Cebuano Cuisine

Since Filipinos love to eat rice by nature, here’s a rice with a twist recipe that would add up to their cravings. Lifted from kitchenomics.com recipes

Ingredients:
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1 pc medium onion, sliced
2 cups raw rice, washed once
2 tbsp margarine
1 pc chicken bouillon cube
1 pc laurel leaf
1 pc medium carrot, sliced into half-moons
1/4 kg shrimps, shelled
1/2 cup cooked/frozen green peas
1 pouch (250 g) DEL MONTE Italian Style Spaghetti Sauce

Steps:
1. SAUTÉ garlic, onion and rice in margarine. Cook, stirring constantly, until rice turns light brown. Add 4 cups water, bouillon cube and laurel leaf. Allow to boil then simmer over low heat until rice is cooked. Set aside.

2. SAUTÉ carrot for 2 minutes. Add shrimps, peas and DEL MONTE Spaghetti Sauce. Season with 2/3 tsp iodized fine salt (or 2 tsp iodized rock salt), 1/4 tsp pepper and 1/2 tsp sugar. Simmer for 20 minutes. Add cooked rice and blend thoroughly. Serves 6.

Wide shopping selection to suit all your vanities. Cebu is known to be a good place to buy quality apparel and souvenir items at relatively low prices. Fashion accessories, shell crafts, furniture, handcrafted guitars, peanut wafers, dried mangoes, dried pineapple, dried coconut are just a few of what Cebu shops can offer. Cebu shopping malls like Ayala Center, SM cebu, etc are just 5 minutes away from each other where you can buy almost everything you want. Gaisano malls are standing almost in every City in the province, cities like Mandaue, Lapu-lapu, Carcar, Danao and others.

Just a tip for shoppers, clothes from Manila are much cheaper compared here, because primarily Cebu’s main products are food, handicrafts and not much on silk. And Cebu is an island, it is miles away from main silk production markets. But then, that does not hinder Cebuanos to produce unique haute couture items, a very good example for this is Loalde (famous sophisticated fashion brand). Boutique shops selling local and international products are also visible in almost every corner of the City.

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Looking for best dining experience in Cebu?

Then you are on the right click. Cebu has the largest variety of dining atmosphere. Throughout time Cebu dining is a cultural immersion of European and Asian culture with a touch of Filipino style. Cebuano dining taste are slowly embracing the worldwide choice, yet remains to be unique.

Choice #1. Hispanic Way - Buffet
Cebu City has the largest buffet or Eat-All-You-Can restaurants in the country all year round. Suitable for large group, company events, family gathering, group celebration, a jumbo date or just binge alone. At The Port Seafood Restaurant, you can avail all kinds of seafoods like sizzling bangus, natives, salads, pasta, meat dishes for only PhP199 plus you can also avail their very tasty Cebu lechon. Others like Family Choice Restaurant, Golden Peak Hotel Bar and Restaurant, and Royal Concourse with Buffets at PhP150+.

Choice #2. Fancy Choice Dinner

A fancy dress deserves to be in a fancy dining place too. Shangri-la Mactan Cowrie Cove has got you. You can also add to your list, Marco Polo dinner buffet, Waterfront Hotel-Italian Restaurant.

Choice #3. Grills and Must-try Cebu Food

You can refer to the list below:
Chikaan sa Cebu
Location: SM Cebu Northwing, Salinas Drive Lahug Cebu City
Must-try: Ampalaya with Dilis, Chili Crab, Mixed Seafood Cream Soup

City Grill
Location: Fuente Osmeña
Must-try: Pochero, Spicy Shrimp

Gerry’s Grill
Location: Ayala Center Cebu, SM Cebu Northwing
Must-try: Bangus ala Pobre

And Others with their names as suggestive must-tries:
Cafe Laguna on Veterans Drive in Lahug
Nang Damasa’s Restaurant at the Raintree Mall
Lantaw Gardens at Cebu Plaza in Lahug
Seafood City Restaurant at J.Y. Square in Lahug
Barrio Fiesta Restaurant in SM City mall
Neo Neo at Mabolo, Banilad, Gorordo Ave.
AA’s Barbeque with Branches around the City
Golden Cowrie Restaurant in Lahug
Fisherman’s Net at Lahug
Patio Isabel on Old Banilad Road

Choice # 4. World within a City
You don’t have to confine yourself to Filipino inspired food by any means. Cebu dining has many restaurants installed only for you. The Great Han Palace, Emperor’s Bowl, Golden Dragon Firepot Garden are just some Chinese restaurants in the City. Sen Ryu, Kaishu, Nonki are examples from Japan cuisines. Maharaja at Century Plaza, city’s Indian restaurant. Even Persian represented their culture by Persian Palate at Escario Street. The very famous Krua Thai is a Chain of Thai restaurants in Cebu. French is not getting behind by Chateau de Busay. Socialite? perhaps The Tinderbox is what you’re looking for where you can smoke Cuban cigars after. European food represents almost in every restaurants in the city, almost every dining place that starts with the word Cafe. Missing the American style? KFC, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Starbucks are just too common to forget.

Choice #5. Larsian

Larsian larsian larsian. The ultimate pride of Cebu, only in Cebu as they say. At larsian extra rice (puso) is not a choice but a must - you cant resist. A dining place for all types of grilled food, barbecue, hotdogs, Tina-i (chicken intestine), atay and batikon (chicken liver and gizzard respectively), chicken and pork. But of course these food cant be ready for eating combat without their king - the hot chili mixed with vinegar and soy sauce and the queen - puso or hanging rice, don’t missed their bishop - a cold soft drinks, yummmm battle starts!

Choice #6. Pongko-Pongko (to sit around in a simple stool while eating)
Once you are get use of Cebuano way and culture, pongko-pongko is an adventure for first-timers and part of Cebu dining ways. Pongko-pongko is usually anywhere in the City Area, sidewalks, busy areas, school areas, market areas, every busy corners of the City you can find it. Here you can find dishes at a very affordable price. Just imagine a lumpia shanghai worth P1, a longganisa (native sausage) at P5, puso (hanging rice) at P2. Others are chicharon bulaklak (pig intestine), Chinese nghoiong, and other Cebu food favorite-fried meat dishes.

Choice #7. Eatery (Carenderia)
Just like eating in a restaurant, the only difference is the price and ambiance. It is an open area where just like in a restaurant you are made to order food. But in eateries, the menu are not as complicated as those in restaurants. But the tastes are comparable.

Choice #8. Cebu Beach Resort Experience

Cebu is by nature a tropical City. And since it is a queen island in the southern part of the Philippines, it is surrounded by beaches. Cebu Beach Resorts mesmerize tourists not only by the white sand beaches but also their menu. Just imagine eating and sipping your favorite fresh juice and get tanned while watching over the deep blue sea. A different eating experience indeed.

On top of our list are:
Plantation Bay Resort
Blue Waters
Badian Island Resort
Sumilon Island

Choice #9. Cebu Fastfoods

You just can’t get over with your favorite cheese burgers, fast foods and fast foods-a-like also dominates Cebu. Name it, Jollibee, McDonald’s, KFC, Chowking, Greenwich, Kenny Rogers, McJoy, Orange Brutus, Big Mak, etc are available whether in malls or around the busy commercial areas. In fact some are 24 hours open.

Choice #10. Your discovery.

Choice #11. Another discovery.
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Indeed Cebu dining is your total dining discovery. You don’t have to choose. You can get them all. Visit Cebu!

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Danggit or Rabbitfish is the queen of all fishes in Cebu, unfortunately not in the sea but in every markets, grocery stores and malls in the city. Best when sun-dried, this danggit is a must-try delicacy for every people visiting or native in the place. It is said that the tastiness of danggit is magnified ten times when there’s vinegar (sukang pinakurat) around and eating with your bare hands.

If you are vacationistas (tourists) danggit is abundant and a lot cheaper in many places around Cebu but most especially in Bantayan Island, Taboan Public Market, and Carbon Public Market. What makes it a queen among all fishes is that unlike other dried fish, danggit is not too salty and not too overpowering. Danggit is also delicious whether its fresh or dried. And Dried danggit can also be obtained in boneless and unsalted form. But just be conscious when frying it in a close room because even your closet could also smells like danggit. The romantic aroma of danggit has a lot to do with the beauty of Cebu. Actually buying danggit outside of Cebu is like eating mushroom burgers in Manila, they just don’t taste the same.

Another rice magic is ampaw (rice crunchies). Which can be claimed originally from Carcar Cebu, rice crunchies capital of the world. In fact when you go to Southern Cebu, failing to purchase ampaw is like going to Boracay without even stepping into the white sand beaches. Ampaw is just simply made of rice grain and sugarcane extract.Traditionally, the people made these by hand, with the rice painstakingly cooked with sugar and then dried for 30 minutes or until completely dry and brittle in bilaos or round trays made of bamboo. You can also make it more special like mixing with evaporated milk and peanuts. Because of its growing popularity, some companies have even refined their ampaw-making process further by adding food-coloring and flavoring to their mixes, resulting in multi-colored balls with enjoying shades of blue, green, yellow, red and violet. Ampaw is best as pasalubong (giveaways from one arriving from a trip) especially for kids and kids at heart.

You can’t talk about Cebuano food specialties without mentioning lechon. And lechon or inasal eating experience will not be complete without hanging rice (puso), an integral part of Cebuano food. Almost in every festivities (fiestas), occasions like birthdays weddings, baptisms, even wake, and holiday seasons, this worldly famous specialty is present at the center table. Cebu lechon is so well-known as the best-tasting lechon in the country that some Philippine presidents and celebrities were reputed to have Cebu lechon specially flown from Cebu to Manila for special occasions.

Basically lechon was originally introduced as part of Spanish cuisine. It is a Spanish word for suckling pig. In Cebu, it connotes a whole roasted pig or lechon baboy. The process of lechon involves the whole pig/piglet being slowly roasted over charcoal. The younger and thicker the pig the tastier. This grueling method of roasting leaves a crispy skin and very moist meat inside. It is best served with a sauce.

CnT, Mila’s Lechon, Lydia’s Lechon-Restaurant, Kang’s are just few of the many best selling lechon in Cebu. The prices may vary from PhP 3000 up depending on the kilo. Or chopped lechon is also available ranging from PhP300-Php500 per kilo.

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