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Hapag is the Balai’s dining room, open for lunch and dinner every day. Pull up a chair, order for the table, and take your time.

Photos to follow.
Photos to follow.
Menu
- From the original Balai Yllana menu
- Contains nuts
- Contains shrimp, shellfish, squid, or oyster sauce
Tell us about any allergies when you order. Our kitchen handles nuts and shellfish, and many dishes use patis, bagoong, or dried fish, so cross-contact is possible.
Appetizers
Spinach Mozzarella Balls
₱360
Breaded mozzarella with a spinach filling, fried, with marinara sauce
Chicharong Manok
₱225
Chicken skin fried crisp, with salted egg dip
Kangkong Chips
₱185
Kangkong leaves in a light batter, fried crisp, with sweet chili sauce and garlic mayo
Adobo Nachos, contains shellfish
₱450
Tortilla chips with pork adobo, cheese sauce, garlic sauce, tomato, siling haba, and cilantro
Okoy, contains shellfish
₱300
Suahe, kamote, squash, papaya, and togue fritters, fried crisp, with spiced vinegar
Lumpiang Sisig
₱200
Sisig rolled in lumpia wrapper, fried crisp
Salads
Chicken Caesar Salad, from the original menu
₱380
Romaine, chicken, croutons, and parmesan in Caesar dressing
Crab and Mango Salad
₱405
Kani, ripe mango, carrot, cucumber, and red onion over romaine, in roasted sesame dressing
Shrimp, Hibe, and Pear Salad, contains nuts, contains shellfish
₱450
Romaine, red cabbage, pear, cucumber, shrimp, hibe, and candied walnuts in Asian vinaigrette
Garden Salad
₱405
Romaine, cucumber, cherry tomato, red onion, bell pepper, olives, and kesong puti in house dressing
Ensaladang Talong
₱335
Eggplant with tomato, red onion, salted egg, cucumber, green mango, and bagoong
Vegetables
Rellenong Talong, from the original menu
₱375
Roasted eggplant stuffed with seasoned ground pork, dipped in egg, and pan-fried
Laing, contains shellfish
₱310
Bicolano gabi leaves slow-cooked in gata with pork belly, danggit, bagoong, and chili
Fried Lumpiang Ubod
₱285
Ubod rolled in lumpia wrapper, fried crisp, with spiced vinegar
Pork
Lechon Kawali with Garlic Kangkong, from the original menu, contains shellfish
₱485
Pork belly fried until the skin crackles, over kangkong sautéed with garlic and oyster sauce
Sisig Ihaw, from the original menu
₱475
Kapampangan sisig of grilled pork jowl, kasim, and liver, with onion, chili, calamansi, and egg
Special Sinigang na Baboy, from the original menu
₱530
Pork liempo in guava and buko juice broth, with sitaw, okra, kangkong, and buko meat
Crispy Binagoongan, from the original menu, contains shellfish
₱475
Fried pork belly tossed in ginisang bagoong with tomato and eggplant
Crispy Dinuguan
₱555
Fried pork in vinegar-sharp dinuguan with siling haba
Crispy Pork Kare-Kare, contains nuts, contains shellfish
₱580
Fried pork belly in peanut sauce with vegetables, bagoong on the side
Beef
Balai Yllana Kare-Kare, from the original menu, contains nuts
₱670
Oxtail, tripe, beef, and beef skin slow-braised in peanut sauce, with puso ng saging, pechay, sitaw, eggplant, and bagoong
Kaldereta, from the original menu
₱550
Beef braised in tomato and liver sauce with potato, carrot, bell pepper, and cheese
Kansi
₱620
Ilonggo beef shank, tendon, and bone marrow in batwan-soured broth with langka and tanglad
Lengua in Mushroom Cream
₱575
Ox tongue, slow-braised and sliced, in mushroom cream sauce, with corn and garlic chips
Chicken
Buttered Chicken, from the original menu
₱420
Fried chicken in a butter coating
Boneless Chicken Inasal
₱480
Negrense chicken in calamansi, tanglad, and atsuete, grilled, with chicken oil
Buffalo Wings, from the original menu
₱400
Fried wings in hot sauce and butter, with ranch dip
Garlic Parmesan Wings, from the original menu
₱400
Fried wings in garlic sauce and parmesan
Caramelized Patis Wings
₱370
Fried wings in a sticky patis caramel glaze
Seafood
Salt and Pepper Squid Rings, from the original menu, contains shellfish
₱395
Squid rings fried in cornstarch, tossed with salt, pepper, bell pepper, onion, leeks, and siling haba
Kilawing Bangus
₱430
Bangus cured in coconut vinegar with ginger, red onion, tomato, salted egg, and chili
Tilapia Bicol Express, contains shellfish
₱450
Bicolano-style tilapia in gata with chili and bagoong
Cajun Garlic Butter Shrimp, contains shellfish
₱695
Shrimp in Cajun garlic butter with crab roe, corn, and marble potatoes
Noodles & Pasta
Crispy Palabok, contains shellfish
₱425
Rice noodles in shrimp and atsuete palabok sauce with ground pork and tinapa
Pancit Habhab
₱410
Lucban stir-fried noodles with pork and vegetables, on banana leaf with vinegar
Grilled Chicken Pesto
₱425
Penne in pesto with grilled chicken
Aglio Olio, contains shellfish
₱425
Spaghetti with garlic, chili, and olive oil, tossed with shrimp
Shrimp Marinara, contains shellfish
₱450
Pasta in tomato marinara with shrimp, garlic, and basil
Pandesal Series
Balai Yllana Smash Burger
₱330
Smashed beef patty with cheddar, caramelized onions, lettuce, and honey mustard on toasted pandesal
Tapa Cheesesteak
₱350
Sliced beef tapa, onion, peppers, and cheese sauce on toasted pandesal
Mushroom Burger
₱330
Mushroom patty with cheddar, caramelized onions, lettuce, and garlic sauce on toasted pandesal
Longganisa
₱350
Sweet longganisa with egg and pickles on toasted pandesal
Bánh Mì-Style Chicken Barbecue
₱330
Grilled chicken barbecue, liver spread in place of pâté, pickled carrot and radish, cucumber, and herbs on toasted pandesal
Rice
Good for 2 to 3
Plain Rice
₱150
Bagoong Rice
₱220
Rice fried with ginisang bagoong, egg, and green mango
Desserts
Triple Treat
₱325
Tablea brownie, turon, and ice cream, for sharing
Turon à la Mode
₱245
Saba and langka in a caramelized wrapper, with vanilla ice cream
Tablea Brownie à la Mode
₱245
Brownie made with tablea, with vanilla ice cream
Drinks
Pitchers
House Blend Iced Tea, from the original menu
₱195
House black tea with calamansi, brewed and chilled
Pandan-Tanglad Black Tea
₱195
Black tea steeped with pandan and tanglad
Dalandan-Cucumber Green Tea
₱195
Green tea with dalandan and cucumber
Single Order
Sago’t Gulaman
₱75
Sago and grass jelly, with arnibal on the side
All prices include VAT. A 5% service charge is added to the bill.