Aside from the famous tasty lechon, Balasan also offers tourists one of their delicacies prides –

Bibingka. Balasan’;s bibingka is one of the best in the Philippines. You can probably purchase it
during the annual Jaro Fiesta but there’s no place that would taste as delicious as the one
cooked and sold at Balasan.If you’re travelling to the Northern area of Iloilo, vendors commonly
sell Balasan’s bibingka along the road. One small pack is worth Php 20 with 6 pieces (size: 2
inches), on the other hand larger bibingka costs Php80 (size: 18 cm). RCJ Bibingka is the
prominent seller if this delicacy in Balasan.

The native Filipino delicacy – Bibingka is usually made of rice flour, grated coconut, sugar, eggs
and milk.

Easy Ways to Make Native Bibingka

1. First, you just have to mix all the ingredients.
2. Place the raw bibingka on round steel metal cups lined with round cut banana
leaf.
3. Then, place it in the pugon (an improvised oven) for 10 minutes if coconut husks
were used for cooking and 15 minutes if fire woods were used.
4. After cooking, pull out the bibingkas from the pugon, and sprinkle it with a pinch
of refined sugar and grated coconut on top.
5. Now, your bibingkas are ready to serve!

You don’t actually need to satisfy your sweet cravings with costly desserts, “Saan aabot
ang bente mo?” – Buy bibingka!

Bibingka (pronounced bee-beeng-kah) is a Philippine

rice cake made of rice flour, eggs, grated coconut,
sugar and other ingredients, which make this delicacy
yummy and to-die-for (!), or in my case, to cross-the-
sea for!

the Balasan bibingka of the Iloilo Province. Balasan is

a town in the northern part of Iloilo.
The Balasan bibingka is not too sweet, but is savory,
not too thick; it's full and you can taste the coconut
flavor and thick grated coconut strips in every bite

With Iloilo’s rich history comes an exquisite cuisine that is popular among all
ages. Famous in Balasan, Iloilo located in the north-eastern part of Panay, this
food is known as bibingka, a native rice cake consists of ingredients such as
glutinous rice, sugar, coconut milk & flesh, margarine, eggs and sugar cooked in a
clay pot over a piece of banana leaf.

The sweet, delectable taste will surely entice you to eat more of it as you take it
apart piece by piece. It is recommended eaten hot and either as breakfast or
snack time during afternoons. Buy a box and enjoy it cold (refrigerated) or hot,
good for a whole day of munching!

References/Sources: https://iloiloblog.com/balasans-bibingka/

https://apinoyinkorea.blogspot.com/2011/01/pinoy-in-iloilo-best-bibingka-in.html

https://ilonggotraipsed.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/%E3%80%90rcj-balasan
%E3%80%91balasan-special-bibingka/