Known as Little Baguio of Western Visayas, Brgy Bucari in Leon Iloilo, is an open secret to many - cool temperature, pine trees everywhere, terraced hillsides, feel of the highlands and breathtaking view among others. A favorite summer destination of the Ilonggos escaping the sweltering heat of the season. It's also the salad bowl of the Iloilo as it grows fruits and vegetables that supply much of city and province's needs. And very soon, Bucari can now live up to its "Little Baguio" tag as a private farm now has begun planting strawberries. Soon Ilonggos will be picking these luscious fruits with their own hands at Iloilo's very first Strawberry Farm! Will keep you posted on this ...
K.B.L. or Kadyos, Baboy, Langka is the ultimate favorite dish of most Ilonggos. It is also one of the most missed native dishes as kadyos and the souring ingredient, batwan , are hard to find when outside of the Ilonggo region. Basically, it is boiled/stewed pork dish owing its "deliciousness" to the combination of the soft and tender pork, the tamed sourness of batwan and the malinamnam na sabaw . One of the "secrets" of the malinamnamn na sabaw , is the fact that the pork, whether just the plain meat or pata (hocks) are first grilled or broiled. This gives the broth a rather smoky taste that makes it more appetizing.. Learn how to make the Ilonggo dish KBL (Kadyos, Baboy, at Langka) with the recipe below. Ingredients 1 kilo Pata (pork hocks) or pork cubes, GRILLED and sliced into bite size pieces 1 unripe Jack fruit, cubed 2 cups pigeon pea (kadyos) 6-8 pieces batwan fruit (or tamarind powder) 1 piece pork broth cube (