Staying in Cabangan means you’d need to eat there too. Whereas most meals locations in Zambales actually isn’t positioned there—it’s removed from being the meals capital of Zambales—there are nonetheless a handful of distinctive locations you possibly can dine in when in Cabangan.
Now, most of those locations will not be actually inside the neighborhood of Cabangan’s Bayan or city middle. And commuting in Cabangan is not actually the best factor to do—very true when going again from the inside barangays. For commuters like us—seasoned as we’re—this makes shopping for a automotive look like a good suggestion. Nicely, till we consider how we’re truly going to pay for that automotive. However I digress, lol.
With out additional ado, listed below are ten of essentially the most attention-grabbing meals locations in Cabangan. These vary from roadside stands and meals shacks, to swanky cafes and full blown eating places. These made the record as a result of they’re considerably distinctive, have good meals, are establishments in Cabangan, or just because I’ve personally tried them and located them to be worthy, naks.
LC’S STOP & CHOW
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STO.NIÑO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 10AM-8PM • CONTACT NO: (0949)155-1998 • GPS MAP: 15.145499, 120.051938
LC’s, as Cabangaeans dub it, is among the foremost eating places on the town. It began off as a small unassuming restaurant close to Bayan and has since expanded right into a full and correct restaurant, full with an outside consuming corridor. Earlier than the pandemic, they also have a stage the place you possibly can watch acoustic bands carry out. LC’s Cease & Chow serves basic Filipino favorites and Western dishes.
21ST BEAN CAFE
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STO.NIÑO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 9AM-8PM • CONTACT NO: (0919)095-7723 • GPS MAP: 15.156161, 120.054262
If cafes are your factor, twenty first Bean Café is ideal for you. Conveniently positioned proper alongside the freeway, they serve pastas, sandwiches, nachos, tacos, quesadillas, and naturally, drinks and low. You may have it scorching, over ice, or as frappes. In the event you’re lacking your Starbucks whereas in Cabangan, head over to twenty first Bean.
~ PHOTO FROM 21ST BEAN FB PAGE
MAMI MADZ
ADDRESS: COASTAL RD., SAN ISIDRO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 6:30AM-12NN 4PM-8:30PM • CONTACT: (0909)460-1392 • GPS MAP: 15.169402, 120.035833
Our go-to place after swimming alongside the San Isidro portion of Cabangan Seaside. Mami Madz is an easy open-aired mami and goto place that serves, effectively, mami and goto—and nothing else. They do have road meals throughout weekends—kwek kweks, proben, isaw, tokwa, lumpia, amongst different fried issues. Good for that after-swim cravings.
ARYA’S CHILL & GRILL
ADDRESS: SAPANGBATO, MABANGLIT, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 2PM-10PM • CONTACT NO: (0949)996-5259 • GPS MAP: 15.201726, 120.028874
In addition to serving largely Center-Japanese dishes, the distinctive factor about Arya’s Chill & Grill is its location. To get there you’d need to cross a small river utilizing a balsa or raft—fear not, you gained’t get moist. The restaurant itself is open-aired, with chairs and tables set al fresco and on open huts. Wines can be found, so is a videoke machine, lol. They’re open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays solely.
1ST STREAT HOMEMADE FOOD
ADDRESS: MENDIGORIN ST. SAN ANTONIO, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: ??? • CONTACT NO: (0995)296-9792 • GPS MAP: 15.160167, 120.054638
As its identify suggests, 1st Streat serves largely do-it-yourself dishes plus a number of extra like pita and rooster wings, pizzas, burgers and fries, to call a number of. One of the best factor about this restaurant is their bilao take-outs. In the event you’re with a giant group and planning a picnic at Bangan Pier, Dapya River, or Cabangan Seaside, that is the place to order.
~ PHOTO FROM 1ST STREAT FB PAGE
RĀMENSHAKKU
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CABANGAN • OPENING OURS: 11AM-10PM • CONTACT NO: (0977)807-4794 • GPS MAP: 15.185169, 120.042915
The one Japanese restaurant this facet of Zambales. Nicely, it’s probably not a full ramen restaurant however extra a shack, however sure, Ramenshakku is the one one serving Japanese delicacies in Cabangan, significantly ramen, gyoza, and maki—and at a extremely inexpensive costs too. As of the second, they’re solely open throughout Fridays and Saturdays and have restricted serving amount. Name first earlier than going.
~ PHOTO FROM RAMENSHAKKU FB PAGE
KOPI KUBO KOLLECTIVE CABANGAN
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 24 HOURS • CONTACT NO: (0977)807-4794 • GPS MAP: 15.185169, 120.042915
Proper beside Ramenshakku sits Kopi Kubo Kollective, a 24-hour café serving extraordinarily inexpensive domestically brewed espresso from the Cordilleras, Batangas, Bukidnon, and different espresso rising locations within the Philippines. How inexpensive? Like ten-peso inexpensive. In the event you occur to have your personal cup with you, 5 pesos. As its moniker counsel, it’s a café in a easy kubo—like a literal hut. They’ve branches throughout Zambales, however the one in Cabangan gives extra—Latin American coffees.
~ PHOTO FROM KOPI KUBO FB PAGE
4D’s IHAW IHAW
ADDRESS: RIZAL ST., DOLORES, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: AFTERNOONS • CONTACT NO: (0948)936-3504 • GPS MAP: 15.158610, 120.056699
Top-of-the-line road meals I tasted whereas in Cabangan was at 4D’s Ihaw Ihaw. Positioned on an unassuming entrance yard someplace alongside the backstreets of Cabangan Municipal Corridor, it’s simply your primary roadside ihaw-ihaw with a desk you possibly can eat on, in the event you wanna sit down together with your tuhog goodies. They serve glorious sticks of barbecued isaw, pork meat, betamax, adidas, balun-balunan, and pork taba. Carry your personal chilly bottle of Coke (and rice!) or pair your inihaw with their halo-halo.
WOOD’S PIZZA
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STA. RITA, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 1PM-5PM • CONTACT NO: (0915)450-3045 • GPS MAP: 15.173817, 120.051323
Who would’ve thought that there’d be connoisseur grilled pizzas utilizing hand-kneaded dough and sauce sourced from native tomatoes and herbs in Cabangan? Nicely, at Wooden’s Pizza, they’ve simply that. Positioned on an outside backyard setting overlooking farmlands, they’ve the standard pepperoni, sausage, cheese, Hawaiian, and bacon and mushroom pizzas—and the extra distinctive shrimp scampi and breakfast pizzas. Closed on Mondays.
~ PHOTO FROM WOOD’S PIZZA FB PAGE
YOU-HAN’s Okay-BAP RESTAURANT
ADDRESS: HI-WAY, STA. RITA, CABANGAN • OPENING HOURS: 10AM-9PM • CONTACT NO: (0921)347-6060 • GPS MAP: 15.176521, 120.048944
In the event you’re yearning for Korean meals and also you’re in Cabangan, YOU-HAN’s Kbap Restaurant is actually the one place to go to. They’ve ramyun, kimbaps, japchae, jjapageti, bibimbaps, dumpling, bulgogis, tteok-bokki, and extra importantly, unli samgyeopsal. And let’s not overlook the soju. And if you’d like your picnics Korean-style, they’ve bilao take-outs too.
~ PHOTO FROM YOU-HAN;S Okay-BAP FB PAGE
