La Preciosa

After my training at Robinsons Mall, we had our dinner here at La Preciosa for a change. Its a two-storey old house that serves best Ilocano dishes in Laoag. Ordered Pakbet with Bagnet, Crispy Dinuguan and Laoag Longganisa plus Red Velvet for Dessert instead of the popular Carrot Cake coz I am not fan of it.

Ilocano dishes were perfect, vegetables of Pakbet is crispy so I can say they use freshly picked ones, the longganisa is garlicky and the bagnet in Dinuguan is still crispy.

My two sentiments, first, our order arrived after an hour, so medyo nakakainis kasi we need to do a follow up. At 6pm its not yet peak so nakakaloka lang bakit ang tagal. We even observed that we arrived earlier than the other diners but they were served first.

Second is the Red Velvet is not what I expected, it's matigas, not creamy, parang color red lang na layered bread, so ordinary. A waste of money, I won't recommend it.

The service is a bit lousy, maybe because of OJT students were the one's serving us. Overall, I will still rate it at 3 for the Ilocano food. It's the best.

We decided to have our dinner at La Preciosa before heading to the airport. We had salted egg bagnet and rice. I could not taste the salted egg but the bagnet was one of the best I have ever eaten. It was crispy and juicy, only a few fat layers, and the skin was also super crunchy. The accompanied sauce was tomatoes mixed with shallots and bagoong.
For dessert, we had carrot cake which was tremendously recommended by our tour guide. It was moist and not too sweet.
I would love to come back here when I visit Laoag again.

La Preciosa is your go to place for good food in Laoag. It's a cute restaurant that serves Ilocano favorites such as bagnet, poqui poqui, etc. as well as cakes. They refer to their carrot cake as "the best ever carrot cake" and I would have to agree cause it's not so sweet, it's covered with real cream cheese and comes with fresh carrot shavings! The food was ok, they had so much variety. I was happy to have my bagnet with KBL (kamatis, bagoong, lasuna) a far cry from my usual mang Tomas or suka. Will visit again!

Passed by here during our Ilocos trip. The food is good they definitely have some interesting selections of authentic Ilocano dishes. Food came at a timely manner and the staff was pleasant and responsive. We ordered the "Bagbet" a combination of bagnet and pinakbet and we ordered the Poqui-poqui which is a scrambled combination of eggs, eggplant, tomatoes and onions. We also had piece of carrot cake as the waiter recommended for dessert and claimed that they famous for.

seriously???

i was waiting for 1 hour para sa bagnet???

i cancelled my orders!!!

totally not acceptable!!!

A semi fine dining place... matched with tasty cakes. Thumbs up! Ilokano dishes are also offered here. Some dishes name really sound weird and R18 for Tagalog speakers...

It's just conveniently located near the city center, few blocks away from the government centers..

We tried chicken kare kare ilocano style and puqui puqui as it was a bit intriguing. Seriously, the latter looked simple but once you got the first bite, then the second and then the next, the after taste and the magical blending of its ingredients will surprise you. I must say I found one of the most delectable eggplant dish ever. Yes I'm not kidding. Two thumbs up!!!

If you want traditional local Ilocano cuisine in a nice setting, then come here.

We ordered:
Bagnet - tender and crispy at the same time. Perfect with KBL
Poqui Poqui - it was "just ok"
Carrot Cake - waiter said it's their specialty. It was moist, dense and not too sweet.
Pacbet - it was different from the pinakbet I know, it had some tomato sauce-y look and taste inthe sauce.
Dinakdakan - good

Although these were good enough, I've had better Ilocano food while I was in Laoag, and it was just in an unassuming eatery (review in a separate post).

Throwback to our visit in Ilocos.

We tried their Poqui-poqui, Bagnet and Crispy Dinuguan and it's deli! Though their service time is quite long. Dessert time we've tasted the ever famous Carrot Cake. My brother asked why I bought it thinking its 100 pesos/slice but when we saw it, we're in awe and once we tasted it 100 pesos is soo worth it! We even take out a big box of it (thinking that we'll stay another night in vigan) but because it's sooo deli, we took the risk. Definitely worth the try! 🏻🏻

Best carrot cake ever!!! 100 pesos for one slice (one slice is for 2 people)

I'm a fan of their carrot cake here! Sweet Tooth thing!

The food was nice, names on menu are unique. We went there on a weekend (long weekend due to Labor day) and expected lots of tourists. The problem is that we can see available tables but management won't let us occupy for some reasons. We had to beg just to be seated. Staff were quick to get our orders but delivered wrong orders. I'm not sure if they're always like that or only that time.Not a good experience

Discover Ilocano dishes the way it should taste. Chicken Pepian, Puqui-puqui, Imbaliktad and Warek-warek are just a few of must try Ilocano dishes in this restaurant. Photo shown is Chicken Pepian which has a Mexican root. This dish is also popular in Cavite City.

This was recommended to me by a good friend. She said this restaurant serves good food but you have to wait because they are always full of customers. Food attendants: they need to add more ( or maybe they are off duty ?)
Food is good.... Really flavorful
Place is at the heart of the city, they try their best to give good service but sometimes there are things that get screwed up when there are so many people. Good thing their senior staff knows how to trouble shoot things.
My advice:
order anything... They serve good Ilocano dishes
Come early or come late for lunch or dinner. They are always busy.
They serve good food because they use quality ingredients.

Carrot cake is good!!!

THROWBACK!
During our stay at Laoag, a friend recommended La Preciosa which is just in front of the La Eliana hotel where we are staying. It was raining hard that day with strong winds pa! But hey, it was really worth it because La Preciosa is a really really precious restau so don't ever missed the opportunity to try it if you're planning to travel to Laoag!

We ordered Puqui-puqui (im not sure where the name originated, ) which is eggplant cooked with tomatoes, eggs and onions. It was surprisingly good! I don't know how to explain the taste but there's something about it that i really love! It has generous serving which is good for 2 persons already. Okay, i gotta admit i don't like the big slices of onions in there (bias coz i dont like onions talaga) but other than that it's delicioussss.

Another thing to rave about is the Bagnet with KBL (Kamatis, Bagoong, L---i dont know what the L stands for ️). This is one plate of goodness too! I don't think i have to explain any further.

They also offer cakes for desserts. I heard the carrot cake is a must try. But that time my love for blueberry cheesecake is unstoppable so i ordered one. It's a for me too! I'm actually drooling right now.

The place is really nice, it has a classic vibe to it.
Price -
Service -

Bagnet, Talakitok Sinigang, Poqui-Poqui, Apple Walnut cake...delish!!!

Well, the food was really good but I think the servings were too small for the price.

Nevertheless, their famous Carrot Cake is really the Best Ever. You must try this!

Good food. Slow service.

Bagbet: Bagnet in Pinakbet sauce = 5 stars
Binagoongan: 5 stars
Poque Poque: 3 stars
Best Ever Carrot Cake: 10 stars

Watch out for the uptight waiter (with glasses).