Watch this video and take a tour of one of the major facets of Iloilo’s Society: Food. Get to know what Ilonggo Cooking is about and what sets it apart from other cuisines in the provinces. Feast your eyes on a colorful array of delightful treats and be acquainted with many of Iloilo’s foods like laswa, KBL (Kadios, Baboy, Langka), Biscocho, Seafoods, Batchoy, Pancit Molo, Lengua Estofado, Tinuom sa Uhong, Baye-baye, Bibinka, and so much more.
A Glimpse of Ilonggo Cooking
Video produced for Iloilo City Government, Iloilo City Tourism Office, Iloilo Convention and Visitors Bureau, Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Department of Tourism – Region 6, and Sangguniang Panglungsod ng Iloilo.
WOW!!! That video made me feel homesick, and of course…H U N G R Y!
The government of Iloilo is vigorously promoting our culture and heritage thru this video production.
I would say Ilonggo dishes are quite unique and distinctive compared to other Filipino dishes. While watching the video, I realized that there are so many young, “serious & professional” Ilonggo chefs around to carry on with the legacy. They featured an array of Ilonggo dishes but they forgot one of my favorites, a very distinctive one, the LUMPIA Ubod.
Few months more and I will have the chance to graze on authentic Ilonggo delicacies! And of course, I’m eyeing on those restaurants listed in Explore Iloilo website. Thanks for the work well done, Marcos!
Iloilo = food. When I am in the US I lose so much weight, but well when I am home hahahaha…I am back to full-figured. I love Ilonggo food!
i have a foreign friend who’s coming here this july. any recommendations where restaurants i should bring him to have a taste of the ilonggo food? he likes pastas and seafoods but i want him to experience the real taste of the ilonggo cooking. thanx in advance.
Recommendations for foreigners:
1. Afriques
*Italian food with a touch of Ilonggo-ness.
2. Roberto’s
*Iloilo’s oldest homegrown fastfood restaurant. Delicious siopao, pansit and burgers. No foreigner leaves Iloilo without eating here.
3. Deco’s
*Newest Batchoyan on the block. Established in 1938, it is one of the best tasting Batchoys ever since Ted’s.
4. La Sallete Building
*Choose your pick of some of Iloilo’s native restaurants.
5. Breaktrhu
*Chosen as the best restaurant in the region during last year’s WV Tourism Assembly. Eat native chicken, seafood and other delicacies beside the beach
6. Tatoy’s
*Ilonggo classic. Truly one of the best.
7. Mang Inasal
*The most successful Ilonggo fastfood chain ever and is currently the country’s number one chicken barbecue chain. They also offer free rice refills.
8. Coffeebreak
*The most successful coffee chain of Iloilo. Has branches all over the city and at Boracay. They offer free Wi-fi.
9. JD Bakeshop and Cafe
*Personally recommending this. The best in Ilonggo cuisine and very much affordable for all.
yumm..! i missed ilonggo food again even though we just got back from iloilo. hopefully we can go back home again next year. my husband loved to eat ilonggo food and he was enjoying it while he was there last May. thank you again for this video to let everybody know how good ilonggo food and delicaceis! american can fit in. ” manamit! ” that’s his favorite word. well done Marcos!
one this we never fail to practice.. speak and cook ilonggo!
Good, Technical amazing cooking
I miss ilonggo foods! while watching the video i was craving for those foods especially our unique lapaz batchoy! I wish i could come back home very soon to visit resto and eat our delicious (manamit) foods… :) nyamnyam!