FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

It wasn't until I laid my eyes my on its flaky and crisp crust with its delicious aroma emanating that discovered the empanada specially baked by Tinapayan. With a crunch I opened the empanada to reveal what’s inside - a hot mix of moist shredded pork, carrots, peas and raisins among others, giving a flavourful blend that could rival any sio paos around. Ms. Evelyn “Owa” Que, the amiable owner of Tinapayan is very proud of her creation especially the crisp and flaky “crust”. She said the empanada has been on the shelves on her bakeshop for years now and maybe since Tinapayan offers a gazillion of delicious product, it may have been “relegated” in the background. I quite agree since with all the breads, cakes, loaves, cookies, buns, sweet squares and bars, etc, you’ll surely have to have an eagle eye to find what you’re looking for. But you’ll get distracted along the way since the quantity and quality that overwhelms you prove to be a galore o gast...

Chocolate has never been renowned as much as it is today. With its immense popularity, chocolate is the always the sweet talk of the town. Bring new wave to your taste buds as you satisfy your sinful cravings with the delightful array of chocolate concoctions.  Tinapayan bakeshop's annual Chocolate Festival is back! Starting Sept. 22 and in the next 5 weeks, Iloilo's premiere bakeshop features weekly specials that includes chocolate cakes, choclate bars, choco squares and new for this year, special doughnuts. Enjoy a 5-week showcase of chocolate creations as Tinapayan will satisfy your “Sinful Desires”. For Sept. 22-28, enjoy Nutty Caramel Mousse Cake, White Choco Crunch Bar, Choco Strawberry Mousse Bar and Toblerone Donut. 

Dulce de leche cupcake  The premiere bakeshop in Iloilo City makes another delectable addition to its wide variety of gastronomic delights. Introducing Tinapayan Cupcakes that come in 8 mouth-watering variants - Dulce de Leche, Double Chocolate, Strawberry, Choco Peanut Butter, Choco Cappuccino, Carrot Walnut, Yema and Red Velvet . Priced between PhP60-70, each is almost a bite of sweets heaven as they are made from premium imported ingredients. Double chocolate cupcake Carrot Walnut Cupcake Choco Cappuccino Cupcake Choco Peanut Butter cupcake Red Velvet Cupcake Strawberry Cupcake Yema cupcake  These delectable cupcakes are only available at Tinapayan Bakeshop located at The Atrium Mall. Grab them all now!

Tinapayan Bakeshop brings Easter cheers to the Ilonggos with their 2014 collection of delectable goodies in celebration of the season.  Catch these Easter Rabbits (PhP180) as they come in (milk) chocolate that will make you hop with satisfaction! Specially wrapped as if just hatched, these Easter Chicks (PhP55) will surely bring a smile to both the young ones and young once. There are also chocolate Easter Chickens (PhP100) to guide these chicks! But you can get them all at once with these Easter Egg (PhP40) collection featuring rabbits, chickens and chicks! Have a blessed and yummy Easter from Tinapayan Bakeshop!   Check all these Easter goodies at Tinapayan Bakeshop located at Iloilo Supermart at The Atrium, Mary Mart Mall, Villa-Arevalo, Mandurriao, Molo and Tabuc-Suba Jaro.  

Tempting, aren't they? Now who can resist these yummy French Macarons Tinapayan Bakeshop has "whipped up" in time for the Holidays. Not to be confused with the desiccated coconut based macaroons, these  meringue sandwiches "  are made with eggs, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food colouring . It is also called Luxemburgerli . The macaron is commonly filled with ganache, buttercream or jam filling sandwiched between two biscuits. The name is derived from the Italian word macarone, maccarone or maccherone , the Italian meringue." -  Wikipedia Tinapayan Bakeshop created seven flavours as of the moment - Passion Fruit, Strawberry, Pistachio, Hazelnut, Salted Caramel, Chocolate and Mint Truffle , with more exciting flavors to come  soon. Each costs PhP30 and also comes in a box of 7 costing PhP210. 

Tinapayan Bakeshop makes Valentine's Day even more special as it brings a collection of Heart Cakes for the season of love. They come in different flavours, colours, sizes and designs but one can opt for personalized heart cakes with words to express your thoughts. Having the familiar Valentine shape, the cakes will surely express thoughts that might be very difficult to say and most of the time, it speaks for it self.  Like most Tinapayan cakes, these Valentine specials have the Tinapayan signature design - simple yet with taste. Decorated the Asian style, I heard their cake designers trained in Vietnam, these cakes are among the most eye catching and beautifully designed anywhere in Iloilo. The designs are nothing but uniform and monotonous that you have to get the right angles for the cake to come out best. Aside from providing space for personal greetings, these one side designs makes the cakes more appealing but looking nothing like the usual. And given it...

With these mouthwatering cakes on display at Tinapayan bakeshop at The Atrium mall, one can surely be caught in the middle of the mad holidays rush. But it surprisingly, it wasn't the scenario that greeted me when I dropped by the Atrium during Christmas and New Year's Eves.    Instead, there was a special line set up for those who were just there to buy the cakes for their respective Noche Buenas and Media Noches. Snaking through a portion of the bakery was an organized set up that even with all the Ilonggos reaching up to main mall of The Atrium as what my fellow food blogger, Greg of Cafe Ilonggo witnessed, it didn't took more than 20 minutes for the line to move from start to end. This is in line with Tinapayan's policy of no reservations during the holiday rush as these would take up much space in their coolers so cakes and other desserts come and go from the actually baking facility in the mall to the bakeshop and into the customer's hands.  As...

The magic of the sweetest festival comes to its final week, but as what the old adage says, last is not the least. And indeed Tinapayan paved way to the sweetest collection anyone, who come and taste, will never forget. Yes! Tinapayan will definitely lead your appetite into the new essence of satisfaction. Indulge and treat yourselves in Tinapayan Chocolate Festival’s final week offerings: Mango Chocolate Gateaux Dulce de leche Chocolate Bar Chocolate Zebra Bar Flourless Chocolate Cake Wow! Chocolate has been truly defined after five weeks of great chocolate goodness at Tinapayan’s annual chocolate festival. An extraordinary chocolate loaf that will entice your enthusiasm as it comes with the great blend of chocolate flavour. What are you waiting for? Indulge in Tinapayan’s chocolate creations and fulfill your sinful desires. 'Til the next Chocolate Festival ..... Tinapayan Bakeshop is located alongside Iloilo Supermart at The Atrium, Marymart Mall,...

There’s no way Tinapayan‘s sweetest collections would bring you down, as it comes with another choco blissful week. Indeed! Tinapayan’s Sinful Desires concoctions on this Chocolate Festival month would bring our taste buds into an intense mouth watering chocolate seduction. And on its fourth week (Oct. 14-20), another chocolatey collection would definitely delight our appetite with the premium taste of chocolate twisted with different flavours! Here's what in store for all of us ... Chocolate Turtle Bar Chocolate French bread White chocolate brownie bar Coffee Latte Cake   So strip off all your inhibitions and spoil yourself in this first class treat from Tinapayan. Enjoy the lavish goodness of chocolate cakes and pastries. Excite your senses to a new indulgence… Sinfully Delicious, Irresistibly Desirable. Visit Tinapayan at The Atrium, Delgado, Jaro, Molo, Villa and Mandurriao.

The magic of the sweetest festival comes to its final week, but as what the old adage says, last is not the least. And indeed Tinapayan paved way to the sweetest collection anyone, who come and taste, will never forget. Yes! Tinapayan will definitely lead your appetite into the new essence of satisfaction. For this week, Oct. 7-13, enjoy this mouthwatering goodies that will surely more than appease your hearts (and sweet tooth's) desire. Belgian Chocolate Bun Ambrosia Bar Chocolate Infinity Bar Chocolate Caramel Temptation  Be ready for more surprises as Tinapayan unleashes more and more chocolate creations every week. Have your chocolate fill today and visit Tinapayan at The Atrium, Mary Mart Mall, Mandurriao, Villa-Arevalo and Molo.