The Cesar Lacson Locsin Ancestral House is notable for hosting El Ideal Bakery in its street-front section — a century-old institution that locals consider essential. The building itself is a fine example of early twentieth-century Silaynon domestic architecture: a wood and masonry structure with the capiz shell windows and carved wooden details that define the heritage district.
The bakery sells pastries and baked goods that reflect both Spanish and Filipino culinary traditions: ensaimadas (soft, buttery coiled buns), barquillos (thin wafer rolls), and the rich almond-and-meringue sans rival cake for which Negros Occidental is famous. Even if architecture is not your thing, the bakery is reason enough to stop. Buy a box of pastries and eat them on the plaza steps.