It's been a while since my last bowl of La Paz batchoy so I had breakfast one morning at Deco's Original La Paz batchoy branch at La Sallete building. Aside from the touristy ambiance and an adjacent pasalubong shop, I also like Deco's touristy approach in it's menu. It's actually not their batchoy but their "sides" which includes puto manapla (the one in banana leaves), pre war pan de sal and of course the popular pan de sal ni Pa-a.Tourists would probably be curious why it's called pre war pan de sal and just like them, I also ordered this one before out of curiousity. And I liked it ever since. Though it's small, it is compact and you get more than "air" in every bite. It also taste somewhat different for my tastebuds - lol. Ofcourse, there is nothing spectacular about it since it is just what pan de sals were before the "war" - as the name says. Just a good strategy selling it through a catchy name.
And of course a popular one among Ilonggos is pan de sal ni Pa-a. Coming from a bakery that is over a century old (found in Jaro plaza), this pan de sal brings back memories especially to those whose childhood days spent on this popular pan de sal. And this is where Deco's capitalize - gastronomic memories. And for someone who has no memories whatsoever of this pan de sal, I find it almost "puro hangin" and just plain simple. Nothing extraordinary whatsoever just a popular "name".