{"id":8277,"date":"2015-03-27T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/restaurant\/?p=8277"},"modified":"2015-11-25T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-25T08:25:10","slug":"eating-your-way-through-bacolod-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/filipino\/eating-your-way-through-bacolod-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating your way through Bacolod City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bacolod in southern Philippines is a melting pot of modernity, culture and history. The beautiful city, famous as a sugar county and as the City of Smiles, has numerous sights and incredibly hospitable people.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Eating<\/p>\n

Their warmth extends to their cuisine \u2013 a perfect fusion of home-grown tradition and fresh culinary ideas. One of their most famous dishes is the grilled chicken inasal<\/em>, and the best place to have it is at Aida\u2019s Manokan in Manokan Country, a long line of carinderias <\/em>selling a wide variety of delicious grilled food. Simply get your preferred cut \u2013 paa<\/em> (thigh) and pakpak <\/em>(wing) are the meatiest \u2013 and drizzle some sinfully delicious chicken oil over your rice for a filling lunch. For seafood, head to Hyksos Pala-Pala Seafood Restaurant, where you can pick a wide variety of fresh fishes, scallops, squid, prawns and more cooked in whatever way you want. The sweet chili crabs and the sizzling blue marlin is your best bet.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Eating<\/p>\n

Get your snack fix from hole-in-the-wall Super Batchoy <\/em>House, which has been serving the best batchoy <\/em>in Bacolod for 35 years. Batchoy<\/em> is a hot, rich pork noodle soup with pork and innards, chicharon<\/em>, and egg. A good dinner would be at Pepe\u2019s Grill, which specializes in sumptuous spareribs and beef salpicao<\/em>. If you prefer something more upscale, try Cantina Mondo Artisanal Deli and Cafe, the prime purveyor of Bacolod\u2019s artisan products.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Eating<\/p>\n

For dessert, do not miss Calea. This bakeshop\u2019s cakes and pastries are legendary in Bacolod\u2019s food culture, and their Oreo Cheesecake and White Cake will surely not disappoint. This is also the perfect place to get pasalubong<\/em>, as Calea will lovingly pack your precious cakes for your flight back. Wherever street you may be in Bacolod, you\u2019ll hardly have a bad meal \u2013 if you know where to go.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aida\u2019s Manokan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Manokan Country, Fr. M. Ferrero Street cor Rizal Street<\/span><\/p>\n

Hyksos Pala-Pala Seafood Restaura<\/strong>nt<\/span><\/p>\n

Door 1-3, Bayview Foodcourt, Burgos Street, BREDCO Reclamation Area<\/span><\/p>\n

Super Batchoy <\/em>House<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Locsin Street in\u00a0Bacolod<\/em>\u00a0City, beside the Central Market<\/span><\/p>\n

Pepe\u2019s Grill<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2\/F Piazza Sorrento, 13th Lacson Street<\/span><\/p>\n

Cantina Mondo Artisanal Deli and Cafe<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Central Citywalk, Robinsons Place<\/span><\/p>\n

Calea<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lourdes – C Bldg., Lacson St. Bacolod City, Negros Occidental<\/span><\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Photos and article by Jess Jacutan<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bacolod in southern Philippines is a melting pot of modernity, culture and history. The beautiful city, famous as a sugar county and as the City of Smiles, has numerous sights and incredibly hospitable people. Their warmth extends to their cuisine \u2013 a perfect fusion of home-grown tradition and fresh culinary ideas. One of their most famous dishes is the grilled chicken inasal, and the best place to have it is at Aida\u2019s Manokan in Manokan Country, a long line of carinderias selling a wide variety of delicious grilled food. Simply get your preferred cut \u2013 paa (thigh) and pakpak (wing) are the meatiest \u2013 and drizzle some sinfully delicious chicken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-filipino","category-bacolod"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8282,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8277\/revisions\/8282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}