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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Vigan Longanisa Meal

I remember exactly what I ate during my third visit to Vigan City. With a few exceptions of having some bagnet and empanada, the thing that’s usually on my plate is a bunch of Vigan longganisa. Breakfast, lunch, dinner; I don’t really care for Vigan’s other culinary delights, I wanted my garlic longganisa with my fried rice.

Uncooked Vigan Longanisa

This last visit to Vigan City, not only did I have my fill of their local sausage but I was also given an insider’s glimpse as to how Vigan longganisas are made. While I’m not really keen on seeing the gutty truth on how my favorite longganisa is manufactured, I went ahead with the group knowing we’d have a free taste later. Lol.

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Making Vigan Longanisa

We visited the home of Jeannie Piamonte Criste, a Bigueña who has learned the art of making Vigan longanisa from her grandmother. Theirs is a backyard affair, a definite indication that each sausage is made with TLC. They’ve been at it for twelve years now, selling their products at the Vigan Public Market.

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Making Vigan Longanisa

I never imagined how tiring it was to produce those little sausages that I so love.

From the hand-mixing of the ground pork meat with the right amount of garlic, salt, and pepper (among other things), to manually filling the washed intestines with the mixed meat, right up to the final tying of each longganisa bit.

We all witnessed how much effort it took to produce a string of Vigan longganisa.

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Making Vigan Longanisa

There are numerous kinds of longganisa all over the Philippines, with provinces proudly showing off their own versions of the said delicacy, so I’m quite curious as to how Vigan’s differ from the rest.

Just by looking at it, one can see that it is smaller than the average longganisa, measuring in at about three inches long. By taste, it is on the garlicky side with a hint of sourness. While there are a few garlic longganisa around the country, what makes Vigan’s different is the garlic they use—which they simply refer to as native garlic.

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Uncooked Vigan Longanisa

After every piece of longganisa has been tied off, these are then air-dried before being sold to the market. The regular-sized ones go for ₱100.00 per dozen, while the bigger ones are at ₱120.00.

For tourists who don’t have the time of going all the way to the public market to do their longganisa shopping, these meaty delights are readily available at the numerous stores along Calle Crisologo for almost the same price.

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A Plate of Vigan Longanisa

And as expected, after all that mixing, pushing in, and drying, it was time for my favorite part of the program. Now, let’s have some of that Vigan longganisa for tasting.



Vigan Public Market
Address: Jose Singson St. cor Alcantara St., Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
Contact Number: (077) 722 1953
Opening Hours: 6:00AM to 7:00PM, Daily
GPS Coordinates Map: 17.568562, 120.384910



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15 comments

  1. Kakagutom! Haha makakain nga ng longganisa sa mandaluyong haha

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  2. Kainis. Turuan mo nga ako mag pochur ng ganito.

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  3. Wow naglaway ako sa garlic longanisa, parang burp lang ni ano...

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  4. Good Morning! I'm student of Far eastern University taking up tourism mgt. We have a Entrepreneur business planning subject we just want to conduct a survey regarding your product/s if how many longanisa and bagnet will be sold within a year? We appreciate your response to our concern. Thank you and Godbless!

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    1. Hi Jannel, sorry for the late reply. Please contact them directly for your question :)

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  5. fan here! avid fan hindi electric fan po :)

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  6. wala po bang celphone number

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    1. Hi, sorry I don't have their cellphone number. If ever you contact them, please share their number here :)

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  7. Hello, thanksthanks for sharing. We're currently in Vigan. Any particular "brand" or maker/manufacturer/source of Vigan longaniza and bagnet in the area you can recommend?
    Thank you.

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    1. The best Vigan longganisa and bagnet I've had was at Grandpa's Inn :)

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  8. pahingi po cp number,pwd po order? sa la union

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    1. Hi, contact number is posted at the end of the article. :)

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