Cafés

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Star Café is a "must" stop during our visits to Baguio: for lunch or dinner, or merienda time. The "must" dishes are: hototai, pansit canton, chop suey, lumpiang shanghai with its walangkaparis sauce. And for merienda, Benguet coffee and cheese bread or egg pie. The people are still nice, they recognize the oldtimers, and the last time we had a chat they said they were visited recently by members of the Assandas clan who now live in Manila. Delma said she borrowed an umbrella from them, with no hesitation, a couple of times when it started to rain. That's how "hometown" this Baguio institution is.

Dainty is no longer there but coffee is still served upstairs. But we are waiting for Pedro B. to treat us to its downstairs, the ice cream place is called Session Delights.

Art: Café by the Ruins is located at the back of City Hall, sort of in between the FilAm Life Insurance building and Rizal Park. You will see a lot of jeepneys parked at the front, plying the La Trinidad route via Bokawkan Road. Next door is 23 Chuntug Street, Bayquen Properties office, in a green and white house owned by the Arvisus. Try the wholewheat pandesal. (at the Cafe, not the office). Naimas!