Manokan Country (Chicken Inasal Row)
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental · about 9 km from 3ACs Apartment, Talisay City
Row of grills serving Bacolod's original chicken inasal with chicken-oil rice.
About
A strip of open-air stalls where Bacolod's famous chicken inasal is marinated in vinegar, calamansi, lemongrass and annatto, grilled over charcoal and served with garlic rice drizzled with chicken oil, soy sauce, sinamak vinegar and calamansi. Order paa (leg), pecho (breast), or the intestines and skin skewers.
History
Manokan Country grew in the 1970s–80s as grillers gathered near the reclamation area. Bacolod inasal is now one of the most copied dishes in the country, but locals insist the original taste stays here.
Why visit
You cannot say you visited Negros without eating real Bacolod inasal at the source.
How to get there
In Bacolod's reclamation area near SM City Bacolod — about 25–35 minutes from Talisay.
- Jeepney Talisay–Bacolod then walk/taxi
- Grab: about ₱200–300
- Private car (parking available)
Prices (estimates)
- Pecho / paa inasal≈ ₱130–200 each
- Unlimited rice in some stalls≈ ₱20–40
Hours / best time: Lunch until late evening
Nearby places
- Pope John Paul II Tower — Seven-storey tower and museum marking the 1981 papal visit, with sea views.
- San Sebastian Cathedral & Bacolod Public Plaza — Coral-stone cathedral and the plaza where MassKara began.
- Bacolod Pasalubong Stores (Piaya, Napoleones, Barquillos) — Where to buy piaya, napoleones, barquillos, pinasugbo and butterscotch.
- Negros Forest Park — City wildlife center for endangered Negros animals, beside the Capitol Lagoon.
- Provincial Capitol Park & Lagoon — Neoclassical Capitol, a long lagoon and the famous carabao statues.