Southern Cebu: Cebu Food Trip

Spent almost four days in Cebu to check out falls, hang out at beaches and shoot century old churches but another highlight of this trip was the Food trip I did when Cebu based PTB friends who are generous enough to take their time off and accompanied me to my supposedly lonely-solo trip in the queen city of the south.

I never thought that there are a lot of good restaurants in this city, and three of those are concentrated at Cebu I.T. Park located at Apas Salinas Drive, Lahug, Cebu city. The place reminded me of Nuvali here in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, where BPO offices surround a cluster of restaurants that offer customers a memorable meal with friends and family.

Appetizer

For starters, try the best chicharon in town, Carcar’s Chicharon, a town an hour away from the city proper. The tempting smell and mouth watering sight of this delicacy could sweep any visitor off his feet. 

The pork’s back fat is the best part to make a chicharon, seasoned with salt and simmered in a hot oil until turned crispy, partnered it with vinegar and you’re good to go.

Main Course

Larsian is a place lined with a number of barbeque stands offering similar barbeque selections. They offer chicken – wings, thigh, skin, breast, feet or intestine (isaw); pork – liver, chorizo, tocino, liempo,; seafood – squid and fish; and siomai partnered with puso (hanging rice). It is located at the uptown area near Fuente Osmeña and Chong Hua Hospital.

If barbeque is not for you, then try a dish Cebu is known for: “Lechon Cebu”. I always go for CNT’s Lechon, although there are other restaurants that claims and offers this particular dish, but I always go to CNT, for me it’s already a “tried and tested” restaurant, so you can be sure you will not go wrong if you decide to dine in here.

There are a number of branches of CNT in the city, when I’m in Cebu I always go to the branch just next to SM City Cebu, but you can also check out their branch at The Terraces mall.

Last but not the least is Casa Verde’s Baby Back Ribs, but don’t be fooled with its name as these ribs are no baby. It’s huge enough to serve two people. Casa Verde is also located in The Walk, I.T. Park

My eyes popped out when the waitress brought out our order. It sometimes partnered with mashed potato or rice and carrots and corn.

Desserts

La Marea; Owned by Ed and Bernadette Gallego is the house of the famous “Warm Brownie Cup” of Cebu. Considered them self as the premier dessert place in the city.

Warm Brownie Cup is basically a chocolate brownie cake with a fudgy and gooey texture, after warming it up in the oven, they will capped it off with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream that will melt instantly as it hits the warm surface of the brownies.

Presently have three branches across Cebu City: The Crossroads at Banilad, The Walk I.T. Park and at Paseo Arcenas. Open from 9 AM – 12 AM. You may also check out other desserts on this site: http://kawalodesign.com/lamarea/index.htm

Another favorite of mine is Mango Sushi Crepe, just neighbors with La Marea; East, West customers all time favorite is a rolled mango crepe in a bed of mango-sago pearl sauce, served with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with butterscotch sauce.

The moment it was served on our table, it only took a minute to finish this heavenly dish, that’s how good it is. Same with La Marea, it is open from 9 AM – 12 AM located in The Walk, I.T. Park.

Torta Bread from Argao is another must try, although torta bread is found everywhere in the Cebu, Argao is the place of the best Torta in the island. Torta is a round-cup cake bread; sweet, golden-brown with lightly sugar sprinkled crust.

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