Cebu's Delicacies

              We all know Filipinos are fun of eating that's why we can't wonder why we have so many delicacies here in the Philippines. Everywhere we go, there's always a specialty in every place having a history of their delicacies they offer. Some places in the Philippines particularly in Cebu have so many delicacies that are nutritious and delicious. Some of these are:

 

 

              Rice cakes, also known as bibingka. It is one of the most famous delicacies in Cebu particularly in Mandaue City. Some residence in Mandaue made bibingka to earn money , for some it is the source of  their daily living because through this it help to sustain their everyday needs. As what they said, it is easy to make bibingka if we all have the ingredients and if we know the ways of making it. The ingredients are the following: ground regular rice,coconut, eggs, sugar, all-purpose flour, baking powder, melted margarine. In making this we should steamed it.
New recipes are also being introduced, with the addition of condensed milk as ingredient to make bibingka more pleasing to anyone's taste.

          Carcar City in Cebu boasts of  its very famous ampao. This is Cebu's version of rice crispies. Sprinkled with peanuts, ampao is white, crunchy and sweet. Ampao is rectangular and thick.It also help people who are living here for many tourists buy to have it as what we call "pasalubong" to their family and peers. This delicacies serve as an alternative to rice for it suits to our stomach when were hungry.

 

 

            It is an oval-shaped biscuit. The ingredients of which are flour, sugar, shortening and coconut. Its sweet taste is due to the sprinkled sugar. Upon eating, it is a bit messy because a portion of the biscuit flies to the floor due to its light mass. So once you bite a piece of otap, make sure you put your one hand below your chin so you can catch the falling portions and sugar and will not make your eating messy. But the messy thing is a part of the whole otap experience.
                   
                   You can buy all these delicacies everywhere in Cebu . If you doesn't tasted all of these, you must try it for sure it will suits to your taste. These are some of the most delicious and famous delicacies in Cebu.
So what are you waiting for, visit here in Cebu and experience our very one of a kind delicacies.

 

The City of Cebu (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Sugbo, Tagalog: Lungsod ng Cebu) is the capital city of Cebusecond city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest city established by the Spaniards in the country. 

The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. Cebu is the Philippines' main domestic shipping port and is home to about 80% of the country's domestic shipping companies. Cebu also holds the second largest international flights in the Philippines and is a significant centre of commerce, trade and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao region. According to the 2007 Philippine census, the city has a population of about 798,809 people.

Cebu City is the centre of a metropolitan area called Metro Cebu, which includes the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu and Talisay. Metro Cebu has a total population of about 2 million people. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport, located in Lapu-Lapu City is only a twenty-minute drive away from Cebu City. To the northeast of the city are Mandaue City and the town of Consolacion, to the west are Toledo City, the towns of Balamban and Asturias, to the south are Talisay City and the town of Minglanilla. Across Mactan Strait to the east is Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City and an aquarium attraction are located.

The City of Mandaue is a city in the province of Cebu in the Philippines. It is one of the three urbanized cities in the island and forms a part of the Cebu Metropolitan area. Mandaue City is located on the middle eastern coastal region of Cebu, bordering to its right-side are Mactan Island where Lapu-Lapu City is located. Mandaue is connected to Mactan Island via two bridges which includes the Mactan-Cebu BridgeMarcelo Fernan Bridge and is bounded south and the west by the Provincial Capital, Cebu City and north by Consolacion which is linked with Cansaga Bay Bridge. The city has an area of about 34.87 square kilometres and has a total population of about 337,320 people. 

History

A community was established in Mandaue by a flourishing group of Indonesian, Malayan and Chinese merchants. The Venetian chronicler Antonio Pigafetta wrote a settlement called Mandani existed in the area with a chieftain who was named Aponoan then a few decades later another ruler named Lambusan. Mandaue was established as a mission village (which included present day Consolacion, Liloan and Poro) in 1638 by Jesuit then a century later by the Recollects. The Philippine revolution in 1898 gave the town a new form of administration in accordance with the organic decree of the Central Revolutionary Government. The short lived revolution was overthrown by the American Troops and a battle nearly destroys the town on 1901. Mandaue was Independent from being an American Commonwealth and a Japanese Garrison on July 4, 1946 along with the entire nation. Mandaue became a chartered city on June 21, 1969 by Mayor Demetrio Cortes Sr. The city was recognized as a HUC (Highly Urban City) on 1991.