La Salette: Dining pleasures and treasures .....

Even before its ground floor renovation, it was already home to countless food shops. Turo-turo, batchoyans, snack and pasalubong shops made up majority of the ground floor of this 3 storey building.

Located along Valeria Street, La Salette building has long been a gastronomical magnet. Its being almost located at the center of big shopping centers makes it a melting pot in this part of the city. Spanning almost a block, its accessibility to most destinations creates a foot-traffic the envied by other buildings

Surprisingly last year, it embarked on a move now common in this part of the city. It gave a new and refreshing look to its ground floor with a line up of restaurants and food shops showcasing the Ilonggo pride. From history to the cuisine it presents and the innovations it brought after the reinvention, the new La Salette beckons.

Mang Inasal

The country's fastest growing chicken inasal and Iloilo's most famous restaurant export nationwide. This store proves how strong the Mang inasal brand in the city since there is also another branch approximately 100 meters (a 3 minute walk) and both branches are doing well. More ...

Deco's Original La Paz Batchoy

The home of the original La Paz batchoy since 1938, Deco’s flagship store, upon its entry to mainstream market, reintroduced more than just the original batchoy taste but also a sleek and modern ambiance. More ...

Deco's Pasalubong Shop

Truly touristy one stop shop where it sells not only the famous brands of pasalubong food items but also novelty items from shirts and key chains to other native products. Video documentaries about Iloilo often play inside the store. More ...

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Dapli by BreakthroughA modern setting of the restaurant serving native food. Unlike its branch along Villa beach this has a more fast paced and crowded ambiance especially during mealtimes. More ...

Ted’s Oldtimer La Paz Batchoy

The most famous and largest chain of La Paz batchoy store in the country. La Salette is also the home of their flagship branch and it may as well be their biggest. It’s the only food shop that has survived the trying times of La Salette. More ...

Dulgies Cafe

A great place to unwind and enjoy delectable cakes, mouth watering pastries, creamy pasta and sandwiches (almost) to die for. Words of mouth about its quality cakes made this an overnight success. More ...

Fiesta Sarap

Aptly named since its decoration inside-out is a medley of colors from the walls to the furniture. A budget friendly fast-food style restaurant serving ala carte meals .

Iloilo Kansi House

LA SALETTE RESTAURANT LOCATOR

2nd UPDATE:

Dulgies has indeed taken over the Fietsa Sarap space and it's interior space is 2-3 bigger as before

The spaceIloilo Kansi House and Crest barbershop and Cafe will be taken over by Luna's Arroz Caldo

UPDATE:

As I have predicted, Fiesta Sarap was the first one to feel the heat and gave up the fight in this restaurant row. Rumours has it that Dulgies will take over the vacated space.

Also a new restaurant has opened; Iloilo Kansi House, located beside Crest barbershop and cafe.

A tinapay called MONAY

Monay is a well-known Filipino bread and based on Wikipedia , it's the Filipinized version of the Spanish bread pan de monja or bread of the monks . I had to laugh it out upon reading that entry from Wiki. Coming from Western Visayas in which monay is more than a bread based on local dialect, it's hard not to. And here's why... A post from PinoyExchange forum "I had this funny experience a few years back when I was in Aklan. I bought a homemade peanut butter and I was craving to eat it so I immediately ran to a nearby bakery with a friend to buy some bread. I was hoping to buy pandesal but I saw this large "monay" and I said to the tindera " Miss magkano ang hot monay mo ?" My friend suddenly laughed and so did the tindera. I repeated it saying " Yan monay mo nga miss kung magkano and bibilhin ko ." They again laughed and I was left wondering why. Then on our way back with my "hot monay" I asked my friend why did they laughed...

Adobong Pusit

Adobong Pusit or lukos is among the most popular ways of cooking squid. It combines the Pinoys favorite way of cooking - adobo , with one of the most delicious bounty of the sea. For some, the blackness of the dish is a sort of turn-off but to those who have discovered the gastronomic delights of this cooking; it's a taste of heaven - on a plate with hot rice! Here's a simple recipe for Adobong Pusit Ingredients Squid, "gutted" and cleaned Vinegar Soy Sauce Laurel (Bay leaves) Garlic, crushed Onion, sliced Chili Salt Pepper Oil Procedure Wash and drain the squid. Remember to remove the membrane - that sort of bony inside. In a pan, place the squid at the bottom then add garlic, chili and onions. Pour in vinegar and soy sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Boil until the squid is cooked. Pour oil over the cooked squid and mix before serving. You can also separate the ink sauce and give the squid a sort of toasting in oil before mixing...

An Ilonggo favorite - Valenciana

Found in almost all occasions like fiesta, birthdays, reunions and others, Ilonggos really love valenciana because most if not all have grown accustomed of having it in special gatherings at home. A complete " go, grow and glow " dish because it has the carbohydrates, protein and vitamins and minerals in just one spoonful, Valenciana is really an " occasional dish ". Here's the recipe for Valenciana

Easy Century Tuna Recipes

If you're looking for simple, easy and delicious Century Tuna recipes online, congratulations, you've found it right here! How about spicy tuna sisig or tuna sinigang ? Maybe stir fried tuna with pickles or just yang chow fried rice . I love Century Tuna from its flakes in oil variety, the spicier the better, but when I discovered the versatility of its solid variant, it became an obsession. At first I was just into the usual tested recipes; pasta and sandwich filling, but then it got simpler – I just eat it straight from the can! Usually with a piece of bread or an apple. I just add a few drops of vinegar to spice it up a bit. Then came the experiments. Yup I got tired of that habit that one day, I decided to test my skills in the kitchen. Serendipity, you might call it yet most of them turned into good recipes that I have shared now and then. Satisfying my Palabok cravings had me experiment on this recipe on the spot. With Century Tuna in lieu of the us...

Ube brazo de mercedes from Lapaz Bakeshop

It was just an impromptu food trip in and around Lapaz market a few months ago when I discovered this ube brazo de mercedes from the Lapaz Bakeshop. I got to taste and take home this ube dessert that later on became a staple at home. Lapaz Bakeshop sits on the corner of Tinda Lapaz right across Grand Dame Hotel. A restaurant named Lapaz Kitchenette was the previous locator of the space and it was famous for it's PhP59 buffet . The bakeshop is among the bigger "small town" bakeshops in the city with it's wide range of breads, pastries and cakes plus shorts snack items. It even has branches in some towns in Iloilo including one in my hometown, Sta. Barbara. It was a quick side trip made by Sir Eugene that time that introduced me to this ube variant of brazos. He bought a few slices of this dessert and brought it inside Madge Cafe inside the market. It was perfect with the cafe's native coffee and the filling is somewhat like ube halaya. The meringue is jus...

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