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Highly Recommended!

Not worth the perfect rating, but still good!

Decent. Nothing special, nothing repulsive.

Should be crucified

It's a good thing they're 12 hours away from Manila. I'm never coming back! hehe

Masferre's
Masferre's was the first restaurant that I went to in Sagada. It was a short two-minute stroll from the front porch of the guest house I was staying in. Unlike the other restaurants and cafes in the area, Masferre's is huge. The windows to the right offer a nice view of the valley and the wood interior gives the place a very nice feel. It's quite unfortunate that despite the nice driftwood benches in the restaurant, most of the chairs are still white monoblocs.

The food was excellent. I ate here twice (once for lunch and once for dinner) and I got the boneless bangus the same number of times (100 php). I also tried their mushroom soup (50php) and their lechon kawali (100php). The food was great and the piping hot soup was perfect for the cold Sagada nights.

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Alfredo's Cabin
The restaurant is at the top of the hill and is actually the lobby of an inn. As you could see in the pictures, everything in it is varnished wood and the lighting is very good. To top it all of, the have a medium-sized fireplace that they use every night. It's a very cozy place. Curiously, I ate there twice and I only saw two tables occupied during those two instances - other than my own. It's a shame because I love the food and I love the ambiance.

The food is great. The buttered chicken entree is easily among the best chicken dishes I've EVER tasted. Carefully cooked chicken fillets are liberally drenched in a sinfully thick butter sauce that screams out atherosclerosis. I LOVE IT! The sweet & sour pork was also pretty good. The meat had the perfect mix of crunchiness and tenderness and the sauce was just perfect. The restaurant also uses Sagada rice - a red variety of rice. It doesn't really taste different, but it sure looks different.
Rating: In case it's not yet clear, I LOVE THIS PLACE!

Cafe St. Joe's

This was the farthest resturant I went to. It was a ten minute walk from the guest house. Cafe St. Joe's is situated in what could be Sagada's priciest cottages for rent. St. Joseph's Resthouse has several cottages that rent out for as much as 1500 php a night. 

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• At 2006.05.29 13:09, Jhed said:

  SQUEEEE!

  Strawberries!!!

  Inggit ako… Gutom na tuloy ako.

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• At 2006.05.29 17:07, Tess said:

  Looks yummy

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• At 2006.05.30 05:05, Mark said:

  the boneless bangus looks great

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• At 2006.05.30 05:10, benj said:

  that was the first thing i ate in sagada. weird no? Dumayo akong bundok para kumain ng isda! haha

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• At 2006.05.30 09:12, mitch said:

  it would’ve been perfect if the chairs were something other than monobloc chairs. XD

  nakakagutom ang bangus na yan! lol

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• At 2006.05.30 09:32, Jhed said:

  Yummy nung pagkain!

  I’ll take note of this pagpunta ko sa Sagada. Hanap na ako ng kasama… Haha!

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• At 2006.05.30 10:44, benj said:

  sorry ah, ginugutom ko kayo. hehehe

  ok na adventure to.
  todo tipid budget 3.5 for 4 days/3 nights
  i spent 5k for the same amount of time - 800 went to pasalubong. hehehe.

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• At 2006.05.30 12:56, arvin said:

  kakakain ko lang.. nagugutom na naman ako…

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• At 2006.05.30 13:53, Darwin said:

  Hmmm… mukang katakam-takam ang mga kuha ng mga pagkain hihihi. Galing ka rin pala sa galaan ha. Magtour kaya ako ng mga restaurant baka tumaba ako lol.

  Hindi na kasingdami nung holy week ang tao dun ngayon, maluwag na. hehe. Yung pool super linaw talaga ng tubig. treated ata nila yun.

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• At 2006.05.30 18:19, cyberpunk said:

  naman! matutulog na lang ako, nagawi pa ako rito…nagutom tuloy ako *drools*

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• At 2006.05.30 20:51, faith said:

  Wow. Never been to Sagada, nainggit tuloy ako. And the food looks fantastic. I’m surprised they have that kind of luxury in the mountains. Hehe.

  Naaalala na pala kita. PGH med, right? May circumcision mission kasi kami last year, nagbrowse ako ng posts ko dati. I posted this large photo of a you-know-what being peeled off.

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• At 2006.05.30 23:31, benj said:

  Sagada is not exactly roughing it.
  It’s for the adventurers by day, creatures of comfort by night crowd. hehe

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• At 2006.05.31 07:24, skwayred said:

  The buttered chicken looks yummy. Nakakagutom. Never been to Sagada too but I have a t-shirt from Sagada. My brother brought it home as a “pasalubong.”

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• At 2006.05.31 07:44, kevin said:

  Mang-inggit daw ba! Nakakatulo ng laway yung mga pagkain ha. At parang ang mahal ata? Well. Dumaan lang.

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• At 2006.05.31 07:47, kevin said:

  hmm. ako ba yung KEVIN na ni-tag mo sa jokes and tags section mo? SAGUTIN mo ko ha! bwahaha.

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• At 2006.05.31 08:02, benj said:

  mahal in the sense kapresyo sya nung mga restos sa manila. i spend the same amount of money on food sa manila, so ok lang. hehehe

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• At 2006.05.31 11:07, Alvin said:

  Yoghurt House ang paborito ko jan.. sarap! naaddict ako sa yoghurt habang nasa Sagada.. (pagbalik ko sa Manila hindi na ulit hehe)

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• At 2006.05.31 11:33, benj said:

  di ko nga maisip kung pano ko gagawin rave ko about yoghurt house eh. ive never really had yoghurt before - di kasi ako mahilig sa fruits. hehehe.

  iba daw lasa ng yoghurt ng YH eh. mas home-made daw (i.e. mas maasim haha).

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• At 2006.06.01 01:07, bleue said:

  nice review! langya, naeexcite na lalo ako sa Sagada, 8 days to go…

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• At 2006.06.01 02:53, benj said:

  ayus. kay tita mary ka ba? ingat. enjoy.

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• At 2006.06.01 03:24, bleue said:

  yap, kay tita mary, sir benj, favor naman oh, papacheck ko sana itinerary na ginawa ko kung kakayanin namin saka kung tama ba ung sked nung bus i.e. from sagada to baguio, thanks, email ko na lang po sana, ano po email nyo?

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• At 2006.06.01 03:56, benj said:

  swingonthespiral@-gmail.com just removed the (-) mahirap na maspam. hahaha

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• At 2006.06.01 04:59, bleue said:

  email sent sir, thanks po, hehehe

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• At 2006.06.01 07:06, tl said:

  hey i remember eating there!!!!!!! sarap sarap!

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• At 2006.06.01 09:33, Jigs said:

  COOL Place! Always wanted to go there!

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• At 2006.06.01 13:46, aaron said:

  buttered chicken. yumm

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• At 2007.02.25 15:11, Atheista » Blog Archive » Go To Sagada This Summer! said:

  […] Sagada Restaurants  More Sagada […]

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• At 2007.02.25 20:57, chie said:

  omg nakakamiss ang sagada dining! i think i left my heart in sagada… at sa aking pagbabalik, kay ‘tita mary’ na nga ako mag-stay, uber expensive sa st. joseph’s

  and yep nakakagtaka ngang hindi teeming with patrons ang alfredo’s like masferres and yh. btw, saw the link in peyups.com

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• At 2008.02.24 15:15, Atheista » Blog Archive » Visit Sagada! said:

  […] likely that you’re not really a frequent reader of this blog. As proven of my entries here, here, here and here, I’ve long found the charm and the draw of this Mountain Province town too […]

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• At 2008.02.25 01:51, Visit Sagada » Blog: Atheista.Net @ Sagada said:

  […] also wrote about the food in Sagada. In The Food Up There, he chronicles his gastronomic adventure in Sagada’s well-known […]

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