STK Ta Bai “No. 1 Pinaka Yummy in Cebu” A Review

Cebu Restaurant - STK Ta Bai

SUTUKIL is a food preparation that Cebu is famous for. The words “SU” “TU” and “KIL” stands for Sugba (Grilled), Tula or Tuwa (Tinola/Soup) and Kilaw (Kilawin / Ceviche). Normally what you do in sutukil restaurants is you check out their fresh catch of the day, chose your seafood which could be a combination of [...]

The Original Siomai sa Tisa: A Popular Street Food in Cebu

siomai sa tisa with chili oil lami

Cebu is a haven for cheap food trip. You can check the other Cebu Food posts review on this blog and know that I am telling the truth. Good food is cheap in Cebu. Sure there are many specialty restaurants with offerings that are out of reach for the average earning Pinoy, but there are [...]

Chicken Charlie Double Fried Chicken Arrives in Cebu

chicken love at Chicken Charlie

The first time I’ve heard of Chicken Charlie opening in Cebu was from a friend’s Facebook shoutout, minutes after I relied on Google to find its exact location. I have no idea why I didn’t go straight to Chicken’s Charlie official site hahaha. Blame it on my “Go to Google” for everything mentality hehe. So [...]

Ayer’s Lechon in SM Cebu: Another Delicious Cebu Lechon

crispy lechon skin from ayers

If you visit Cebu, you can never have enough of Cebu Lechon, aye?  Peace cardio doctors =)  And our lechon houses has just made it easy for locals and tourists to taste one of our top brands of roasted pig by making it available in accessible destinations like SM City Cebu. Yep, SM houses three [...]

Cebu Must Try Foods From Casa Verde and La Marea Restaurants

Classic Warm Brownie Cup La Marea

Two of my most recommended ‘must try’ Cebu foods are the Baby Back Ribs from Casa Verde and the Warm Brownie Cup from La Marea. This is of course aside from Cebu Lechon, Larsian Barbeque, Sutukil restos, Ngohiong restaurant.  You are in luck if you are coming here for we have many options from the [...]

Cebu Lechon and Puso: Perfect Match

cebu lechon the best pig ever

This is an entry to Penfires’ Philippines in Pictures series: Lechon Cebu and Puso!

Ahhh what can be better to feast on than one of the Philippines’ Most Popular foods – Lechon! And where better to taste this than come here in Cebu and dig in to this delicious goodness! My favorite celebrity chef, author and tv hosts Anthony Bourdain’s hailed Cebu Lechon as the ‘Best Pig Ever!’ and no wonder – it truly is!

Come here in Cebu and feast on this specially roasted pork!

And when in Cebu pair this lechon with the native hanging rice of the province, the puso. It’s a perfect match! The puso wrapping is made from coconut leaves woven together with a small hole left open….

Shabu-Shabu Restaurant in Cebu: Healthy Food Choice

shabu shabu hotpot

I visited another Cebu restaurant using a discount voucher from group buying site Groupon Cebu. When Groupon launched an online promo for Shabu-Way Hot Pot Cuisine, it took little convincing on my part to buy the deal.  It was a P250 for P500 discount voucher on their shabu shabu hotpot sets. I must have been [...]

Cebu’s Barbeque Central: Larsian!

Larsian is one of those places that almost all Cebuano’s have been to (but is not a good place for those with queasy stomach and no appetite for street foods) most frequented by those on the look-out for cheap but delicious meal. My tagalog friends often remarks that you can see resto grills, barbeque stands [...]