The New Cebu City (2019)
Cebu. Once it grabs you, it doesn’t let you go. When you begin to love it, you will love it forever. I’ve been coming here since 2007, the first time I got here. I worked here too. and since then there is this special place in my heart and my imagination. I keep coming back. I have to. Much has changed since then. It changes every minute. But there are things that still remain to this day. Important things. Like this. It was my first breakfast in cebu. It’s a bit different. This is not the siomai sa tisa. it’s siomai in t. padilla, says the seller. Cebu siomai is made from pork with secret spices, with no other vegetable mixture. Pork dumpling as it is called in English. Cebu is a province of the Philippines consisting of Cebu Island and many other surrounding islands. historically, the name Cebu is derived from the word “Sibu” which means “trade”. During the reign of Rajah Humabon, the island became an important trading center where various products were exchanged such as ag...