Kabankalan Root Crop Area
Description
Cassava and camote farms in Kabankalan hinterlands. In Kabankalan, the main city of the southern interior, a hub for the whole southwest. Cassava, camote, gabi and ube are the fallback staple in the uplands here — boiled as merienda, and the base of kakanin and budbud. Native siling labuyo grows in backyards rather than fields: small, fiercely hot, sold by the heap in the market.
Tips
The supply hub for the whole southwest — if you"re travelling the western corridor, this is the one market worth timing your day around. The eatery zone around the market is where to eat, not the highway strip.
Stops
Western Coastal Food Chain
How to get there
On the main southern highway; Ceres buses between Bacolod and the south all stop here.
Best Times
Early morning — markets, landings and roadside stalls all run hardest before 8am.