BBQ and buffet at Marquez Lim Mansion
The newly restored Marquez Lim mansion at 11 Mapa Street, Iloilo City (beside Sta. Maria Church) will host a two-day treat dubbed Hala Bira! Barbecue and Buffet in time with the highlights of the Dinagyang Festival on January 28 and 29.
On January 28, for only P200 you can have all your favorite barbecues from paa, pecho, pakpak, iwi, baticulon atay, pork inasal and beef inasal, among others.
While, on January 29, for the price of P250 you can avail of a Filipino fiesta buffet lunch with lechon.
The mansion will be opened to the public from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on those two days.
Kids below 4 feet will pay half the prize. There will be games and fun activities for everyone!
Tickets can be bought from Mang Inasal branches in Iloilo City and Four Season Hotel.
The Marquez Lim mansion was inherited by former Senator Nikki Coseteng from her mother Alicia Guanco Marquez Lim. She is the fifth generation of Marquez Lim to have inherited the house.
Coseteng earlier told media that the house restoration was made by Marcelo Alonzo, a Manila-based interior designer. The old glass blocks, tiles and all portions of the house which reflects its antiquity are being restored. Even the old faucets were rechromed. The house was also repainted with olive green to look livelier. Before it looks like a white house.
Coseteng said she wants to share the house with everyone as part of Iloilo's rich heritage. She said the Marquez Lim ancestral house has a lot of stories to tell.
She said the house was built in the mid 30s by her great grandfather Pedro Marquez Lim and great grandmother Concordia. It used to be a wooden house. It was destroyed during the Japanese regime and was rebuilt after the war.
The heiress said she wants to restore the house and wants to see the house stand as close as possible to the grand old days. The house served as venue for her parents' wedding reception after they made their marital vows at the San Jose Parish Church.