u2019s secret empanada recipe that has been passed\u00a0on to her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29512\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Irene Santos (right), the owner, and manager of Irene&#8217;s Vigan Empanada makes the favorite Ilocano snack<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Since then, it has been a go-to place for locals\u00a0and tourists alike, including celebrities and big personalities, to get a taste of Vigan\u2019s signature deep-fried specialty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29513\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada2-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Irenes-Vigan-Empanada2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This shop has become notable to many because of the balanced taste of their empanada\u2019s fillings made from ground Vigan longganisa and egg, and the crunchy shell that envelops all the distinct flavors into one savory empanada\u00a0snack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Try out their\u00a0<strong><b>Special Pork Longganisa Empanada<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0that comes with an Ilocano vinegar dip. Aside from the classic longganisa empanada, they also have a variety of other flavorful fillings such as bagnet, sisig, beef, chicken, tuna, crab, and adobo flakes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29517\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Vigan-Empanada2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Vigan-Empanada2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Vigan-Empanada2-290x194.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/02\/Vigan-Empanada2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Special Pork Longganisa Empanada<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">They\u00a0also offer <strong><b>Crispy Okoy<\/b><\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> a crispy deep-fried shrimp fritters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In case you do not know, they also branched out their famous empanada shop here in Pasig City, so you do not have to travel far to get a bite of Ilocos\u2019 best tasting empanada.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Irene\u2019s Vigan Empanada has a store along Calle Crisologo but their main branch is located at the Salcedo Street near Syquia Mansion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><b>How to get here:<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Irene\u2019s Vigan Empanada\u2019s main branch is just two minutes walk from their small store in Calle Crisologo. Just make a right turn towards Salcedo Street to reach their main branch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"> This first appeared in Philippine Primer&#8217;s Japanese and English magazine February\u00a02019 issue<br \/>\nWritten by Deneca Ordinanza<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trip to Ilocos region wouldn\u2019t be complete without having a big bite of the famous local delicacy\u2013the empanada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":29516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,221,3070,591],"tags":[3003,3020,3053,2980,3056,3058,3057,594,3054,3055],"class_list":["post-29510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-ilocos-sur","category-ilocos-sur-x-vigan-restaurant-2019","category-vigan","tag-calle-crisologo","tag-empanada","tag-empanada-snack","tag-ilocos-sur","tag-irenes-vigan-empanada","tag-irenes-vigan-empanada-pasig-branch","tag-the-best-empanada","tag-vigan","tag-vigan-eats","tag-vigan-empanada"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29510","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=29510"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49630,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29510\/revisions\/49630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}