Lively Filipino music, rich and boisterous laughter and the clanging of utensils were in perfect harmony during the blessing and grand opening of Lantaw Native Restaurant Dumaguete. It seemed like one giant feast that brought together families from all over the city. And as the night progressed and the moon steadily lit the restaurant’s skyline, the crowd excited to taste the savory native delicacies unique to this new restaurant just kept getting bigger and bigger.
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Cebu’s boneless lechon belly, the Philippines’ answer to Italy’s porchetta, was conceptualized by Mr. Marlon Gochan in 2011. Similarly prepared, the belly is deboned, stuffed with spices and herbs, and then slow-roasted over a charcoal fire. Today, the lechon belly experience is no longer limited to Cebu; Dumaguetenos can now enjoy pork prepared in the Queen City of the South’s signature style.
One of my many guilty pleasures is ribs. It is what I look for in the menu of every new restaurant I go to. Lucky for me, most places in the city do serve their version of the dish. While loads of restaurants claim to have the best ribs in town, only a handful is actually worth coming back for. A couple of weeks back, my Instagram feed was flooded with photos of a hip new place downtown with a mafia-inspired dining concept. Café Mafioso piqued my curiosity after learning that they pride themselves of their “Mafioso Ribs”. After reading plenty of good reviews of the restaurant on social media, we decided to try it firsthand.
Food Trip Dumaguete 