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The Famous Delicacies of Malabon


The city of Malabon is a place famous for its pancit Malabon and its marine ambience. It is also famous for a variety of delicacies, such as puto sulot, puto bumbong, sapin-sapin, broas, bibingka and the camachile.

by Jane Dacumos on July 18, 2012
The Famous Delicacies of Malabon

Pansit Malabon

The city of Malabon is a place famous for its pancit Malabon and its marine ambience. It is also famous for a variety of delicacies, such as puto sulot, puto bumbong, sapin-sapin, broas, bibingka and the camachile. The culinary delights are abundant in its specialty eateries, such as the Nanay’s Pancit Malabon, Rosy’s Pancit Malabon, the Pescadores Restaurant, and the Balsa sa Niugan, a floating restaurant with 350 seats, And also you can find Steakside, a famous fast food restaurant which serves East meets West cuisine with a local twist using only fresh local ingredients, located at Concepcion, Malabon.

Dolor's Kakanin

Ube kutchinta, biko, kalamay de mais, putong puti, pichi-pichi, sapin-sapin, turones de casoy, yema and pastilles are some of the famous delicacies of Dolor's Kakanin. For many years, they remained as the number one maker of these foods due to their unique style and tastes.

Rufina Patis

Mrs. Rufina Lucas was making "bagoong" when she discovered the golden taste of the "juice" of the bagoong. She thought of selling it to her friends and neighbors until it became a big business and an industry. After 100 years, Rufina Patis is famous in the Asia-Pacific Region, the U.S., and in other places where there are Filipinos who are looking for the taste of patis or fish sauce.

Pancit Malabon

The real Pancit Malabon was made up of fat "bihon" or rice noodles and boiled in a meat or chicken broth. The preparation has toppings of cabbage and sprinkled with smoked fish. The three smart housewives and turned entrepreneur. Impong Panyang, Aling Rosy and Aling Pluming started the preparation with their own respective styles and hence, contributed in making Malabon as the famous originator of this food.

Getting around

You can tour Malabon by bus, taxicabs, shuttle, Jeepney, MRT, LRT or tricycles. There are numerous modes of transportation available in the city. It will give you a one-of-a-kind experience that makes your trip memorable. Moreover, the cost in getting around the metropolis is affordable.

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