Some sweet trip in Bacolod City

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I was in Bacolod for 2 nights and 3 days. It was something official -- in short not for leisure but it was a work-related trip. We conducted a 1 and half day workshop there on Social Performance Management for a microfinance institute. Anyways, it was a short and sweet trip. I am awed with people who speak Ilonggo. I mean, I understand Ilonggo and I speak little Ilonggo. I usually get intimidated when Ilonggos speak because the language is like music to my ears. I mean, I tend to get carried away and shut my mouth up because I want to hear them speak. Aside from that, I have tasted a genuine bacolod chicken. The place where we went to was Aida's Manukan. The set-up kind of reminded me of Nadie's Chicken in Tupi, South Cotabato. Somehow, there's a feeling of empathizing or identifying myself in what seems to be part of my identity. The following night, we had our dessert (my meal) in Calea Cafe. Damn. The pastries were superbly tempting you. Promise. And guess what I only spent 375 to 3 slices of cakes and 3 drinks for 3 people of course. The cakes could compete to the cakes of Contis and Red Ribbon. Yummy! The days I spent in Bacolod did not disappoint me, though I have not roamed the city, I just love the fact that I have experienced the people there. I mean, listening to them speak in Bacolodnon/Ilonggo (there's a difference I guess), eating pastries, having a true blue-bacolod chicken has been a nice experience for a first-time bacolod visitor like me.