Saturday, January 24, 2009

Batchoy: Iloilo vies in world culinary map

picture: from the wires


Batchoy was concocted by Ilonggo culinary entrepreneur

Federico Guillergan

in 1938 as a hot soup mixed with meat stock flavored with local condiments, herbs, and spices. His invention became an instant hit and hungry customers crowded his makeshift carinderia inside the La Paz public market in Iloilo.

Batchoy comes with meke noodles, spices, pig innards, and hot broth from boiled cow and carabao bones. It has evolved to become one of the country's most satisfying national culinary specialties.




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