We had a rugged dinner at Tatoy's Manokan, which is in the Molo district, around half an hour's drive from the city center. I was quite surprised to see that the city has its own share of traffic buildup, which is a far cry from the quiet drives that I remember the first time I visited Iloilo in the early nineties. Tatoy's Manokan is a popular chicken & seafood restaurant by the sea, and I was told that the restaurant started off as a small shack around 40 years ago. Judging from the number of vehicles coming in the grill restaurant still has quite a clientele. We had dinner at the private huts beside the shoreline, and it was good thing that the temperature was cool, and the wind was coming in pleasant gusts; we were pretty comfortable.
We had the whole range of grilled items--squid, chicken and pork, and some steamed shrimps. The ladies also asked for green mangoes and bagoong (shrimp paste), which complemented the grilled dishes. The chicken used is native chicken, lean and slightly tough, but tasty. It's not cheap though, prepare around P300 per head, which I thought was also like prices of ihaw-ihaw restaurants in Manila.
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