Apr 26, 2013
Cebu
Cebu city was actually the first place I visited wherein I traveled by plane - that was back in 2002. I, together with my family, stayed at Plantation Bay for 3 nights and I distinctively remember my sister paying an obscene amount of money for our accommodation back then...
This time around, I traveled to Cebu city with a few of my long-time friends - Andy, Ching, Melissa and Lee & Jezzer with their 2 kids. We arrived at Mactan airport at past 4 PM and went immediately to Sampaguita Suites Plaza Garcia, a simple and affordable hotel, in Cebu city which was almost an hour away - the worse part was realizing we were coming back the following morning to Mactan to visit Plantation bay.
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| Double room at Plaza Garcia |
We ate dinner at Zubuchon to taste "the best pig ever", as claimed by none other than world-renown American chef Anthony Bourdain. I never liked Lechon and cannot figure out why it is a popular food staple in gatherings - sure, it looks extravagant (bongga!) to have a roasted pig as the centerpiece in the buffet table, but I usually find lechon to be chewy and devoid of taste (I need sauce when I eat lechon - lots of it).
But Zubuchon's Lechon is different. I enjoyed this mouthwatering lechon - the skin is perfectly crunchy and the meat is tasty (with all the herbs and spices Zubucno claims to have added, it should be tasty) and very tender.
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| Zubuchon |
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| Lechon |
The biggest surprise though for me was not the lechon (Bourdain can't be wrong) but the Kamias shake - who knew the very sour Kamias can be turned into one refreshing drink. I can't help but wonder though how many tablespoons of sugar was added to get that perfect fusion of sweet and sour tastes.
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| Kamias Shake |
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