{"id":65165,"date":"2026-03-10T16:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=65165"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:54:28","slug":"omu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/location\/philippines\/baguio-northern-luzon\/omu\/","title":{"rendered":"OMU in Baguio: Serving Japan\u2019s Iconic Omurice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Omu<\/strong>, also known as <strong>Omu by Agara Ramen<\/strong>, introduces a unique Japanese dining concept in <strong>Baguio City<\/strong> focused on one of Japan\u2019s most iconic comfort dishes\u2014<strong>omurice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-65168 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-218x218.jpg 218w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext-290x290.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Ext.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Omu&#8217;s Instagram account\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is currently in its <strong>soft opening phase<\/strong>, welcoming guests who want to experience authentic Japanese omelette rice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"615\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65169\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-135901.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-135901.png 476w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-135901-464x600.png 464w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-135901-169x218.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Omu&#8217;s Instagram account\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Omu presents itself as the <strong>first authentic omurice house in the Philippines<\/strong>, specializing in a dish often described as <strong>one of the most difficult omelettes to prepare<\/strong>. Known for its delicate texture, <strong>O<\/strong><strong>murice<\/strong> features a <strong>soft and silky omelette<\/strong> carefully placed over flavorful rice, creating a comforting and satisfying meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"408\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65166\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140430.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140430.png 500w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140430-267x218.png 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Omu&#8217;s Instagram account\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the highlights of the dish is the <strong>D<\/strong><strong>emiglace Sauce<\/strong>, a rich and slow-simmered sauce that adds depth and umami to the omurice. The glossy, flavorful sauce complements the fluffy omelette and rice, creating a balanced combination of savory flavors in every bite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-65167\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140725.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140725.png 476w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-04-140725-290x216.png 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>IMAGE from Omu&#8217;s Instagram account\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With its focus on preparing omurice with proper technique and attention to detail, <strong>OMU by Agara Ramen<\/strong> offers diners in Baguio the opportunity to enjoy a Japanese comfort food classic prepared in its authentic style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OMU by Agara Ramen in Baguio introduces the first authentic OMUrice house in the Philippines, serving fluffy omelette rice topped with rich demiglace sauce and classic Japanese flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,41],"tags":[8275,8276,8274,8277,8271,8272,8273,2016],"class_list":["post-65165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-baguio-northern-luzon","tag-baguio-food","tag-japanese-comfort-food-philippines","tag-japanese-restaurant-baguio","tag-omu","tag-omu-baguio","tag-omu-by-agara-ramen","tag-omurice-philippines","tag-where-to-eat-in-baguio"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65165","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=65165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65180,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65165\/revisions\/65180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}