Philippines: Zubuchon
Somehow we once again ended up in a heavily Catholic country during Holy Week. The first time, we were in Tijuana, Mexico in March. This time around, it was the Philippines in April. We just can't seem to escape it.
We had one day in Cebu before heading off to Moalboal. We were anticipating a day filled with lechon and more lechon (Cebu being famous for it), but when we arrived, we found a virtual ghost town. All the lechon restaurants were closed...with just one exception.
Thank goodness for Zubuchon:
We were starving after walking around in the sun looking for a restaurant. And possibly dehydrated. Hence why we went a bit ham with the ordering.
The first thing we did was flip to the beverage section of the menu. We spotted kamias shake (P 100 / $1.94) and since we had no clue what a kamias was, of course we had to try it:
Turns out kamias is almost like a sour cucumber. It was super refreshing in shake form, especially on such a hot day.
The shake wasn't enough to quench our thirst though, so we also got a pitcher of lemongrass and lime juice (P 190 / $3.68):
As well as a pitcher of tamarind juice (P 190):
Lunch started off with a bang with the zubuchon sisig (P 220 / $4.26):
The chopped lechon cheeks, ears, and meat came out sizzling.
To get some greens in our belly, we also ordered the adobong kangkong (P 140 / $2.71), which was sauteed water spinach with pork rinds:
Both paired fantastically with our platter of garlic fried rice (P 130 / $2.52):
Why get plain rice when you can get garlic?
Our pork party continued with slow cooked adobo (P 290 / $5.62):
Zubochon apparently cooks their pork belly for over three hours along with coconut vinegar, sea salt, and aromatics.
And of course we had to get lechon. They were out of the bone-in version, so we got a medium platter of the boneless (P 570 / $11.04):
The skin was so crispy and the meat itself so amazingly juicy.
We were pretty full already, but one thing on the menu haunted us. Halfway through the meal, we couldn't resist any longer and added an order of bangus sisig (P 250 / $4.84):
The chopped milkfish came on a sizzling plate and was topped with an egg.
Maybe everything tasted especially delicious because we were starving and half delirious, but maybe Zubuchon really is that good. We enjoyed everything that we had and left so stuffed that we went back to our Airbnb and promptly dropped into a food coma. All six of us.
We were supposed to go out for dinner (or at least attempt to find an open restaurant), but somehow we all fell unconscious. By the time I came to, it was already 11:30 pm.
Whoops. So much for our first day in the Philippines. Though looking back, it wasn't bad at all.
Zubuchon
One Mango Mall, General Maxilom Ave
Cebu City, 6000 Cebu, Philippines
+63 32 239 5697
http://zubuchon.com/
We had one day in Cebu before heading off to Moalboal. We were anticipating a day filled with lechon and more lechon (Cebu being famous for it), but when we arrived, we found a virtual ghost town. All the lechon restaurants were closed...with just one exception.
Thank goodness for Zubuchon:
We were starving after walking around in the sun looking for a restaurant. And possibly dehydrated. Hence why we went a bit ham with the ordering.
The first thing we did was flip to the beverage section of the menu. We spotted kamias shake (P 100 / $1.94) and since we had no clue what a kamias was, of course we had to try it:
Turns out kamias is almost like a sour cucumber. It was super refreshing in shake form, especially on such a hot day.
The shake wasn't enough to quench our thirst though, so we also got a pitcher of lemongrass and lime juice (P 190 / $3.68):
As well as a pitcher of tamarind juice (P 190):
Lunch started off with a bang with the zubuchon sisig (P 220 / $4.26):
The chopped lechon cheeks, ears, and meat came out sizzling.
To get some greens in our belly, we also ordered the adobong kangkong (P 140 / $2.71), which was sauteed water spinach with pork rinds:
Both paired fantastically with our platter of garlic fried rice (P 130 / $2.52):
Why get plain rice when you can get garlic?
Our pork party continued with slow cooked adobo (P 290 / $5.62):
Zubochon apparently cooks their pork belly for over three hours along with coconut vinegar, sea salt, and aromatics.
And of course we had to get lechon. They were out of the bone-in version, so we got a medium platter of the boneless (P 570 / $11.04):
The skin was so crispy and the meat itself so amazingly juicy.
We were pretty full already, but one thing on the menu haunted us. Halfway through the meal, we couldn't resist any longer and added an order of bangus sisig (P 250 / $4.84):
The chopped milkfish came on a sizzling plate and was topped with an egg.
Maybe everything tasted especially delicious because we were starving and half delirious, but maybe Zubuchon really is that good. We enjoyed everything that we had and left so stuffed that we went back to our Airbnb and promptly dropped into a food coma. All six of us.
We were supposed to go out for dinner (or at least attempt to find an open restaurant), but somehow we all fell unconscious. By the time I came to, it was already 11:30 pm.
Whoops. So much for our first day in the Philippines. Though looking back, it wasn't bad at all.
Zubuchon
One Mango Mall, General Maxilom Ave
Cebu City, 6000 Cebu, Philippines
+63 32 239 5697
http://zubuchon.com/
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