Comments on: 21, Bacolod

By: kittel

kittel — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:14:17 +0000

I’ve been living in Bacolod for almost 2 years now and I haven’t eaten batchoy at 21 yet. Your post made me think about eating there sometime in the future…For batchoy I usually go to Super Batchoy House near the central market…Almost as good as the ones we have in Iloilo…

By: mei kwei

mei kwei — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:16:07 +0000

thanks again, MM. being a negrense myself- cant help but feel homesick. miss the batchoy,inasal, laswa, pochero, etc.. hope you will have the time to go to bacolod again and share your new found food adventures. try garden cafe- so far they have the most authentic ilonggo delicacy- at par with my lola bebings cooking. i love their fresh lumpia ubod. have you tried the kansi from bacolod? its also to die for. try the food from the manuglibod from silay- the empanaras,etc…my mom used to buy the wide array of food selections from their baskets- am not sure if they still sell these though. have you tried the food from pendy’s and bob? i miss the big siopao and burgers from Bob’s. as a child after seeing my pedia dr s- we just hav to stop by at bob’s. also the napoleones at rolis bakeshop, chocolate cake and their sans rival.

By: leah m

leah m — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:46:03 +0000

reaaaalllly miss Batchoy…. I will eat tons of it when we go to the Philipppines at the end of this year…I wonder if the Batchoy restaurants (Nora’s Lapaz Batchoy and Ted’s- I think) are still there – right in front of the Lapaz Public Market.

By: Joem Segovia

Joem Segovia — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:30:45 +0000

Oh and I remember going here too back in the 90’s. It was like a gimmick place then… Balay 21, ithink, I was like 12 or something and I was with my dad at that time. To much of my suprise a classmate of mine owns it pala. This is the place I first tried Margarita hahahha! Waaah time flies!

By: Joem Segovia

Joem Segovia — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:27:51 +0000

My first time to comment but been reading your blog for a year now. My dad was Ilonggo as well and reading this just brings me fond memories of batchoy, dulce gatas… I remember eating this with rice, and that ver salty fish egg. Thanks for the memories.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:19:31 +0000

the best and original piyaya is made by bailon’s. the latter also makes the best empanada in bacolod… go to pendy’s for the best dulce gatas and half-moon ( at the souvenirs section). and to indulge in really good cakes, go to calea (near l’fishers). roli’s is also famous for its slightly grilled chicken sandwich which has never changed in goodness since we were kids growing up in bacolod

By: Mik

Mik — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:07:36 +0000

To add to all the food nostalgia (haha) I also love Roli’s Napoleones. Bob’s has a buko pie that reminds me of the El Ideal ones we used to get when I was a kid. I remember when 21 was called 21st (after 21st St) and then at some point it was Bar 21. Pendy’s used to have a good salpicao (not sure if they still do, I’d heard that they moved).

Juls, dulce gatas!! I used to sneak spoonfools of it from my mom’s stash when I was a kid. It was always something she would bring when she would visit me in Manila.

By: maricar

maricar — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:11:29 +0000

21 started with their batchoy and siopao and was just a circular bar outside Tita Lydia’s house on 21-Lacson St. I make it a point to bring visitors to try their crispy crablets, laswa, and pinitaw. Unfortunately, I have stopped eating batchoy eversince I learned of how much MSG it used in every single bowl. I opt for the chicken mami which still uses the same broth and matching MSG, at least lessened impact. I was just told by Lee about the fried cardiac or isol LOL so I might just try that when I go home next year.
My other staples in Bacolod are Business Inn and Pendy’s. But for dessert, Emma Lacson’s pili bars and fresh lumpia, Minerva’s dulce gatas, Romy Legaspi’s mangga pastel and El Ideal’s buko pie all from Silay City. I forget where we get the original flat piaya.

By: jun

jun — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:53:46 +0000

I have to make this batchoy with the bone marrow… I can almost taste how heavenly is this.

By: marissewalangkaparis

marissewalangkaparis — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:29:39 +0000

Ooooh…all the good food. My late dad is from Bacolod…but I never had the pleasure of visiting relatives there. My best friend though would bring me there and we would eat the local delights…and yup—-i agree with you. They are proud of their food….
All these food really make me hungry especially the batchoy….mmmmmmmm…
Haven’t been logging in lately…my laptop has been going bonkers…