When you come to visit Bacolod, what comes into your mind? Bacolod chicken inasal? You are right!
The Hiligaynon word "inasal" means skewered. The root word is 'asal'.
In Bacolod, the chicken inasal has become popular because of its simplicity. It is a meal in itself. In the early 80's, chicken inasal was prepared and cooked in a small street starting 5pm just when people go home from work. Then they were relocated to what is now called the Manokan Country, where you can find a number of stalls, all selling chicken inasal. The pecho (breasts) and paa (leg) are the most popular parts of the chikcen. Then there are also the wing, liver, gizzard, neck and the butt parts. No part goes to waste. For the more adventurous people, the intestines can be eaten too.
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| these are containers for the oil, soy sauce (toyo) and vinegar (sinamak) |
The chicken oil can be mixed in your rice. It adds a tasty flavor to the rice. In Bacolod, we have this kind of vinegar called 'sinamak'. It is vinegar with chili peppers, garlic and galangal (commonly called langkawas).
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| Fried garlic and the dipping sauce |
Our dipping sauce, locally called sawsawan, is made of a mixture of vinegar, soy sauce and a piece of freshly squeezed calamansi.
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| Garlic rice with pakpak |
A meal consisting of pakpak and garlic rice would cost about P95.00
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| Garlic rice with paa |
This meal costs P95.00
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| facade |
Don't miss this when you are in Bacolod!
Aida's Manokan
Manokan Country
Bacolod City
Tel. No. 434-0603
opens 9:30am - 12mn
opens 9:30am - 12mn
Lower Ground Floor
Makati Cinema Square
Pasong Tamo St., Makati City
Tel. No. 02-9949605
This is a good blog post, Maricar! I really liked that you shared some insights that non-Bacolodnons don't know about. I hope this can be a model for your future blog posts. :)) Also, please feel free to share your insights about the dishes served in Manokan Country. And also, some details about the prices so people will have an idea for budgeting purposes. :)) #CBSME
ReplyDeleteI don't eat chicken but the Fried garlic and the dipping sauce makes me want to try :-)
ReplyDeleteVery informative.. the blog was neatly done.. good job.
ReplyDeletelooking forward to your next post.
cheers!
Thank you for the encouragement, Mark and LadyInsane.
ReplyDeleteYou bet it is really very tempting, Jennifer!