Kalami Cebu! - A Gastronomic Guide to Cebu

I was invited recently at the relaunch of Golden Prince Hotel's Taste of Heaven along with some of my friends from the Cebu Blogging Community. Just like any ordinary guy, I love eat-all-you-can buffets. I am the type of person who would like to taste everything and eat as much. I have been to many buffets and I was a bit taken aback at first of the name of hotel's buffet. Having heaven in the buffet name raised my expectations. After enjoying a fantastic meal, all my skepticism were erased. Taste of heaven became instant favorite because of its price, selection, and abundance of seafood dishes.

For the past couple of months, I have been to some of the best chicken wing places in Cebu City. I have been a chicken wing lover for some time and I always want to try out every place that claim to have the best chicken wings in town.  Months back,  I heard of a place that offers unlimited chicken wings for less than 200 pesos ($5). The wing-all-you-can restaurant is called Burrow Lounge and it is located at Wilson Street, Lahug, Cebu City.  The unlimited chicken wings deal really piqued my interest. I attempted several times to eat there, but I always failed to get a seat because the restaurant was full. The Burrow is packed during lunch and dinner time. I really suggest you go early to get a seat.  Finally, the stars aligned a few weeks ago and I, along with a hungry Kalami Cebu crew, finally ate there.

Golden Cowrie, one of Cebu's most popular local restaurants has opened a branch in A.S. Fortuna, Mandaue City. Aside from offering their Filipino cuisine specialties, their branch in Mandaue has a daily Eat-All-You-Can buffet.  Golden Cowrie's Feast-All-You-Can is priced at an affordable 299 pesos for lunch and 399 pesos for dinner.

What's the best value eat-all-you-can restaurant in Cebu? One of my high school buddies celebrated his birthday recently and he wanted to meet some of the boys of our high school batch. We all wanted to eat something that reminded us of high school. Something we call "old school".  Way back in the 1990's, one of the most popular restaurants that we frequently ate at during the weekends was  Ding Qua Qua .  Ding Qua Qua's location then was beside Rustan's in Mango Avenue.  The place was known for its dim sum.  The most popular dishes were steamed rice, siomai, lumpia shanghai (spring rolls), and hakaw. Steamed Rice is not your ordinary rice, this is a specialty. E very Cebuano knows what steamed rice means.

There was a time last year that my friend +Nezte Virtudazo   became a Yakiniku addict.  Ever since he ate at Yaki House Yakiniku, he practically wanted to eat there every day. I can't blame him.  Yaki House has one of the most affordable All You Can Eat Yakiniku in Cebu. Yakiniku House is located at A.S. Fortuna Street, Banilad, Mandaue City.  Last year, for only 299 pesos during lunch and 399 pesos during dinner, you can stuff yourself with grilled meat goodness until you get your fill. The nicest thing about Yakiniku is the cook-it-yourself experience.  A lot of diners go to a Yakiniku and just be busy "cooking" for their friends. It is so much fun that sometimes you forget to eat. Yaki House has a wide selection of meat.  They have chicken, pork, beef, sausages, scallops, and many more.