Balaring, a small barangay in Silay City, is one of our family’s frequent lunchtime destination. We usually go here after the Sunday morning mass especially when the weather is breezy and the skies are clear.
Hectares of sugarcane plantations hide rows of seaside restaurants such as this. (Tama Plaza, the largest among them)
They offer mostly seafood dishes in their menu, with an exception for ’staples’ like porkchop. (Which I usually order, to counterbalance the mostly seafood meal.)
For starters, we almost always get a mini-basin of “talaba” (local oysters) which my father likes.
My sister’s fave is the buttered squid.
Since my mother likes to have her shrimps, veggies, and “sabaw” (soup), what can be more perfect than the “sinigang nga hipon” (shrimp in sour-based soup).
My brother likes the boneless bangus.
Here’s the porkchop, I mentioned earlier.
Sili and calamansi with sinamak and toyo is the perfect all-around sawsawan.
Here’s how to get to there:
(Brgy. Balaring, Silay City, Negros Occidental)
From Bacolod, take the National Highway going north. Right after the Silay City proper, turn left at the Dona Teresita Jalandoni Provincial hospital. You will see a number of “Brgy. Balaring” signs, just follow them until you see rows of bamboo restaurants by the sea.
Enjoy Negros!
Tama Plaza Contact Numbers:
Tel. No. (034) 495-1669
Cell. No.: (0921)3977314
(Guest post by The Absentee Negrense)
If you’ve been to Seafood Restaurants in Balaring, please share with us your experience at the comments section. Please help guide our visitors by giving your ratings with 5 stars as the highest.
eat all you po ba? 🙂 magkano po package deal nyo for family? taga cadiz me nice to know katahum sang place nu:) hope to visit there soon:)
may plano kami sg girlfriend ko mag lagaw sa balaring and as you mention daw mayo ang TAMA resto.. question is if it fits my budget.. hehehe kaigo naman na ang 1500? perse’ i like to have sizzling tanguegue, grilled shrimp kag boneless bangus?
Bastante na ina Mark para sa gin mention mo nga menu.
I LOVE all ur FOOD .. grrrrrrr.. can’t wait to go there.. =)
Hi! How to get there at the floating restaurant and how long is the travel time from Bacolod city to Silay city. What kind of transportation is needed in going there? Thanks
If you’re going on public transport, Take Silay jeepney from Bacolod to Silay market. Ask around where the tricycle going to Balaring parks. It’s around P10/person to Balaring from Silay market. Bacolod to Silay is around 30min then another 10-15 minutes to Balaring. If you have your own vehicle, an SUV would be better. The road may not be very good when it rains.
Thanks Glady!Me and my friends are planning to go to the floating restaurant in Balaring. Is there a certain schedule in riding the floating restaurant?
I have not tried the floating restaurant yet. You might want to text Higad Bay-Bay Floating Restaurant on the numbers 09096772784, 09228042909 if you want to inquire on the schedule.
Thanks a lot Glady! You’re such a big help.. God Bless.
i love to eat talaba beacause it taste delicious,seafoods is foods with many vitamins,so its better to eat seafoods than to eats a vitamin because seafoods is natural source of vitamins
that’s a yummy post gladz…maybe we should try having our blogger’s meeing there! xdeal?? hihi…
The food looks very delicious. Nice photography. I guess I will have to visit this resto. I also like oysters and calamari!
There’s a lot of good seafood restaurants in silay, though not known to most people. Aside from food, the city also vested with rich cultural heritage like old houses. Silay city also has new airport, an international standard airport in the country. However, I noticed the management can not maintain the facilities like the comfort room. They have increased the terminal fees to Php200 but the CRs are so dirty. I have been to different airports in diffent countries and their airports are well maintained especially the CR. The management of the airport doesn’t seem to know the importance of the CR.
Daniel, Balaring is easy to find. just follow the road beside the Jalandoni Hospital right after Silay City proper. You have to turn right at the highway if you’re from the airport.
thanks gid. hapos malang na kadtua-an? layo na sa airport?
Daniel, please contact Tama Plaza at Tel. No. (034) 495-1669 and Cell. No.: (0921)3977314.
ga open kamo sa aga? ano oras ga serve pamahaw? kay halin pa kami sa sagwa sang pinas halin tani airport hapit kami da anay pamahaw. kay daw namit nagid ka-on seafoods da. salamat gid.
can i have ur landline #…
thank u..
i know a man in his blog said that he doesn’t like the food of tama plaza, he is the only one who said that because of the onion kinilaw… may kinilaw bala nga wala onion?
he has another blog of italian restaurant, the blog was good and the pics are nice…but the comments are all negative so…..he delete his blog
if the food of tama is no good, ngaa naga alawas ang customers sang sunday? pwerte ka puno ka customers ang tama? kag gina dayo ini nga restaurant?
TAMA KA NAMT EH!
hi! ato to kag ina si jingoy estrada kg close up model nga linch sila
baw kanamit bah! kadto kami da bala bwas…
HI WENG! TRY THE FOODS IN TAMA PLAZA, THE BEST! DAMO ARTISTA NAGA KAON SA TAMA!
wow…mouthwatering images….made me wana got here tomorrow….
HELLO! TAMA PLAZA IS THE BEST RESTAURANT IN BALARING, THE FOODS ARE ORIGINAL! U WILL NOT REGRET WHEN U EAT THERE, TANAN MGA BISITA KA CITY DIRA GINA DALA, TUNGOD THE BEST ANG FOOD NILA!
hmmmm….. must go there!
Why don’t you try Sa Higad Bay-Bay, Floating Restaurant, just a minute away from Tama Plaza…I bet you…you’ll love the food served…
Floating restaurant was built ahead of other resto in Balaring…Try the place…not congested…being alone by the sea…enjoy the serenity…the wave and the wind…and the food!
mouthwatering sg mga pics.
Namit ba. Namitan gid ko squid nila. Adobo, grilled, buttered whatever basta squid sa Tama Plaza. Yum. And sizzling tanigue kag talaba. Waah!