{"id":378029,"date":"2022-10-20T06:03:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=378029"},"modified":"2022-10-20T06:03:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:03:13","slug":"angies-bento-house-rises-in-dandan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/angies-bento-house-rises-in-dandan\/","title":{"rendered":"Angie\u2019s Bento House rises in Dandan"},"content":{"rendered":"
Angie\u2019s Bento House is located beside LZ Market along the main road of Dandan Village. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Angie\u2019s Bento has spread its wings with the opening of its very own brick and mortar store along the main road in Dandan.<\/p>\n

Owner Angie Due\u00f1as said after the popularity of its stall at the Sabalu Market across the Kristo Rai Church, they decided to expand and open a snack bar.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually Angie\u2019s Bento has been in operation for the past six years. It started as a home business and then into a stall at the Sabalu Market. Then me and my husband, Anthony, decided to expand as a snack food store a la grab and go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Like her home business-turned-tent stall, Due\u00f1as\u2019 cooking is a mix of local, Filipino, and American dishes.<\/p>\n

\u201cActually most of my food are considered bestsellers, especially my chicken kelaguen, chicken arroz caldo, goto, and of course my undying pork fletada or dinuguan,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Aside from local favorites, Angie\u2019s Bento House is also known for her Chamorro beef steak, leche flan, puto, pichi pichi, hamburger, hotdogs, and potato chips.<\/p>\n

Just some of the grab-and-go food items sold at Angie\u2019s Bento House\u2019s new brick and mortar store in Dandan. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asked why she braved opening a brick and mortar food stall when she was already making money at Sabalu Market, Due\u00f1as said the Dandan snack bar would finally fulfill her dream of offering her food to a larger section of the local community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor this current situation, all small businesses like our\u2019s are suffering but still consider myself lucky because a lot of people are still swinging by and patronizing our store,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Duenas couple are no neophytes to the food industry as Regina used to run Ann\u2019s Creations and Cockpit Caf\u00e9 at the commuter terminal of the Saipan airport. Before that, she used to be the manager of New Century Restaurant in the 1990s and also managed In & Out Caf\u00e9 in Sadog Tasi.<\/p>\n

Angie\u2019s Bento House, which was established in 2016 after Cockpit Caf\u00e9 closed, also offers catering service and delivers to stores around the island.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Currently, they sell their food via consignment at San Antonio Market and WTL Store in San Antonio; Rising Sun Store in Koblerville; Gin Li Store, Lucky D, and Ming Yang Store in San Vicente; Shun Fun Store in Garapan; Cool Laundry store in Finasisu; and Char Thrifty in Oleai.<\/p>\n

Angie\u2019s Bento House is located beside LZ Market along the main road of Dandan Village. For more information, call (670) 788-1140.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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