Balaw Balaw Restaurant And Art Galley

Owned by the Vocalan family, Balaw Balaw has been around since 1983. What first started as their father (Perdigon Vocalan)’s painting studio has now evolved into a restaurant that serves not only the typical Filipino dishes, but also exotic ones. For a restaurant, Balaw Balaw seems to be more than just your ordinary Filipino dining place. The place was conceptualized to look like bahay kubo (native nipa hut) which serves food mostly found in Rizal. One trivia about the place is that it was named after a specialty fermented shrimp dish made of shrimp paste, fermented rice, and “angkak” that gives a red pigment.