Native Ilonggo delicacies from Brgy. Ingore in Lapaz

I missed my chance a few weeks ago to have a food trip somewhere in Brgy. Ingore, Lapaz.

It would have been filled with these mouth-watering native Ilonggo delicacies as that trip would be in a compound that makes these native goodies and sells them throughout Iloilo City.

Why in Lapaz did the native-delicacy maker set their compound at? It seems to have started a long time ago when the Panay Railways (connecting Iloilo City and Roxas City in Capiz) was operational. Along with Lapaz's most famous gastronomic contribution - batchoy, the train served a vital role in the thriving business.

The demand was there - imagine the throngs of people using the train, buying these for snacks or even something to bring home. Then there's also the supply - raw products coming from the towns can be easily transported to be made into these native delicacies. So the cottage industry has thrived even after the train stopped operations and is still making god business.

It was a quite an afternoon in Jaro when this manuglibod passed by and we treated ourselves to this wonderful snack selection. There's the native rice cake or bingka, muasi or palitaw, bitso-bitso, puto lanson, suman, suman latik and tinanok nga mais nga pilit.

They even had sio mai, lumpia and empanada among others. It seems they have also embraced some other snack items other than native delicacies.

With these lot, it was an afternoon well spent having these goodies to fill our tummies. Burp!

Check out these links

PUTO LANSON Recipe

BITSO-BITSO Feature/Recipe

SUMAN LATIK Recipe

SUMAN / BIKO Recipe

BINGKA Recipe

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