Probably among the most famous Ilonggo dishes in the national scene, La Paz batchoy is a noodle dish with pork, liver, intestines served with hot broth and topped with crunchy chicharon, garlic. onion leaves with soy sauce and powdered pepper used to adjust the flavour according to one's taste.
They say one can identify an Ilonggo by the way he eats his batchoy, that is, sipping the broth first until the bowl almost dries up. That could be the reason why "batchoyan" offers free broth refill, or maybe the other way around. Whatever it maybe, batchoy is more than a comfort food for most Ilonggos, its a reflection of their way of life.