Ilo-ilo Food Trip

As always, a trip will not be as memorable as it should be without trying local delicacies. While I was discovering my roots, hopping from one town to another, we visited the best restaurants in town.

Ted's Lapaz Batchoy is the best in town, it's all over iloilo

Ted's Special Lapaz Batchoy

Bingka stall right beside the Jaro Cathedral

Bingka- A local Kakanin made out of rice and corn

To end the hours of land travel we decided to treat ourselves with a nice Italian food, situated in the Smallville area of Iloilo City

All meat Pizza

Carbonarra

Seafood Marinara

Buffalo Wings (soo spicy)

They say that this is the King of seafood restaurants in the province. Never leave without trying it!

My mom checking out the turo-turo dishes

Fresh Crabs

Fresh produce from the sea

Sumptuous Lunch

Buttered Shrimps

Sizzling crabmeat

Steamed Oysters

Watch out for this manong selling Pulot..sweet

Sweet Molasses called Pulot

Situated near Villa beach, they serve the best grilled native chicken

Sisig

Their local Lechon

Grilled Native Chicken (meat is kinda tough)

Bringing a little bit of Iloilo on my way back to Manila. De Ocampo sells the best barquillos

Bischocho Haus sells wide array of local kutkutins. Don't forget to bring some of their butterscotch

Goodies from Iloilo

Made out of Rice, grated young coconut, ground corn kernels or ground pinipig (young rice). Baye-Baye is a native Ilonggo delicacy. Can be bought on stalls along the side road going to the airport. This is my fave