Lampong's Restaurant — Restaurant in Vigan

If you come by Vigan and needed to try legit Ilocano dishes, visit Lampong's Restaurant. There is so much to try to get a taste of Ilocos and it is worth the price. Getting into the place was not a hassle either because Lampong's is located near the entrance of Calle Crisologo.

First, try one of their bestseller which is the Ilocano, poqui-poqui. Poqui-poqui (pronounced as pokeeh pokeeh) is a meatless Ilocano dish made from eggplant, tomatoes, and egg. It is the same as the sarciado - which is stir-fried scrambled egg with tomatoes and onion.The poqui-poqui offers a sweet and salty taste which is blended perfectly and doesn't seem to annoy your taste buds.

Moreover, this Ilocano dish is best served with the famous Vigan longganisa which is a must-try for anyone in Ilocos. Lampong's version of Vigan longganisa is kind of a different variety given the crunch and the salty mixture when we had our first bite. It remains to be promising, but because of the fusion-ized taste of poqui-poqui, their Vigan longganisa complemented it.

Lastly, my only comment with this place is that it is small and can only fit 15 people inside. Good thing they have an al fresco kind of vibe so it works when you are eating outside the restaurant itself. In addition to that, one of the server is just so unenergetic when we came. Might be the only comments to improve on.

Giving them 4.5 stars, because at the end of the day, it is the food...

The only good thing about this place is that it’s in Calle Crisologo. There’s nothing special about the food. Good luck even touching it after seeing how unsanitary the place and the kitchen is (yes, you can see through the door). Even the water is disgusting. It is so cramped that you can literally smell people from the other table. Service is horrible. They don’t want you there at all, as if you’re an inconvenience to their afternoon siesta. They talk/laugh/do whatever loud. Do not eat here. You open the door and you doubt your judgment. It’s one place you even regret just...

Crispy everything! Make sure to order their crispy dinuguan! The bagnet is still crispy underneath the creamy, tangy blood sauce. We also had their pinakbet and uhm... buffalo wings T_T. The pinakbet was good if you ignored the large slivers of ginger. I like the fact that all pinakbet vegetables were present. Let's not talk about the buffalo chicken (kids' orders you know)- it took tooooo long to serve, was undercooked and tasted like Del Monte Spaghetti Sauce. Props for the size though. Indoor seating is small so on a cool night, opt to...