THE restaurant of the best-selling Filipino noodle soup in Cagayan de Oro City is not in a rush to plunge in hasty expansion plans like what businesses do today.
While small businesses are in the move to take advantage of franchising, D’ Original La Paz Batchoy is taking it slow and steady.
After 47 years of operations, it is only this month that Cagayan de Oro's D' Original La Paz Batchoy restaurant will be offering delivery services to its customers in the Divisoria Area.
Owner Noel Gomez said that their delivery service will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will include all the restaurant's meals as well as their bestseller specialty, the batchoy.
Kagay-anons have been enjoying this homey Ilonggo noodle soup dish from D' Original La Paz Batchoy which is considered as one of the oldest restaurants in the city.
The Kagay-anon restaurant has been serving not only their batchoy noodle soup but also other food such as siopao, pork humba, lomi, tapsilog, sotanghon and chopsuey.
Gomez is planning to expand the restaurant's customers by serving their food right at their doorstep. Gomez said that he wants to target the booming city population and the industrial sector.
"Here in the Divisoria area where one of our branches are, BPOs and other offices are starting to pop up. That is why I think that it will be good for the product if we initiate a delivery service so that we can provide food for a larger population especially those who are too busy to go outside their offices and buy food," Gomez said.
D' Original La Paz Batchoy's food will be served directly to the customer's home or offices for only about 15 minutes. This service will include all the meals of the restaurants for the same prices ranging from 50 to 80 pesos.
Gomez said, however, said as of now, their bestseller batchoy, can only be delivered in its small size serving. By next year, Gomez said they will improve serving batchoy in varying sizes as well as expanding their delivery service reach in the city.
"As we are only on the starting phase of this service, the delivery service will only reach the Divisoria area but then by time, we will be able to cater more customers in the city," Gomez said.
For orders, customers may contact 088-231-6641.