Introduction
Deco's La Paz Batchoy is the original restaurant credited with creating La Paz Batchoy, Iloilo's signature noodle soup made with pork, beef, liver, innards and crushed pork cracklings. Founded by butcher Federico "Deco" Guillergan Sr. at the La Paz public market in 1938, it remains a landmark eatery in La Paz, Iloilo City, with branches also in malls like Robinsons Jaro and Robinsons Place Iloilo. Visitors come for the historic dish's authentic taste as well as batchoy kits and pasalubong items available for takeout.