Hey, guys. It's Nic, and Jon is behind the camera.
And together with Kelvin and Ali,
we are going to Cebu.
Now, Cebu Pacific is the Philippines largest carrier
and they offer low fares and seat sales on direct daily flights
between Singapore and five Philippine destinations.
So, thanks so much for sending us there.
Cebu itself consists of one main island and 167 surrounding islands and islets,
so confirm got a lot of things to do.
Let's go check-in.
(upbeat music)
Okay. So, right now, we are at the Pacific Cebu Resort.
First impressions of the place – very, very nice. Very white, minimalist.
Looks like we'll be having a pretty comfortable stay over the next five days.
(laughter)
Okay. So we are done orientating ourselves in the hotel room.
Er, very, very hungry. Time for lunch.
Okay. So, right now, we are at Salo Salo Sutukil
Sutukil actually refers to a seafood dining concept
where you can get seafood done three ways: raw, stewed or grilled.
So we just picked our seafood.
They're gonna get it cooked for us.
All you have to do is just pay a cooking fee.
Very excited.
Right or not, Kelvin?
Yes.
Okay. So right now we are Sugbo Mercado Garden Bloc.
It is a weekend food market in Cebu City itself.
Coolest part about this place is that it is non-touristy.
Locals are all here.
There's live music.
New vendors every week.
Let's go check out what they have this week.
This is a red velvet chimney cone with creamy vanilla ice cream.
Wah, the soft served shiok.
[Alison] Nice? It's like a... - Wow. That is really, really good.
The combination it has with the ice cream.
It's exactly the same texture as what you get from a pretzel that you get at Auntie Anne's.
Auntie Anne's should've done this a long time ago, but she didn't.
Right now, Nicolas is trying to convince us to get this.
I don't even know what the hell it is.
No regrets.
Best buddies, we will take a bite together.
It's very refreshing. - Does it taste like a Piña Colada?
Yeah.
It's the kind you don't want to stop drinking.
I want.
The last thing that we're going to try is pork sisig.
It's my favorite Filipino dish.
Damn!
So we are done with the Sugbo Mercado Market.
I love that they have both like local food as well as
those like hipster night market food. - Yeah.
So that pretty much sums up day one.
We're going to get an early night.
Good night.
Okay. So right now we are at Grand Mall.
This is one of the biggest malls in Cebu.
And we are here because objective of today – Jollibee.
Okay. So we have made it to Jollibee.
We have gotten our food.
Kelvin is super-excited because it's his first time eating Jollibee.
Right or not?
I can feel my heart pumping.
Wow, this is actually really good.
Always order the pineapple juice when you go to Jollibee.
Four of us – plus the driver – are going to squeeze onto that thing.
Today, we are in the mood to try different forms of transport.
Thank you!
If you are traveling, and- the ride takes about maybe
max 30 minutes, right?
Highly recommend you guys to travel that way.
So, right now, we are at the 10,000 Roses of Cordova.
Many people say that this place is the most romantic place in the whole of Cebu.
The idea behind this place is to create somewhere, right
where a man can propose to his woman.
Okay, come. I bring you go see.
As you can see behind us, it is actually quite crowded.
So getting a nice shot might be a bit tricky
but we are going to be trying to get some Insta-worthy photos.
After sunset, the roses themselves, because they are actually like LED roses,
they will light up.
[Alison] These are the roses.
So it looks like they are made out of like cloth.
And then you can see like the LED light inside.
[Jon] And it's just a ton of those. An entire field of them.
I know you go there, then you're like that.
Ready?
It is Day 3.
6:00 AM in the morning right now.
After a three-hour drive from our resort,
we are now here in the province of Moalboal.
So Moalboal is actually the jump off point for island hoping here in Cebu.
Kelvin, you excited or not?
[Kelvin] Yes.
Following the dolphins right now.
Essentially, we saw dolphins.
It was pretty amazing 'cause I've never seen dolphins in my life before.
So now we are going snorkeling.
All right, Jon.
Facing his fears.
Snorkeling for the first time.
I trust the life vest.
If I panic, help me ah.
The fish everywhere!
Got too many fish. The fish a lot.
It's a large school of sardines. -Oh.
I think it's pretty amazing.
I'm being pulled away.
Faster!
I cannot move forward la!
Help.
Don't pull me ah!
We are done with island hopping and snorkeling.
Overall, super-worth it.
Very, very enriching experience.
But anyway, good job, Jon.
You have come a long way...
Now, I can officially say I've snorkeled legit.
♪ It's Chill and Chow. And Chill and Chow. Chill and Chow!
Welcome to another episode of Chill and Chow with the Cebu crew.
In today's episode of C.C.C.C., we are trying local Filipino food.
[Jon] Here, we have crispy pata.
And it's basically a deep fried pork knuckle. - Yes.
[Both] Cheers!
[Nic] Wah, okay. Actually, the meat quite shiok also.
Very, very tender.
It reminds me of sio bak.
And I think people will fear that you eat a lot of this right
then you get- you know the fat?
- Yeah. - A lot of oil, right, the fatty taste?
But the sauce helps to like counter that.
I think I can finish the whole plate myself.
So, next, we are going to be trying the bam.
This is basically a combination of thin and thick noodles.
Stir fried.
So the tang hoon is a bit more chewy, which I actually like.
I enjoy having a bit of a bite in my noodles. - Yeah.
And the yellow noodles adds a bit of an alternative flavor to it. - Yeah.
And last but not least, we have the sinigang.
There's a lot of tamarind, vegetables inside.
The version that we ordered is the shrimp.
Wah.
The sourness kicked in the face. - Really got kick.
It's very refreshing.
I feel like in between dishes, right, if you take a small
sip from the soup, it's like a palate cleanser.
And with that, we conclude this episode of
Chill and Chow with the Cebu crew.
Cheers!
We are currently trekking to the top of Osmena Peak
which is part of the Mantalongon mountain range.
So it's about 1,000 metres tall.
The place here is very, very well-known for having a series of jagged hills.
It's only a 20-minute hike. Let's go!
Almost there.
Managed to reach the peak just in time to get the nice view.
I've never seen a land formation like this ever.
Okay, hi guys. It's our last day in Cebu.
It is finally happening today.
We are gonna be jumping off a cliff.
We are going canyoneering at Kawasan falls.
You did not know how to swim? - No, he also.
Okay. No problem.
And your guide also does not know how to swim.
Huh? Oi!
There's a certain height that I'm expecting.
If it's anything more than that right, I don't know eh.
Come on, Jon. You can do this.
[Jon] Do this? This one also can?
As in, you can do-
How, Kelvin? You scared?
Show your fear.
Huh.
So we have just started canyoneering.
It's a 30-minute hike before the first jump.
The first jump is four meters.
The highest one, we just found out, is 12 meters.
This is Jun Jun, our guide.
Hello. - SmartLocal.
- SmartLocal.
It's freaking amazing.
It's like very natural. It's beautiful. -Yeah.
Can hear the screams in the back.
No fear!
Drink beer!
No beer.
Just fear.
Wah, I cannot, I cannot.
Sorry, sorry, I cannot.
There?
Okay, breathe, breathe.
Okay, come, come. Come on.
Look straight ahead. Just push off. Don't think.
Push!
Yeah!
Wah, it's damn shiok.
Wah, cannot sia. - The water is damn nice.
So the guys are going the for the last, biggest jump right now.
It's about 12 meters high. It's insane.
I don't dare to jump, so I'm not going to jump.
But I'm going to capture it for them.
I a bit nervous because like it's really quite high.
Quite excited.
You think she can do it?
Yeah, I can- she can do it.
Don't look down okay? - Okay.
Wah, wait, wait, wait. - Come on, Ali!
Suddenly, very scary.
Three... two! - Wait! Don't! Don't like that
Wait! -Two, One...
Okay, sshhh!
Go!
Three... two... one... Go!
Got kick!
It was very scary actually.
Kelvin, how was it?
Kelvin, your mouth.
Kelvin!
It's very cold!
Okay. So we are finally back at our start point.
Canyoneering was absolutely crazy.
Truly an experience that you need to experience for yourself when you are here in Cebu.
We're going to eat lunch, rush back because we got a flight to catch.
Okay, so we have made it onto our flight.
We are on the way to Manila.
Cebu Pacific actually has the best inter-connectivity within Philippines.
You can fly to multiple airports in one itinerary booking, so very convenient as well.
So you know what?
We will see you in Manila.
Okay, so we've arrived in Manila.
And it's like close to midnight now.
We're actually going to be meeting up with our driver, Jay
who is the same driver that drove Alison and I around the last
time we were in Philippines.
So it's a little mini reunion.
Is that Jay? - Is that the Nissan?
Jay! - Jay!
Jay, are you happy to see us?
Yeah. I'm very, very happy.
Okay, so it's our last day in the Philippines.
We are in Manila. We have 24 hours before we have to fly off, so we're going to see
what we can fit into 24 hours.
Can join you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You can join. - Okay. Kelvin, Kelvin.
The mariachi band is at our table now.
And then they're playing like xiao wei for us.
And Kelvin and I joining in.
Bruno Mars? - Ah, Bruno Mars. Okay. Which one?
Bruno Mars or...
[Alison] Versace on the floor.
- Versace on the floor? - Yeah, Versace on the Floor.
- Okay, Versace on the floor.
Eh, Jon, Jon, Jon, Jon.
No, no, no. I cannot, I cannot.
[Alison] I go if you go! But you sing might as well cannot hear.
Faster, faster. Faster, faster.
Jon is going to try balut for the first time. - Hell yeah!
[Alison] As well as Kelvin. - And Kelvin.
Yay!
Ah, yes.
Wah. YOLO.
Not bad right?
Ah, wait i choke. It tastes like egg. Egg juice.
I have no idea which part is which part.
Wah.
It's like a chicken and an egg together.
Honestly, it's not bad lah.
There someone, girl, have a crush on you.
If you love someone, it's true love.
True love?
If you're out there, call me.
The card called the...
you will treat us food.
Treat us food?
On the hunt again for other exotic food.
Our driver, Jay, actually recommended a couple.
It's called beef testicles.
We're actually looking for it now.
Very excited to see it actually.
Will it be cut up or it's just one big lump?
Butt and balls, madam.
Have?
We found it. Yes! Yes!
Kelvin, excited?
Yay.
Very chewy.
It doesn't taste gross or anything like that.
The soup is very herbal. I feel like I drank this soup before.
Okay, okay. Eat balls.
It's like a very chewy fishcake.
Wah, damn shiok sia.
You know, Taiwan beef noodle...
Yeah!
It's the kind of soup, right, when after a night of drinking right,
you will eat this.
I'm done. Finished.
I love butt and balls.
So after a week in the Philippines, we are finally going home.
So I think Cebu for me, right, is a very, very short getaway place.
It's so convinient because it's so near Singapore. It's less than four hours.
And you get to do a lot of action-packed stuff.
And then you get to experience very raw but beautiful natural life.
You get to see dolphins.
We managed to swim with like a giant school of sardines.
That was mindblowing for me.
I think for me, right, definitely the highlight was
canyoneering in Kawasan Falls.
12-metre high waterfall. Jumping off of that.
Then got the stomach-stomach feeling. - Yeah, yeah.
So special thanks to Cebu Pacific for making this trip possible.
The next time you want to fly to Philippines, fly Cebu Pacific.
because you know what?
They know how to fly to more fun.
I think the airline itself – they are very young, vibrant, fun airline.
They have like very interesting in-flight entertainment,
It's interactive with the cabin crew and things like that also. - Yeah, yeah.
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Bye! - Bye!