Ilonggo Food Culture: Buho Bakery

A curious bakery in Iloilo is known as Buho Bakery. Buho means “hole” in llonggo. The name comes from the custom of dispensing early morning or late evening bread from a little hole in the wall, a buho.

The hole through which the bread is dispensed
The hole through which the bread is dispensed.

Foo Lan Sew started the bakery in the mid-20th century. The hard-working man’s store was open 24 hours. So for security reasons, he had a little buho made, by which his store is still known today.

Source: Reynaldo Gamboa Alejandro and Vicente Roman Santos in Estilo Ilonggo: Philippine Southern Lifestyle published by KCC Innovations in cooperation with DOT (2009)

Read also: Buho Bakery: The Ilonggo’s “Iconic Hole”

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