now you cannot come to the Philippines and especially Cebu without eating your
own body weight in lechon so that's exactly what we're about to do [Music]
hey guys Andy Cooks here and I am in Cebu the Philippines with flight center and we
are here on a Foodies trip to see how much of the local food we can get our
hands on so come along as we check out this incredible Island [Music]
all right well every day he starts with coffee for me so it's super hot here let's grab an iced
coffee all right we are at Don macchiatos there's a few of these around Cebu but they're known for
their like really affordable delicious coffee I've got the ice macchiato and Babe's got a ice matcha
oh delicious that's really nice really good huh it's like 39 pesos which is
like a dollar in Australia so really delicious cold coffee to start the day
yeah but it's hot here so how about we head to the beach [Music]
all right so we are on macton island which is like an hour away from the city it's famous
for its beaches and Resorts so if you want to come and hang out here for a day like we're
going to or stay for a few days it's a perfect spot for that I'm gonna eat a coconut and chill
out for a bit bloody hot all right well even though I'm a big fan of street food and eating
on the street sometimes you just got to get a coconut and go for a swim in some warm water
refreshing [Music] all right so after that super refreshing dip in the ocean and nice
coconut we are back in the car and heading up to a place called copper server where there's
a restaurant up there so let's go check it out all right so we ordered some pretty cool stuff
here we've got this here which they called adobo floss we've got a grilled chicken with some more
vinegar sauce we've got some garlic fried rice some really nice looking beef and pork spring
rolls and then here we've got uh beef sepakao I think which is a Filipino dish but I've never
had it before so let's get stuck in and see how it is I'm going in for the spring roll
all right so it's lunch time and we've come to a place called Cafe Laguna which is I guess it's
kind of like a Filipino home cooking but done on a slightly more elevated level you know we're in a
restaurant the waiters and waitresses are dressed very smartly but from what we understand it's
uh the food's pretty pretty authentic this place started like in the 90s I think yeah
this place and we're actually greeted by her granddaughter today so it still runs in the
family feels really cool all right so we've got what we think are the the house Classics
looks pretty good I'll show you what we've got so we've got the lechon Kawali with what looks
like a Tamarind little dipping sauce we have some barbecue chicken which is like wrapped in pandan
leaves and like a little chili sauce on the on the side we have chicken adobo and this here
is chicharon which they had served with a little coconut vinegar still got a green mango salad some
nice shrimp paste on the top and then the star of the show the cadet so very famous Filipino
stew made with peanuts and beef babe what are you trying first I'm gonna all right get amongst it
so this is Halo Halo he's a very Filipino dessert it's basically shaved ice condensed milk there's
some kind of Bean in here there's some Jackfruit some banana and then this ice cream is called Ube
ice cream which is like a um like a sweet potato almost I think super delicious all right we're
gonna eat this and then go chill out the hotel for a couple of hours and then we're gonna head to
some night markets tonight and get some some more street food which I'm pretty excited about [Music]
so we are here at the carbon Market in Cebu City it's pretty well known famous for their like food
stalls and all the other Market stuff it's like just getting going but let's get stuck in and go
and see what food we can find all right this place is crazy there's so many vendors there's people
everywhere it's awesome we got here some really nice scallops I think they're pretty famous for
their scallops and the island of Cebu they're nice and small and super sweet and they cover them in
cheese and garlic and butter and then we've got some grilled chicken here and with the classic
kind of vinegar soya dressing that they always put on stuff here and similar there this is pork belly
also marinated and I'm pretty sure this is a soya sauce all right let's hit one of these scallops
yum a little bit of chili just a tiny bit some cheese lots of garlic and lots of butter
absolutely delicious and this whole plate of scallops was a hundred pesos which is like
I don't know like three dollars or something which is crazy let's try some pork belly I've
eaten a lot of pork since I've been in the Philippines so a bit of a pork connoisseur now
really good just well executed grilled pork belly and then the chicken
oh it's almost like the Tandoor color [Music]
nice and fragrant not spicy at all and really nice and charred charred and grilled
if you're in Cebu make sure you get lechon so little China's obviously roast over fire there's
a bit of a skill in getting it to all roast pretty evenly this is pretty good with John so the food
hand Cebu has been absolutely delicious but it's time to get something cold and get out of here
all right as you can see this place is crazy busy there's lots of people friends and family
hanging out having meals and for good reason it's absolutely delicious here so next time you're in
Cebu don't forget to stop here in Cebu City because there's some amazing food and culture
here but that's it for our time here we'll see you next time in another city around Asia peace
foreign [Music]