BUTO’T BALAT
Iloilo is known for its heritage homes and historical sites. But it is also a haven of delicious and vibrant cuisine. Complete your Dinagyang Festival experience with these must-try food places that will tour your palate around Iloilo, but only within the vicinity of Megaworld’s Festive Walk Mall./
Buto’t Balat restaurant is all about scrumptious native dishes and seafood.
Kansi and buttered talaba or oysters are among its many standouts.
Kansi is a beef soup popular in Western Visayas. Theirs, however, is made with sweet corn and unripe langka, or jackfruit. Just the right level of sourness from the batuan as a natural souring ingredient sure hits the spot. It is also served hot and in a clay pot!
Meanwhile, their buttered talaba has melted cheese aside from the usual spring onion toppings.
They also serve native chicken dishes like
Tinu-om (wrapped and cooked in banana leaves) and Binakol (cooked in coconut water with young coconut meat), other talaba dishes, grilled
tanguige or Spanish mackerel, and shrimp, among others.
True to their “all native” concept, this cozy restaurant is filled with earth tones and indigenous and Iloilo-inspired decor.