A landmark in the
heritage district of Jaro is the iconic
Deocampo Barquillos. Makers of fine products since 1898 with barquillos at the forefront, it has maintained quality and the tradition of Ilonggo since then.
Around five months ago, the lure of a popular sio pao brought me to
Deocampo Barquillos and it surprised me to see their new pasalubong shop slowly taking shape inside out. But it wasn’t all that finished and given the popularity of the meat filled bun, there wasn’t any left when I got there. With few more attempts in vain, I almost gave up but just like hitting two birds with one stone, my visit a few days ago, proved to be both a nostalgic and gastronomic experience.
From the outside, the façade of the new pasalubong shop commands attention to every passersby whether on foot or taking any mode of transport. But the interiors make the patrons feel at home for it makes them feel to be inside the living room of a modern yet in some ways traditional villa.
The most notable feature, aside from gastronomy, is a large painting showcasing the more than a century long tradition of making fine quality baked goodies
Deocampo Barquillos is famous for.
A galore pasalubong food items greets the patrons upon entry as packs of b
arquillos, piaya, pinasugbo, banadas, toasted mamon, butterscotch, ugoy-ugoy, polvoron, pulceras, pasencia, yemas, buttered toasts, egg crackers and a whole lot more are on display.
They also have the dried seafoods like dried danggit, dried posit and guma-a, a dried local fish.
They also sell another Iloilo pancit – not Molo nor batchoy, but pancit Efuven, though labeled as Ifoben on the display. If one can’t decide which to take, just but their pre boxed assorted goodies and make your own discoveries.
The eventual plan, I assume, is to have more than just baked goodies as pasalubong as there is a display of souvenir shirts in one corner.
Hoping to see more trinkets soon from the usual key chains, ref magnets and post cards to some things I envision like mini sculpture replicas of Iloilo landmarks like the Jaro Cathedral and Belfry, Molo, Church, old mansions, the Arroyo fountains, Aduana and the likes. But some wooden stuff too showcasing the same would almost be a good buy too.
An al fresco dining area is attached to the pasalubong shop and one can relax on the rattans chairs enjoying an almost unperturbed atmosphere. A quick fix would do as of now since the only thing one can enjoy is an order of their popular sio pao and assorted sodas. But I didn’t mind then as long as I enjoyed both the setting and what I was eating that time – in style.
Yes, with all those beautiful things I saw, they didn’t distract me from what I really came for – another taste of their
sio pao. And I had a first hand look of its popularity that time and it’s gonna be another story and another blog post. Just taking it slowly but surely as my blog is going the Deocampo way,
Flavours of Iloilo – “almost” famous since 2008.
lol
A landmark in the heritage district of Jaro is the iconic Deocampo Barquillos. Makers of fine products since 1898 with barquillos at the forefront, it has maintained quality and the tradition of Ilonggo since then.
Around five months ago, the lure of a popular sio pao brought me to Deocampo Barquillos and it surprised me to see their new pasalubong shop slowly taking shape inside out. But it wasn’t all that finished and given the popularity of the meat filled bun, there wasn’t any left when I got there. With few more attempts in vain, I almost gave up but just like hitting two birds with one stone, my visit a few days ago, proved to be both a nostalgic and gastronomic experience.
From the outside, the façade of the new pasalubong shop commands attention to every passersby whether on foot or taking any mode of transport. But the interiors make the patrons feel at home for it makes them feel to be inside the living room of a modern yet in some ways traditional villa.
The most notable feature, aside from gastronomy, is a large painting showcasing the more than a century long tradition of making fine quality baked goodies Deocampo Barquillos is famous for.
A galore pasalubong food items greets the patrons upon entry as packs of barquillos, piaya, pinasugbo, banadas, toasted mamon, butterscotch, ugoy-ugoy, polvoron, pulceras, pasencia, yemas, buttered toasts, egg crackers and a whole lot more are on display. 
They also have the dried seafoods like dried danggit, dried posit and guma-a, a dried local fish. 
They also sell another Iloilo pancit – not Molo nor batchoy, but pancit Efuven, though labeled as Ifoben on the display. If one can’t decide which to take, just but their pre boxed assorted goodies and make your own discoveries.
The eventual plan, I assume, is to have more than just baked goodies as pasalubong as there is a display of souvenir shirts in one corner. 
Hoping to see more trinkets soon from the usual key chains, ref magnets and post cards to some things I envision like mini sculpture replicas of Iloilo landmarks like the Jaro Cathedral and Belfry, Molo, Church, old mansions, the Arroyo fountains, Aduana and the likes. But some wooden stuff too showcasing the same would almost be a good buy too.
An al fresco dining area is attached to the pasalubong shop and one can relax on the rattans chairs enjoying an almost unperturbed atmosphere. A quick fix would do as of now since the only thing one can enjoy is an order of their popular sio pao and assorted sodas. But I didn’t mind then as long as I enjoyed both the setting and what I was eating that time – in style.
Yes, with all those beautiful things I saw, they didn’t distract me from what I really came for – another taste of their sio pao. And I had a first hand look of its popularity that time and it’s gonna be another story and another blog post. Just taking it slowly but surely as my blog is going the Deocampo way, Flavours of Iloilo – “almost” famous since 2008. lol