Full On Taste and Sights at BZA HomeArts Cafe
From the first time …
=D
we made a visit to BZA Home Arts early this month, it’s been on my mind. (Back to newly opened restos.) It’s because there’s loads going on in this place; more than their food, more than a place to hang out and catch up with friends and loved ones. I tell you, I didn’t expect the space to be so overwhelming when eatsplorer Ela told me about adding this cafe to my Baguio restaurant list. Shyeew.
BZA Home Arts Cafe menu from December 6, 2016
Coming ’round the bend, going through their golden gate and walking to the entrance of the resto, my eyes got wider and wider and I had to fight hard to keep myself composed and keep from lingering here and there to take a photo of this and that. (I get that way, you see, when I like what I see. I take so many photos because I sort of feel like whatever it is is going to disappear in the next instant/I can’t have it so I take comfort in the thought that I’d still be able to look at it in a photo. =b Thank heavens for digital cams, no?)
BZA potato salad *nomnomnom
Getting to the living room dining area, it was all I could do to keep from going crazy with all the Christmas decor (Not enough to get me into the holiday spirit though), interesting chairs, and awe-inspiring rhinestone art everywhere. (BTW, this is also a rhinestone art, paint by numbers pictures, cross stitch pattern kits depot.)
Lychee peach specialty drink and butterbeer =)
After taking a little peek of the dining room dining area, we chose the table beside the X’mas tree across from the huge ass TV playing music videos in the living room. It was kind of a doozy picking which potato salad to get from the BZA HomeArts Cafe menu as there were three kinds, the BZA version, a German version, and a Hungarian version. I settled for the house potato salad which reminded me a lot of Bay Leaf’s version with the cubes of carrots and beans tossed together with the marble potatoes for that shift in textures. ^^,
Bbq liempo =D
While waiting for our mains; mine, one of their sub sandwiches, and Race’s, their liempo, we sipped on some butter beer. Every sip had me thinking of pancakes with oodles and oodles of maple syrup and butter. *sip ahh “A little bit like less-sickly butterscotch.” ~ J.K. Rowling. So good, I bet this could get me tipsy … nay, dead drunk. That could get me dead drunk. Kept me drinking until it was all gone, mehn. Another round please!
The barbecue liempo is a simple staple dish that’s always a winner. \m/ With meat grilled just right, tasty and tender, Race had to get another helping of rice for it.
Eeek! Lots to see, lots to see. Check out that backrest with peacock decor on it. Fab rhinestone art, especially, the blue ballerina (or was that Cinderella … Elsa? A grown up Sadness? *heeharhar) in the living room.
The sandwich came in a huge plate with strips of beef on the side like meat used in samgyeopsal and delish potato wedges. In the baguette were rings of onion and slices of mushroom. I poured all this out of the bread, sliced away at everything, and ate all in various forkful combos. (“,) (Beef with some onion one time, beef with mushroom and potatoes and a dip in the ranch dressing another time, etc.)
As an afterthought, I got a mug of BZA’s lychee peach specialty drink. It’s an oh so creamy blend with two of my favorite fruit(s flavors).
Del manzo sottomarino submarine sandwich
Being the food lovers we are, Race and I were already talking about ordering dessert as we were munching on the salad, but then Sir Lee, manager of BZA Cafe, came in to the sala and gave us each our own slices of carrot cake. For being the first blogger to visit their place, he said. (Busted! Cover blown! Abort, abort! =)) ) Aww, thank you so much, Sir! Packed with walnut pieces, it’s a nice dessert … which could have done even better with cream cheese frosting. Got a tad too sweet there. Even more so, paired with my whipped cream topped, whipped cream blended drink. No matter, I’m still ever so grateful. That really topped us off. *burp!
Slices of carrot walnut cake and choco cake.
Left feeling incomplete since I haven’t seen everything yet (what I mean is I didn’t get to do a close inspection of everything =b), we returned a few days later. This time, I gunned for a seat in the dining room dining area. BTW 2, I forgot to relate to you this interesting tidbit Sir Lee shared to us: BZA restaurant used to be President Manuel L. Quezon’s Baguio home.
Manuel L. Quezon’s house after all. *hee
Why I keep saying living room dining area, dining room dining area; the home arts cafe is a house (turned hotel) turned eating place. That also explains the decorative mouldings that looked like the sun on the Philippine flag. Is this why Quezon Hill is named Quezon Hill? Shows you how much I know about history. *sheepish grins
Continental breakfast
Skipping drinks totally as we aimed to satisfy our hunger, we went for a continental breakfast plate, soup, and pasta for late lunchies.
The continental breakfast was mainly a platter of small pieces of protein like bacon, ham, sausage, and scrambled egg with a slice of whole grain bread. (They have their all day breakfasts in their newer menu which I didn’t take a shot of. I was thinking, changed to colorful scented paper, it was the same food list. This one’s priced P170 thereabouts. The two other options for breakfast are somewhere around P120 to p150.)
Pomodoro la minestra soup (“,)
Beautiful soup, that pomodoro la minestra. Creamy, cheesy, loaded with mushed tomatoes, it felt almost like eating melted cheese. Insta fave! I would go back for this again and again and be perfectly happy with this bowl. =D
I ❤ the marinara pasta I got too. Perfectly cooked fettuccine with tons of olives, capers, tomatoes, more than the pasta itself, and shrimps, I had a mind to ask for more bread to wipe off the tomato sauce left on the plate (also for the soup). Compliments to the chef … whom we got to meet on our first visit. Kudos, Chef Jesse!
We ended this meal with a slice of chocolate cake. A true blue choco cake. =)
L’marinara di donna pasta ^^,
X marks BZA HomeArts Cafe for good food … also, an eyeful, a tastebuds-ful, and a tummy full experience in Baguio.
Food: 
Service: 
Ambiance:
Price: 
So many nice places to sit as well. Oh, cushy swings!
BZA HomeArts Cafe
#37 1st Road Quezon Hill
Baguio City, Philippines
0926 717 3242
https://www.facebook.com/bzahomeartscafe/
(See location on Google maps: St. Vincent Gym Brower Road to BZA Cafe Quezon Hill
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/St.+Vincent+Gym,+Brower+Road,+Baguio,+Cordillera+Administrative+Region,+Philippines/BZA+Home+Arts+Caf%C3%A9,+Quezon+Hill+Road+1,+Baguio,+Cordillera+Administrative+Region,+Philippines/@16.4135262,120.5826454,829m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x3391a16573dfc99f:0x86fb1262ea207156!2m2!1d120.5879732!2d16.4149095!3m4!1m2!1d120.5832034!2d16.4142193!3s0x3391a17073d9b675:0x5c9082988e3ff6fc!1m5!1m1!1s0x3391a170725f7653:0xb01c2066d0f0c36e!2m2!1d120.5838454!2d16.4140161!3e0 )
Like this:
Like Loading...
Tags: #1, a doozy, abort, abort mission, adventure, afterthought, afterthought to the meal, all day breakfast, always a winner, ambiance, awe inspiring rhinestone art, bacon, Baguio, Baguio 1st road Quezon Hill, Baguio all day breakfast, Baguio barbecue liempo, Baguio bbq liempo, baguio best restaurants, Baguio blog, Baguio butter beer, Baguio butterbeer, Baguio BZA, Baguio BZA café, Baguio BZA Home Arts, Baguio BZA Home Arts menu, Baguio BZA HomeArts Café, Baguio BZA HomeArts Café menu, Baguio BZA menu, Baguio BZA restaurant, Baguio carrot cake, Baguio choco cake, Baguio chocolate cake, Baguio City, Baguio City eatscapade, Baguio City eatsploration, Baguio City Philippines, Baguio continental breakfast, Baguio del manzo sottomarino submarine sandwich, Baguio dine, Baguio dining escapade, baguio eat, baguio eats, Baguio eatscapade, Baguio eatsploration, Baguio eatsplorer, Baguio eatsplorers, Baguio fascinating dining area, baguio food, baguio food adventure, baguio food adventures, baguio food blog, Baguio food blogger, Baguio food escapade, Baguio food establishments, baguio food guide, baguio food map, baguio food photo blog, baguio food quest, Baguio food review, Baguio food reviews, baguio food trip, Baguio foodie, Baguio foodie blogger, Baguio foodies, baguio foods, baguio guide, baguio guide what to eat, baguio hang out, Baguio hangout, Baguio lychee peach BZA specialty drink, Baguio Manuel L Quezon house, Baguio Philippines, Baguio pomodoro la minestra soup, Baguio potato salad, baguio restaurant blog, baguio restaurant blogs, Baguio restaurant connoisseur, Baguio restaurant food, baguio restaurant guide, baguio restaurant map, Baguio restaurant review, Baguio restaurant reviews, Baguio restaurants review, Baguio restaurants reviews, baguio restaurants to eat, Baguio rhinestone art depot, Baguio Saint Vincent Gym, Baguio sub sandwiches, Baguio Subs, Baguio where to eat, bake, beautiful Christmas ornament, beautiful filling sub sandwich, beautiful soup, beer that tasted like liquefied pancake with butter and maple syrup, best, best kept secret, best loved hangout baguio, best restaurants in baguio, Beth, better, binge, blended drinks, blended drinks baguio, blog, blogger, blogs, blogs about baguio food, breakfast, breakfast platter of protein, burp, business, businesses, busted, butter beer, butterbeer, butterbeer a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch, butterbeer Harry Potter, button mushrooms, BZA Cafe Baguio Google map, BZA cafe location on Google maps, BZA Home Arts Cafe Google map, BZA HomeArts Cafe location, BZA restaurant Google map, can’t get off my mind, capers, carrot cake, carrot cake baguio, carrot cubes and beans with marble potatoes salad, catch up, catching up with friends, center, chest, chests, choco cake, chocolate cake, chocolate cake Baguio, Christmas décor, Christmas decorations, Christmas spirit, Christmas spirit Baguio, Christmas tree, Cinderella, city, City of Pines, comfort, comfort food, comfy cozy hang out Baguio, coming 'round the bend, compare, comparison, compliments to the chef, comprehensive baguio food blog, comprehensive details about Baguio food, comprehensive information about Baguio food, connoisseur, continental breakfast, cook, cost, costs, cover blown, craving, cravings, creamy blended drink, creamy cheesy tomato-ey soup, cross stitch pattern kits, cushioned swings, cushions, cushy swings, customer, customers, dead drunk, decorative mouldings, del manzo sottomarino submarine sandwich, delectable, delicious, delight, delights, different kinds of potato salad, digi cam, digicam, digital, digital cam, dine Baguio, dining around baguio, dining out, dining room dining area, dinner, discover, discovering, discovery, dish, dishes, doozy, eat, eat and dine Baguio, eat baguio food, eat out baguio, eat-in-baguio, eateries, eatery, eating out Baguio, eating out in baguio, eats, eats baguio food, eats baguio foods, eats in Baguio, eats in Baguio City, eats-ploration baguio, eats-plore, eats-plore baguio, eatscapade, eatsploration, eatsplore, eatsplore baguio, eatsplorer, eatsplorers, eatsploring Baguio, egg, Elsa Frozen character, establishment, establishments, explore, explore Baguio city, explorer, explorers, extra rice, extra rice Baguio, eyeful, eyes got wider and wider, fancy, fantastic, fascinating dining area, favorite hang out in baguio, fettuccine, fettuccine noodles, filling plate of potato salad, find, find good Baguio food, find good food in Baguio, first road Quezon Hill Baguio, flavorful, food, food adventure, food adventures, food and drink, food escapade, food establishment, food establishments, food lovers, food lovers talk about food before during after meals, food quest, food trip, food trip in baguio, food trip with Xine, food trips, foodie, foodie trip, foodie trip Baguio, foodies, foods, forego, forkful combos, full on, full on sights, full on taste, funds, gastronomic, get into the spirit, going to disappear in the next instant, golden gate, good, good Baguio food, good eats, good eats Baguio, good food, good foods, Google, Google map, google map link Baguio BZA HomeArts Cafe, Google map St. Vincent Gym Brower Road to BZA Home Arts Café Quezon Hill, Google search, grateful Xine, great, great time, grilled liempo, grilled liempo baguio, guide, guide to restaurants in Baguio City, ham, hang out baguio, hangout, hangout baguio, Harry Potter butter beer a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch, Harry Potter butter beer a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch JK Rowling, holiday spirit, homes turned cafes Baguio, hotel, house decorative molding, house turned restaurant, huge ass TV, hunt, ice blended drinks, inihaw na liempo, insta fave, instant fave, instant favorite, interesting chairs, JK Rowling butterbeer a little bit like less-sickly butterscotch, Karla, keep composed, keep from lingering, kudos, liempo Baguio, life, list, living room dining area, loads going on, location, location in baguio map, location of baguio restaurant, looks like meat for samgyupsal, lots going on, lots to see, lots to see in Baguio restaurant dining area, lunch, lychee peach drink, mains, Manuel L Quezon house, marinara fettuccine, marinara pasta, mark, marks, meat for samgyeopsal, memories, memory, menu, menu on colorful scented paper, more than food more than hang out, MTV, music videos, music videos playing on TV, my cover is blown, new in town, new in town baguio, newly opened, newly opened cafe Baguio, newly opened establishment, newly opened establishment baguio, newly opened food establishment baguio, newly opened restaurants, newly opened where to eat in baguio, nice and comfy hangout, no.1, no1, olives, on my mind, onion ring slices, onion rings, oodles, oodles and oodles, overwhelming, overwhelming space, P3, P3 food trip, paint by numbers, paint by numbers pictures depot, pampering, passion, passion for food, peek, perfect hang out, perfect place to hang out, perfect place to hang out baguio, perfectly happy, Philippine flag sun, Philippines, photoblog Baguio, photos, photos of this and that, pines, place, places, places to eat, pomodoro la minestra soup, potato salad, potato wedges, President Manuel Quezon, price, qualities of the perfect hangout Baguio, quest, quests, Quezon Hill, Quezon Hill Baguio, Race, ranch dressing, ranch dressing dip, rating, ratings, restaurant, restaurants, rhinestone art depot, Sadness Inside Out character, Saint Vincent Gym Baguio, satisfy hunger, sausage, scarpetta, scrumptious, seafood marinara, seafood marinara pasta, search, searching, service, sheepish grins, simple, sip ahh moment, slices of button mushrooms, snack, snacks, soup like eating melted cheese, spirit, spot, St Vincent Gym Brower Road Baguio, staple, sub sandwiches, subs, sun shaped like in the Philippine flag, swings with cushions, take comfort in the thought, take comfort in the thought I can look at it in photo, take many photos, taste, tastebuds-ful, tasty, tender lean, tender meat, tender pieces of pork, thankful, the spot, time, tips, tips dining out Baguio, tipsy, tomato, tomatoes, top off, treasure, treasure chest, treasure chests, treasures, treats, tried, tried all Baguio restaurants, true blue, true blue chocolate cake, Try, try eating at Baguio restaurants, tummy full, where to eat, where to eat in Baguio, where to eat in Baguio City, whole wheat bread, wipe, wipe off, wiped off, x, x marks baguio food in baguio map, x marks baguio restaurants in baguio map, X marks the spot, Xine, xmarks, xmarks baguio, xmarks baguio food, xmarks baguio restaurants
X Marks the Spot for Good Baguio Foods 
Wow! BZA Home Arts cafe is Manuel L Quezon’s house. A very long history ha. Must visit this new restaurant soon
Hello, Izza! I know right. Really an interesting tidbit to learn from BZA manager, Sir Lee. He’s got other plans with regard to the building’s history, can’t wait for those to come to fruition.
Yes, do put BZA HomeArts Cafe on your list and check it off soon. Dining spots are so much more amusing with Christmas decor out *hihi Thank you and hope you enjoy it here as much as we did! (“,)
May post na naman ang lola. Akala ko wiz na susunod sa matcha spread nun collective. Parang gandara din dito sa BZA Cafe daming pag photo op. Rampa din dapat ako dyan.
Hi, Mario! *hihi Yes, doing my best to get this all out before the holiday season so Baguio residents and visitors can have some place new to check out if they so wish. (“,)
Sensory overload as in at BZA Home Arts Cafe and for sure, lots of pictures to take around the cafe. Thanks muchie! Happy rampa and happy eating! *hihi
Mukang masarap yun marinara pasta. 😉 Thank you for posting BZA home arts Cafe
Hello! BZA’s l’marinara di donna pasta really was a fab plate. If you love capers, olives and tomatoes like I do, you’ll enjoy it even more, methinks. Happy dining at the HomeArts restaurant! Thank you so much for visiting the blog. (“,)
Love this feature. BZA is a beautiful place
*apir! Thanks for visiting Find Good Baguio Foods and for leaving a comment! (“,)
This is the restaurant you were telling us about Xine! I want to see the interesting chairs and rhinestone art for myself and the food at BZA restaurant, it really sounds yummy. 🙂 🙂
Ahey, Nickie! Yes, this is the one. Go, go, go! As I understand it, you can also buy as well as work on rhinestone art projects, paint by numbers pictures, and cross stitch kits while eating the delectable food here at BZA HomeArts Cafe.
Glad to have you back in the comments section. Happy food quest! (“,)
Store hours please?
Hello, Lea. Says on the BZA Facebook page, it’s 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Enjoy! (“,)