20/06/2026
“ THE ORIGIN OF PANCIT MALABON”Malabon,
Rizal, will celebrate its town fiesta from Dec. 5 - 10 in honor of its patron saint, Immaculate Concepcion. Whenever Malabon is mentioned, its famous "pan-cit Malabon" delicacy is not forgotten by Filipino and foreign visitors. 3 GENERATIONS the art of making "pancit Malabon" haspassed the hands of three family generations of this town.
The first "pancitan" was first established in Concepcion by Eulalia de los Santos. The old Eulalia was succeeded by her daughter, Estefania Areea.
Estefania made it a point to teach as many members of the family the art of making "pancit Malabon. It was she who established the prestige gained by thi famous recipe. "PANCIT EXPERT Estefania's daughter. Ma-xima Sta. Maria became "pancit" expert of this town. Same was true to Ceferina Herrera. But Ceferina died earlier. In 1947, now pancit "heirres," Esperanca Herrera, known as "Aling Anchang"
to her townmates, looked after the "pancit" stall and has been at the job since. Another sister of Esperanza. Filomena Legaspi handles a dignified kitchenette named as "The Original Pancit Malabon of Aling Anchang" located near the intersections of Concepcion highway and General Luna street.
People of different walks of life trek to this piace just to eat Malabon's favorite dish.
IMPONG EULALIA' During the Spanish time or revolution, people from the hills name to "Impong Eulalia." They ordered something to eat. Eulalia served them any available recipe she could think of. Later, It was known to be "pancit Malabon." Aline Anchang's sister said that her grandmother was taken to the municipal tail just because of "pancit Malabon. "There was a cholera apidemic that time. Grandmother continued selling her favorite recipe and because of her love, the submitted for arrest," said Filomena. BAMBOO SHOOTS It is interesting to note that some old residents of the town say that the first "pancit Malabon" was prepared from shredded bamboo sheets. When the Chinese name, they introduced rice noodles. According to the famous Pancit Malabon originators, the prices oof their “pancit” vary. The Plateful cost P0.05 during the Spanish time. But during the Japanese regime, it soared to a fabulous amount of P100 to P1.50 a plate. Then, it went down to P0.10 during Liberation.
Pl PER PLATE Now, the price is pegged to P1 per plate which, according to the heiress, is only one-half of the cost of "pancit Malabon" in Manila.
The making of this gourmet's delight (rice noodles with elaborate earnishing) has been imitated by others. However, It has already spread to other places because the originators are kind enough to teach other women of the locality.
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