Experience the tastes, ingredients, and Cebuanos’ ways of cooking who lived at the turn of the century.
Turn a Night of Heritage into a gastronomic experience when the Gabii sa Kabilin 2014 starts at 6 p.m. tomorrow.
Casa Gorordo Museum will offer dishes that shows Mexican-Spanish influence that came in the 1860s in tapas carte and nachos with guacamole salsa. Served with manchego cheese.
Also on the menu are German, Venezuelan, Indian and Danish cooking. Potato salad, German core comfort food, will be there. The difference? Instead of mayonnaise, it will be suffused with meat stock.
Humba (delmonte.ph)
“This is not the way we do it in the Philippines, which is good. At least, we get to experience the food culture of other countries, especially those who were part of our history,” said Dr. Jocelyn Gerra, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Culture & Heritage Executive Director.
Vienna style sausage will also be served, but don’t expect catsup. Germans eat it with mustard. Venezuelan-style of cooking meat will be presented, paired with corn bread. Visitors can also taste India’s chicken curry. For dessert, Filipino and Danish pastries will be prepared by Radisson Blu.
Potato Salad (www.macspeedshop.com)
Asian cuisine turns up in lumpia, barbecue and classic Cebuano comfort food “humba” (slow-cooked pork hocks) in the menu of the Cebu City Museum on Osmeña Boulevard.
At Museo Sugbo, expect local delicacies of Cebu towns Ginatilan, Argao, Catmon, and Carcar City.
At the University of Southern Philippines-Foundation Rizaliana Museum, discover the food craving of national hero Jose P. Rizal.
For seafood, drop by the San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church for this specialty , homage to its strategic location near the Pasil fish port.
At Plaza Parian, there’s native eel or “bakasi” from Cordova town, one of the native dishes presented by partners of Aboitizland.
Then indulge your sweet tooth as Museo Parian sa Sugbo, is giving away ice cream.
Chicken Curry (cebufoodspot.com)
If you’re exploring Talisay City, especially the Tres Aliños Monument, try the city’s legendary lechon (roasted pig).
Up north in Mandaue City, look for its famed sweet rice delicacies budbod and bibingka.
For an all-access pass to museums and heritage sites at P150, call Casa Gorordo Museum ( 418-7234 local 703) or any of the participating sites and museums. / Erica Jean Palmera RAFI Intern