In a city where heritage meets progress, Iloilo stands tall a both a cultural gem and an economic powerhouse. Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, the heart of the city offers more than just a destination - it offers a journey. And at the center of this experience is Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo , your ideal base for both exploring and excelling. This season, the hotel invites you to take advantage of two exclusive promotions tailored for discerning travelers: Explore Iloilo and Business Travel Privileges. Explore Iloilo Package Designed for leisure seekers, cultural explorers, and weekend wanderers, the Explore Iloilo Package is a gateway to the city’s best-kept secrets. Guests stay in a Deluxe Room with daily buffet breakfast for two at Runway Kitchen, setting the tone for a comfortable and satisfying day. The package includes a complimentary one-time drop-off to any Iloilo heritage church (choose from Mandurriao, Jar...
Overshadowed by the more popular KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, Langka), another classic dish that makes Ilonggos crave and yearn for that simple but delicious eats is the combination of kadyos, native chicken and ubad. The ever popular-to-the-Ilonggos-but-alien-to-others is kadyos – pigeon pea. Soft beans with hues playing from dark purple to black and gives a distinct violet shade to the broth it makes. READ MORE Chicken also provides protein for this dish and to make it more Ilonggo, most of the time native chickens referred to as “Bisaya” or "darag" are used. NATIVE CHICKEN LITSON And then there's ubad – it’s no typo error; yes it’s ubad with an “A”. Not to be confused with ubod, both are different yet share a similarity. Ubod is the pith of the coconut tree while ubad is the center of the banana trunk. To get the fresh ubad, one has to peel the banana trunk to obtain that fleshy and white core that looks like a fluorescent lamp. The prepare the ubad, the banana pi...