The City of Malabon famous for its extra ordinary culinary dish and one of a kind Pancit Malabon.

A bilao ( a flat circular tray made of thin slats of bamboo) of fat rice noodles smothered with thick golden fish and anato seed sauce, decorated with wedges of hard boiled duck eggs in pinwheel fashion and topped with crab meat, shrimps, squid rings, oysters, tinapa flakes (smoked fish) and generously sprinkled with crushed chicharon (fried pork rinds) …Yummy! Pancit Malabon among many other mouth watering native dishes, are most sought after by visitors who frequent this city that is tagged as the Local Venice.
Malabon Kakanin like the puto sulot, sapin-sapin, broas, bibingka and the camachile (a tamarind shaped bisquit) are culinary delights that are offered by unassuming specialty eateries like the Nanay’s Pancit Malabon in 37 Governor Pascual Avenue and Rosy’s Pancit Malabon in Hulong Dagat. The Pescadores Restaurant in Letre Road and Dagat-dagatan Avenue with its specialty of beef adobo with patis sauce and the Balsa sa Niugan, a floating restaurant that that can easily seat 350 people offer its patrons gastronomic delights that include their famous sizzling sisig. Malabon does not have a lot of plush hotels given that of Metro Manila but offers a range for budget accommodations like the Kabayan Hotel located at Caimito Street corner EDSA. The well appointed rooms will provide visitors with comfort and an enjoyable stay. A first time visitor in Malabon would surely find the Bulungan at Tanong Market an extraordinary experience. The bulungan system or whispered bidding is very common in fish trading where the bids are whispered so as not to be heard by other fish buyers. Malabon is also known for the Rufina Patis, a fish sauce that is concocted from fermented fish. The Rufina Patis factory in 290 C Arellano Street has been in existence for over a hundred years and considered to be one of the landmarks that signify the city’s flourishing trade.

Balsa Sa Niugan Restaurant

The Asilo de Huertanos is an ancient structure that was noted to be the place where the newspaper of the revolution La Independencia was first printed. Centuries old structures are not the sole pride of the north, of Vigan particularly as Malabon also has its share of old but well preserved heritage houses. The Teodoro Luna House, the Paez House, the Borja and Nepomuceno Houses are only some of the heritage houses in Malabon that shows it rich history.
During the olden days, Malabon was called Tambobong. Being a coastal town, the people derived its sustenance from the sea. Presently, Malabon is a major fish trading center where fish haul from Palawan and the Calamianes Islands are docked to be supplied to fish traders. Bamboos grow profusely in this area. Legend has it that Malabon came from the word “maraming labong” which means plenty of labong, the edible shoots of bamboo. Other industries are sugar refinery, cigar making and the most noteworthy is the cultivation of Ilang-ilang trees from where the exported distilled perfume is derived.
Pagoda-Caracol is the most famous festival in Malabon. A fluvial procession, street dancing commemorates the Feast of Our Lady of Immaculate Concepcion every 8th of December.