El Ideal Bakery: Serving Good Food Since the 1920s
November 3, 2009 by Negros Occidental
Silay City in Negros Occidental is famous for mansions and good food. El Ideal Bakery is both. Housed in a National Heritage Site, El Ideal is also famous for its heritage recipes which it has served since the 1920s.
El Ideal is more than just a bakery, it’s an institution, a cultural heritage, a story entirely on its own. El Ideal Bakery was established in the 1920’s by the late Cesar Lacson Losin and his sisters. Some recipes served today were served years ago. In the late 1950’s, he handed down El Ideal to his daughter, Mrs. Alice Locsin-Villanueva. She added a refreshment parlor to the bakery and another brick oven. Currently, El Ideal is managed by Maritess Villanueva-Sanchez and husband Enrique Sanchez.
El Ideal is famous for classic Ilonggo cookies and biscuits such as quinamoncil, sinambag, biscocho principe, broas, favorita, lubid-lubid, quinihad, etc.
More recently, it became famous for guapple pie which has become its trademark product. You haven’t been to El Ideal if you haven’t tried their guapple pie which is even ordered and sent to Manila and as far as the U.S. for pasalubong.
With the opening of the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City, El Ideal has become very accessible to travelers. El Ideal is located at Rizal St. a block away from Silay City Public Plaza.
When you visit El Ideal, take home with you some of the best delicacies you’ll find in Negros. And remember, you are also bringing home a piece of Negrense history.
Photos courtesy of El Ideal
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The best buko pie, like, ever! :p
You like it better than guapple pie?
i’ve only tried the guapple pie once hehe ok lang, i still love their buko pie. nothing beats their buko pie, not even the ones they sell in tagaytay. :p
Syempre, kay imagine bala nga halin pa sg 1920ssila galuto ti kundi na perfect na ina. hehehe… Negrense pa nga very discriminating ang taste.
El Ideal always gets a spot on our daily strolls when we’re back home in Negros… Piping hot Batchoy, Fresh Lumpia, Buko pie, and maybe a slice of guapple pie as well… before the lazy drive back to Bacolod…