Bacolod Food Guide: A Must-Try Local Delicacies
Bacolod City is known as the land of the famous Masskara Festival. People from different places travel to the city just to join and experience the month-long festival held annually every October. Aside from the festival, tourists pay a visit as well because of the city’s eclectic mix of heritage, cultural, and religious sites.
But do you know that apart from its cultural and heritage tourist attractions, the city is also home to its delicious delicacies? Actually, Bacolod is one of the known cities in the country for its delicious food. Additionally, several delicacies of the city have been enjoyed across the country. From savory dishes to sweet and delicious desserts, here are the top tier Bacolod delicacies which you can never go wrong with!
Chicken Inasal
Chicken Inasal is one of the trademark foods of Bacolod. It is best to enjoy with some chicken oil sprinkled all over rice, dipping sauce made out of soy sauce, calamansi, and some chilis to spice things up. Due to its popularity, several restaurants ventured out from Bacolod to Metro Manila just so this delicious grilled chicken can easily be accessible to almost every Filipino.
Kansi
Kansi is one of the best dishes in Bacolod. It is a Negrense dish that seems to be a combination of the top favorite and famous Filipino dish, Bulalo and Sinigang.
Kansi is a well-loved comfort food by the Bacolodnons. It is a boiled bone-in beef shank and usually comes with the bone marrow. The unique mildness of its broth comes from one of its main ingredients, Kamias, a fruit used as souring agent. This is best to enjoy during the rainy season, but you can enjoy it all year long.
KBL
KBL stands for Kadios (Pigeon Peas), Baboy (Pork Meat), and Langka (Jackfruit) which are the main ingredients of the dish. The blend of different flavors in this food is a favorite in Bacolod City and is a unique must-try dish if you are in the region.
Piaya
Piaya is an original delicacy from Negros. It consists of two pieces flatbread with muscovado sugar filling. Originally, Piaya only used to have a single flavor. But now, it has new and exciting flavor of ube. It’s the best and most popular snack souvenir as aside from being delicious, it is also affordable and is paired well with a good cup of coffee.
Napoleones
Napoleones is a local delicacy of Bacolod City which takes inspiration from the French Pastry, mill-fuille (a thousand leaves). It has three layers of puff pastry filled with cream or ganache, and then topped with icing and optional chocolate. The sweetness of this food is a perfect match to a cup of bitter black coffee.
Bacolod is definitely one of the best places to visit if you are looking for great delicacies to try. These delicacies are staple in Negrense Cuisine and it reflects hundred years worth of tradition, culture, and heritage of the people of Bacolod.
