FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

I have always loved the al fresco ambiance of Buto't Balat Restaurant and no matter which branch, it still has the signature "oasis" in the city feel. But if there's something more I love about this restaurant, it it their Sizzling Pork Sisig.  This particular one, from the branch near Jaro Plaza, reminds of the original sisig concocted by Aling Lucing's in Angeles, Pampanga With almost finely chopped maskara (pig's face) and ears mixed with other meats plus onions, chili and spices, it's one sizzling plate of cholesterol-laden delicious treat.It's my choice for the best pork sisig in town! Buto't Balat near Jaro Plaza is the newest branch among the three existing restaurants (one is located beside Plazuela de Iloilo and another at the Amigo Plaza Hotel carpark), but it's actually the original branch that was just transferred a few months ago. It exudes a leisure gastronomic experience perfect any...

It's been more than four  years since my last blogpost about this delectable treat we all know as cream horn . With the newly opened Margec's Deli along E. Lopez Street in Jaro, these delicious dessert treats are now more accessible and convenient to the Ilonggos. If I'm not mistaken this is the fourth time this shop has transferred location and I certainly hope they would stay here long. Nevertheless, wherever it'll go, Ilonggos will surely follow for they are lured by the heavenly goodness of these cream horns. An original by Margec's Deli (formerly Zageca) here in Iloilo, these are rolled puff pastry filled with custard and costs PhP15 each. But one isn't surely enough so I always buy a pack and most of the time I fnish them in just one sitting. They're so good that one bite deserves another. But I really hope they'll expand these cream horn into having more filling like maybe ube haleya - not just flavoured and colored like ube but the re...