A sucker for native Filipino dishes? A new native restaurant is now cooking at the heart of Lapu-lapu City where you can enjoy a wide variety of delectable Filipino dishes at highly affordable prices.
Luwag Native Seafood Grill is now open at Gaisano Island Mall in Mactan, Lapu-lapu City, Cebu. Opening its doors last July 28, restaurant has an area of 60 square meters that can accommodate 70 persons.
Owned by business partners Romel Pia and Leonhardt Cabahug, Luwag Native Seafood Grill was born to revive the well-loved, traditional Cebuano dishes and adding them a twist, thus coming up with the name of the wonder wand out from our native dialect “LUWAG”, a wooden ladle made from a coconut shell commonly used in the province.
The new food haven boasts of an al fresco area and offers a variety of Filipino food that highlights most of the Cebuano dishes such as the Linarang nga Isda, Utan Bisaya, a Cebuano style of cooking the Bisayan’g Manok or native chicken Tinola style and the tasty Baby Back Ribs with a twist.
Another one of its bestsellers is the Luwag Seafood Rice, a dish that can be considered a complete meal in itself.
It also offers a variety of beverages for the health conscious guest like the Lemongrass Coolers made from fresh Tanglad (Lemongrass) and the Fresh Cucumber Lime drink that proved to be very refreshing.
Another top-billing delicacy for Luwag food haven is the unique Bod-bod Ala Mode, a desert made from the famous sticky rice topped with ice cream with sweetened banana on the side and sprinkled with lots of nuts that challenges your taste buds.
With this very rich background, the Luwag food haven assures its guests of a trip down memory lane where Cebuanos can reminisce the good old days especially with the native interior decorations like the Luwag-shaped lightings and artworks that oozes with a comfortable and happy dining experiences.
“Luwag is a magical wand in disguise used by our moms to serve us good food . And suddenly this Luwag turned itself into a place to answer your cravings,” said Pia.