About UsBusiness Name: Giant Taklobo Resto Grill
Since Bolinao is known to have giant clams in the Philippines, we named our restaurant Giant Taklobo because we wanted to promote our town Bolinao. Started: March 21, 2015 by Mr and Mrs Cefre Dedicated to our daughter Zyla Cefre who fought and won the battle of LEUKEMIA (Blood Cancer); Zyla is our restaurant model, a brave little one, who taught us to never give up in life. Our restaurant goal, is to help locals to improve their way of living, and staying with their families. Employing locals is a way of giving thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for giving Zyla a second chance and to fulfill her purpose here on Earth. Location: Bolinao Pangasinan Folk etymology attributes the name "Bolinao" or this remote fishing enclave from the fish piece "monamon" but commonly called "Bolinao" by the Tagalogs, Bicolanos and the Visayans. A theory also points out that once upon a time "pamulinawen" trees grew luxuriantly along its shores, thus, the Ilocano migrants who crossed the Lingayen Gulf named it phonetically similar to the name of the tree. Nowadays, however, such tree does not exist anymore. Unofficial records narrate the story of an Italian missionary named Blessed Odorico who said the first mass in Bolinao Bay, baptizing several locals while he was on his way to China. He took refuge in what is now known as Bolinao during a storm in 1324. Two centuries later, an account narrates the arrival of Juan de Salcedo and his crew reached Bolinao and chanced upon a Chinese Sampan who captured a native chieftain. Salcedo and his men liberated the natives and the latter immediately pledged vassalage to the King of Spain. It is a native restaurant, dedicated to cater fresh seafood from the bountiful ocean of Bolinao, Pangasinan itself. We dedicate ourselves to only serve hot and freshly cooked food, mainly seafood, especially our very own SUNGAYAN, a well know fish mainly found in Bolinao. On top of it all, Giant Taklobo is a family owned business. |