FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Proven and “tasted”, butterscotch is the top pasalubong item from Iloilo. Ironically not a home grown item like piaya or barquillos. But who cares really, for I was and still it's top "promoter"; from bringing it as pasalubong back to Manila before to now blogging and writing about it online. So here’s a rundown of the brands I featured (and “gobbled” up) before. The most famous and best selling butterscotch of Iloilo. Methinks they started this butterscotch craze that other followed (though I have no proof.) It has become the standard of whether a butterscotch is good or not for most of my pasalubong recipients. (Php45/10 pieces) The best packaged butterscotch. Many already have switched to this brand as they claim its much better. Very nutty and buttery, it stood out and carved a niche of its own by coming up with a mango and pineapple variant first. (PhP49.50/10pieces) Surprisingly almost tastes and looks like that of Biscocho Haus. If pieces were mixed up,...

Never been a fan of this cassava dessert before I tasted the one from Amber's in Makati City, which they say, and I agree, is the best. Since then I also tried other brands and discovered Arni Dading's. It's their cheese topped pichi pichi that blew me away. Here's a local pichi-pichi, a pandan flavoured one from Sweet Nes. At 30 pesos per pack its already a bargain. I missed the cheese-topped, so I made one using the above pichi pichi.

I bought four different brands of butterscotch last Sunday to continue my quest for the best one in Iloilo City. It was another butterscotch galore as I tested and tasted each brand not to mention having another photo session. Starting with the one in yellow and clockwise Delifranz, Panaderia de Molo, Molo County and Sweet Nes There will be separate entries for each brand with more photos and reviews.