CEBU GRAND HOTEL #WhenInCebu

Last time I was in Cebu for training is when I am still pregnant with D. Yes, that long. And Cebu has developed and grew more after that. But, it is still like the same Metro Cebu that I frequented before. yes, the hotels, the restaurants, the traffic, and accommodating people that assists us along the way. But this trip, it is my first time to try Cebu Grand Hotel. I am not so familiar with the place, hence the flyer below. Nice, real deal right?! Considering that it is located near to Ayala Complex and Mango Avenue. Actually Zubu Chon is walking distance from the hotel. 

This is their superior room. Simple, but have everything you need. 

+1 for the effort in designing the bath towels. 

They also have the usual essentials, less tea. 

The bathroom. Not Chuvaness approved, but they have the hot and cold shower well functioning and that is a (+)plus for me. 

And they have a huge mirror facing the beds. #scary for me so I slept with all the lights and TV on. 

When you go down to their function room, you will see this mirror with frames within. Like right?

Function room in classroom type arrangement. 

I don't know the rates of the function room since this was pre-arranged for us. But one thing is for sure, their food is good. 

(+)

- Location is very accessible with near convenience store and some restaurants

- Accommodating staffs, they even packed my chorizos from the palengke so I can have it checked in. 

- Buffet breakfast is good. They serve bacon! lol

- During seminars, all the waiters are attentive to your needs. Function rooms are ready as early as 6AM

- They are reinventing and renovating

(-)

- Scary big mirror in the room lol

- Noisy (slight) aircon

- Smell of carpets

But over all, I enjoyed my stay in the hotel and will consider going back. 

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CAFE LAGUNA #WhenInCebu

What else to do after a whole day training? EAT. 

On our second day in Cebu, we went to Ayala Terraces complex where they have a lot of selections of restaurants and coffee shops. And this one is like our favourite place in Fairview (Ayala Terraces). 

Where to go when you have plenty of choices and cannot decide? Ask for the most visited one. So we went inside CAFE LAGUNA. This is chain of restaurants owned by a family from Laguna. They serve authentic tagalog dishes in Cebu and Mindanao. The food is delicious, but very affordable. So let me share our dinner that night. 

I always appreciate menu with pictures and prices together. It makes you decide that to order agad. lol 

And I appreciate that they have fresh centrepiece. These "big" orchid flower daw is rare to find. 

They also serve unlimited  "Pandan" tea as a complimentary as we wait for our food to arrive. Well, actually, drinking tea while savouring the food is good for your digestion. 

We loaded on calories with this steamed crab cooked with garlic sauce. Yes, we ate with bare hands. 

We also had this "sugbu" (Inihaw) na Taningue. 

Pork Sinigang. 

Creamy and fresh avocado shake

And for dessert. Macapuno Ube for P95 only! Steal right?! and this is pure ube btw. 

CAFE LAGUNA is really one of the restaurants that you should try when you visit Cebu. 

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ZUBU CHON #WhenInCebu

CEBU = LECHON 

Trip in Cebu is not complete if you did not eat Lechon. So we hop on to one of the famous restaurant which serves the feast. 

As Chef Antoni Bourdain called it "the BEST PIG EVER". They offer various dishes which twisted to have a lechon in it. They also have pasalubongs that you can take home like chicharon, and tablea chocolates. 

They also serve in season shakes and juices. Like this DUHAT SHAKE. The sweetness of this native fruit, blended with ice is so refreshing. They also have CAMIAS SHAKE which supposed to clean your palate from eating the falvourful foods. Also they have SANTOL JUICE with real santol skin and seed. (Not in the pictures, we gulped them agad! Lol )

And this, is the STAR OF THE TABLE. With the skin crsipy, tasty and flavorful belly you can't help but to get more rice! Altough, they cook lechon not the traditional way, it is still one of the tastiest lechon I've tasted.  

Burp. We also had Adobo Kangkong with chicharon and Steamed Lapu Lapu. 

The branch that we went to is near to Cebu Grand Hotel, but there are lots of branches around the city. And there is also one in the airport, where I had my Lechon Sisig with Rice (Yum!). They also sell Lechon per Kilo in a box that you can take home. 

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