FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

HAPPY FIESTA to the town of CABATUAN, ILOILO. And if there's one dish that represents this town, it is tino-um nga manok . Here's what Severo Caspe, Jr. and Christine Celeste Zaulda from University of the Philippines in the Visayas wrote about Leah's Tino-um from the blog, ILoveIloilo . Tinu-om is a native dish of the Cabatuanons is made up of native chicken seasoned with onions, tomatoes and lemon grass(tanglad) wrapped in banana leaves. It is served with broth that builds up inside its wrapping following a heavy steaming.   Tinu-om in native language means “balot”, so Tinu-om na Manok means binalot na manok. Many carinderias in Cabatuan tried to make Tinu-om too, but failed in the process. One theory on why they failed would be because of the “timpla”. “Timpla” means taste proportionality of the mixed ingredients. This would mean that there are no specific measurements on how many teaspoons of vetsin there would be. A serving of Tinu-om, whic...

Many has been said about Tatoy's. From its humble beginnings with only a hut or two serving seafoods and its famous litsong manok to now being a favorite destination whenever in Iloilo whether for balikbayans or politicians including the presidents. From oysters and scallops to seaweeds and fish or different varieties cooked in many ways to their ever famous litsong manok cooked the usual way but marinated in a secret recipe. More photos from Hardball of SSC forum.