Day TWO – Ibay’s Silver Shop
We visited Ibay’s Main branch and bought some silverworks. Being a certified barat, we went straight to their discounted rack and checked out for good finds. Lucky us, we were able to spot a heart shaped earrings with zirconian stones originally priced at Php 450 but since it’s discounted we only paid Php 270. You may also request them to replace your “pakaw” with a bigger one at a minimal fee, additional Php 20.
Barat tip: It’s better to drop by at their main branch because it’s cheaper compared to their other branches.
Ibay’s Main Branch:
2/F Lions Club Bldg., Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City
Day TWO – Baguio Market
Baguio market is the perfect place to go to, when it comes to buying your pasalubongs. From food items, foot rags for your home, crochet clothing, to blankets even ukay stuff it’s all available here.
When we arrived at the market, we first visited Tamtanco’s booth. This is our favorite UBE brand (Php 110/medium sized bottle), we love this over good sheperd’s version of Ube jam — not just because it’s way cheaper but because of it’s consistency and taste. Tamtanco’s also sells good peanut brittle (Php 75/medium sized bottle) and lengua.
We also grabbed a couple of bottles of Romana’s peanut brittle (Php 75/365g bottle; Php 110/530g bottle) and Mika’san’s chocoflakes (Php 70/bottle).
Strawberries were all over the place at Php 60-Php 80 per kilo. But for us, we opted to buy the Php 80/kilo since it’s of better quality. Pre-packed strawberries were also available — wise buyers don’t usually buy these, because often you don’t get your money’s worth. ;P
Barat Tip: Buy your strawberries on the day you’ll leave Baguio.
After buying all the food items that we want, we went up to the market’s second floor, a not so familiar place for tourists and bakasyonistas. This is the cheapest place to buy crochet items, foot rags and blankets. Single sized blankets for only Php 90, receiving blankets for babies at Php 50, plain queen sized blankets at Php 120 and printed queen sized blankets at Php 145 only.
Of course, our trip in Baguio wouldn’t be complete if we’ll not take home a couple of Baguio “walis tambo“.
Day TWO – Petron Service Station
Baguio is not a very big city but we noticed 3 Petron stations in the area and all jam packed. You might be wondering what’s so special about Petron stations to put it in our Baguio experience?
Well, at first there’s nothing special but after seeing a tarp posted inside one of these stations stating “Baguio Country Club (BCC) breads available here” changed everything!
We love BBC’s raisin and banana breads, although to buy those requires us to drag our relative to accompany us inside the country club. So, being able to get these breads in a gas station is so convenient for us!
Banana bread Php 135/loaf
Raisin bread Php 135/loaf and Php 65/half loaf
Barat tip: In buying your raisin bread, it’s actually cheaper to get 2 half loaves rather than getting 1 whole loaf. ;P
To get there:
D’ Motorists Pitstop, Inc. (Petron Service Station)
#146 Kisad rd. cor. Marcos Highway, Baguio City