Aweng’s Balbacua – GenSan’s Roadside Cuisine
Although having had my breakfast an hour and a half earlier, I couldn’t resist my driver’s invitation to try out AWENG BALBACUA on our way back to the office from the airport where I delivered a cargo of tuna for Manila. Long been a favorite stop-over of drivers who just sent off their passengers to their planes out of Gensan, I felt it was time to try its famed balbacua.
Located along the Airport Road, right at the Barangay Fatima, the city’s 2nd largest vilage in terms of population (60,000 as of 2003), which was mainly a relocation area for squatters and homeless government workers in the early 80s, this nondescript humble eatery is now one of the area’s more famous dining destinations.
I peeked at the back of the eatery and saw these two large “calderos” separately containing the oxtail and the broth. For each order, the cook (Aweng) gets it straight out of these.
Aweng’s BALBACUA Soup.
My take on it: the taste of the slightly thick broth is just right, no need to add soy sauce. The small meat portions from the oxtail are tender and have the sufficient amount of fat for the “guilt” feel, not too much to make your lips shine. Price: P25.
Tagged balbacua, Barangay Fatima, gensan restaurant, native cuisine
rodner/pixar/rodney10/20/2008 at 5:25 PM
oh.. i love balbacua
m1k310/29/2008 at 12:57 PM
the best pod ilang bulalo diha tag 35 pesos.
maglimas01/26/2009 at 12:39 PM
hi<<<<<>…..
BrAvO SiX09/18/2009 at 2:00 PM
hastang lami-a ning balbacua..mingaw na ko ug kaon…
i remember the song of max surban about balbacua… very funny!
donspark4712/25/2009 at 11:52 PM
lami ilang balbacua…pero try the Kuya Didz Balbacua and Music Bar the best pud balbacua ever…the place is great ug music bar at night naa pud sila aircon room…SOON TO OPEN this January 2010..Located @ Camia cor. Champaca St., GSC. Balbacua is only p 25.00/order other dishes and beer buddies are Fresh Tuna Kinilaw (2-3pax) p 65.00/order, Chicken Wings (3-4pax) p 65.00/order. RH 500ml p 28/bot. very affordable…
donspark4712/27/2009 at 10:17 PM
Kuya Didz soon to offer very delicious Battered Chicken – 1/2 of whole chicken for only p95.00/order… with a culinary standard.
chris25_moon01/01/2010 at 11:40 AM
wow, talaga! galing naman, napaka affordable ng food at mga beverages. this is good for the gimekeros and gimekeras. may bago na naman pala tayong TAMBAYAN MGA GENERALS. let’s go folks. we will have a grand eyeball on January 18, 2010 at KUYA DIDZ. kitakits sa Camia St. corner Champaca St. Gensan. See you there everyone!
gina01/16/2010 at 11:16 AM
see you guys at gensan’s newest tambayan ng mga generals- KUYA DIDZ at camia st. kitakits january 18.. can’t wait to see everyone there at kuya didz.
al sandok04/18/2010 at 5:59 AM
we need two specialized cooks who is experienced in traditional Filipino food, for our dubai restaurant. mail cv to alsandok@hotmail.com
jayboy03/20/2012 at 12:21 AM
mas lami dd2 sa gamays eatery nga balbacua ky dd2 jud ko kita naga kaon c many pacquiao… ka duha nako kia niya nag eat sa gamays eatery balbacua iya permi order… unahan l;ng sa aweng atbang sa penbank.