When driving around Cebu City, the term sutukil is a common sight. Sutukil literally means “sugba, tinola, kinilaw” which translates to grill, stew and eat raw. Sutukil restaurants, therefore, specialize in cooking foods the ways it is translated. Most sutukil restaurants once started as small eateries that have flourished and turned big. They also come with the common ambiance of outdoor dining: nipa roofs, outdoor style and plastic dining pieces. And because of the open-air reception, menu rates are usually affordable and the grilled foods are often hits. The following are the best sutukil restaurants in Cebu City:
SutuKil – Sugba Tula Kilaw
First choice is AA restaurant. Before they even hit big and put up all these branches around the metropolis, AA’s main branch was at the reclamation area. It was a small shanty under the category of carenderia or roadside eatery. Because of the wide array of sea foods choices and very inexpensive servings, many loyal customers flock for a piece of AA servings. Even the rich market does not hesitate to sit within the open air and tight eatery just to taste their food and mingle with all social classes. Fortunately, AA restaurant has made grilling and sutukil orders more varied and more available to the great public.
Manna Restaurant Sutukil
Mactan Shrine not only holds the landmarks of Cebu history, but also it is a place where good food and sutukil restaurants abound. In particular, No Problem restaurant specializes in cooking seafood that are grilled, stewed and prepared raw but cooked in vinegar acid. One does not expect very high class surroundings here because almost all of the restaurants in the row of Mactan Shrine follow a native-style kind of dining. Apart from good food, prices for the food are sometimes more than the usual Cebu City-based restaurants. Since most foreign and local tourists herd to eat here, chances are menu prices can go up than the usual Cebuano budget. Still, sutukil food is delectable and sumptuous.
