Kalami Cebu! - A Gastronomic Guide to Cebu

One of my favorite breakfast food combos is the puto with sikwate.  Puto is steamed sticky rice with coconut milk while sikwate is the native hot chocolate. The combination also goes so well with some ripe mangoes.  My two ways of eating the breakfast or snack pair are either I pour the sweet sikwate to the puto or I get a spoonful of puto and dip it in a cup of hot sikwate. Pictured above is the version of The Chocolate Chamber of this delightful combo. When was the last time you had puto and sikwate? Related articles 6-6-2015 Food of the Day: Budbud and Manga If you love chocolates... Check out The Chocolate Chamber Breakfast Places: Delicious Mornings at Golden Cowrie Robinsons Cybergate Kalami Cebu Files: The Chocolate Chamber New Restaurant: Yolk Coffee and Breakfast Kakanin Galore at the Banilad Town Center

Budbud or steamed sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves is one my favorite local delicacies or kakanin.  It is a very flexible delicacy that it can be eaten as a dessert, snack, or even breakfast food.  When I go home to my dad's hometown in Bohol, I always look forward to eating budbud for breakfast.  It goes so well with sikwate or hot chocolate.  Another great combo for budbud is eating with ripe mangoes. Budbud with manga has become so popular that even local restaurants started offering the amazing combination.   How about you? Do you have a favorite delicacy?  Related articles Kakanin Galore at the Banilad Town Center Chocolate Hills, Bohol Delicacies: Medellin's Chrisphelle Special Otap, Patatas, Huevos Chocolate overload at The Chocolate Chamber #Foodtrip 2015: Ormoc Food Adventures Bantayan Island Tour Day 2

A few weeks back, I checked out The Chocolate Chamber (TCC) in President Quirino Street in Kasambagan. The place is all about chocolates. If you love chocolates, you should try to visit TCC.  TCC is basically a dessert or afternoon tea place. It offers cakes, cookies, chocolates, puto, scones, and sandwiches.  The star of the restaurant is their wide choice of hot chocolate concoctions.  The hot chocolate is infused with different ingredients, making each drink unique to a certain extent.