Empanada is simply a pride of the Ilocos. Be it in Ilocos
Norte or Ilocos Sur. And be it Vigan and Laoag, and Batac, all Ilocos
cities, for that matter. It's as if it defines what a truly Ilocos popular delicacy
or merienda (snack)
is all about. Especially so in Batac City in Ilocos Norte where an
annual Empanada Festival is held to honor the "half-moon orange
snack made of rice flour stuffed with longganisa, egg,
grated green papaya, parboiled mongo, ground pepper, salt, garlic..." with
which Batac folks claim it as their own, their invention, and which is
synonymous to their town, their beloved city. So much so that "an Ilocos
trip will not be complete without a taste of the famous Ilocandia merienda, the
Batac empanada"which is claimed to be the best Ilocos empanada that
there was, and is.
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