60 bucks for your meal those are tourist prices, looks like they were making up the prices as they went along. Would be interesting to know what a local would pay for the same meal you ate. The average income in PH is about $250 per month so what you paid is equal to a week's salary for most.
Sorry for the bad karaoke in the backgroud haha. One skill you should learn when living in the Philippines is the skill to ignore the shitty environment like shitty karaoke sounds all around. Hehe
Those looks delicious! I miss Mactan, they have a food festival there too in mactan shrine. Im stuck in the mainland for now. Hope to go there again, for the meantime im just on the hunt for cebuano streetfoods nearby lol.
Great video my friend, I had bad experience eating at those restaurants back there it’s on the way to my old condo in Punta Engano Amisa, honestly I tried it just like you without high hopes and few hours later I got most horrific food poisoning in my two years in the Philippines. Again all restaurants are different and I’m sure most are ok but only to be OK and to charge 3k per dish like expensive restaurants here it’s not my cup of tea. For my best on Mactan restaurant overall price and food taste I’d say it’s Maribago Grill and Restaurant and best pizza not only on Mactan but the whole Phillippines is Angel’s Pizza in Basak Mactan
Geez, you have to be careful. Might of just been particular seafood that was off. Anyhow i think you need to experience at least once. I went to Maribago back in Sept, i was the only one there such a pity when i went previously such a good vibe.
Sir, ink from squid or octopus is called 'ata' in Cebuano and it's pronounced with the stress at the first syllable (a) and with distinct glottal stop at the last syllable. The seaweed that you ordered was Eucheuma in English but is commonly called 'guso' in Cebuano. 'Guso' is pronounced with both stress and glottal stop in second syllable. There are three popular eucheuma species used as food and they are brown, red and green in nature. Depending on the preparation, all species of eucheuma turn brown after soaking in vinegar. Though they keep their color even after boiling in water they change their color to brown when added with vinegar.
Thanks, it's easier to understand when you type it. When I'm just listing and trying to pronounce it's a bit more difficult. It's the first time I ate the Eucheuma and it was nice. Next time I will have to try it cooked as sutukil so I can enjoy the local way. Cheers
@@FindingParadise The term sutukil as the vendor explained to you is actually a portmanteau for SU (Sugba = grillled) TU (Tuwa = clear soup stew) and KIL (Kilaw = ceviche). The only difference between the ceviche in other countries to the ceviche in Cebuano, we use vinegar in addition to kalamansi or Philippine lime to cure the raw fish or any seafood or even white meat. Most common spices added to Cebuano ceviche are white or yellow onions or shallots, leeks or green onions, tomatoes, ginger, hot chili pepper, kalamansi or Philippine lime juice. Just remove the seeds from lime fruit as it has a bitter taste. Some restaurants add coconut milk to their ceviche while some don't.
@@FindingParadise The place is called SUTUKIL simply because all restaurants offer three different ways of preparing fish and other seafood to their customers such as Grilling, Clear soup stew and Ceviche. You can have a parrot fish grilled (SU), sea bream or snapper stewed (TU) and eucheuma or yellow fin tuna as ceviche (KIL).
Hey Rob do you know if ferry services are running between Cebu and Maasin southern leyte with cokaliong or cebu to hilongos with roble shipping? Their websites don't say anything about covid restrictions. Any info you have would be gratefully appreciated.
For sea food I would just go to Seafood buffet in Cebu city, you enjoy unlimited shrimps, sorted fish, squid, scallops..... for just 800P., cooked either in garlic butter, steamed, fried, or roasted as you want.
@@FindingParadise Not sure if i't's operating as normal. It's called Isla Sugbu Seafood City. I went there back in 2018 when I was learning English in Cebu. I fall in love with their garlic butter shrimp its the best I'd ever had. (even until today) Yeah, but anyway, the price in island tend to be much more expensive maybe due to less supply or sticky tourist demand.
It's a Sony Bluetooth® Wireless Microphone System. It's a bit cheaply made though as I've already broken the clip on it. Had to just try to super glue it!
Look you're right. As it's tourist spot they can get away with it. Resorts also charge higher rates. I have had the chance to see some of your fiestas, they are really awesome!
@@aaronaguirre5829 He's not a travel vlogger. He's just a regular tourist stranded in Cebu when the world started to impose border control. Going to fiestas is the usual route taken by some foreign vloggers who earn their keep on vlogging to please their subscribers' wishes. Some enjoy it while some don't. They only do it because that's what their fans want. It should be natural or driven by their own will like food vloggers.
In Australia our lobster prices (partically at Christmas) crashed. We used to export a lot to China and with relationship souring of late, China put a ban on our lobster market. While bad for the fishermen here, it did caused an oversupply domestically and much cheaper prices!
If your foreigner, the canvasers , the one that greet you outside to come to this restaurant mark up the price by 50 percent, local tourist is 20 percent. Dont go back to tjat place. Thats how thre business works there, the canvassers there are mostly drug addicts of shabu ampethtamine
60 bucks for your meal those are tourist prices, looks like they were making up the prices as they went along. Would be interesting to know what a local would pay for the same meal you ate. The average income in PH is about $250 per month so what you paid is equal to a week's salary for most.
Yes the place is a bit of a tourist trap for foreingers!
Sorry for the bad karaoke in the backgroud haha. One skill you should learn when living in the Philippines is the skill to ignore the shitty environment like shitty karaoke sounds all around. Hehe
They sing better than I ever could !
Nice beautiful foods
Delicious but expensive!
Those looks delicious! I miss Mactan, they have a food festival there too in mactan shrine. Im stuck in the mainland for now. Hope to go there again, for the meantime im just on the hunt for cebuano streetfoods nearby lol.
Yes it was. Well once things calm down a bit there's always the chance to try it out again.
I' M AMAZED YOU Can walk after eating that much food. Get a friend.
Great video my friend, I had bad experience eating at those restaurants back there it’s on the way to my old condo in Punta Engano Amisa, honestly I tried it just like you without high hopes and few hours later I got most horrific food poisoning in my two years in the Philippines.
Again all restaurants are different and I’m sure most are ok but only to be OK and to charge 3k per dish like expensive restaurants here it’s not my cup of tea.
For my best on Mactan restaurant overall price and food taste I’d say it’s Maribago Grill and Restaurant and best pizza not only on Mactan but the whole Phillippines is Angel’s Pizza in Basak Mactan
Geez, you have to be careful. Might of just been particular seafood that was off. Anyhow i think you need to experience at least once. I went to Maribago back in Sept, i was the only one there such a pity when i went previously such a good vibe.
Sir, ink from squid or octopus is called 'ata' in Cebuano and it's pronounced with the stress at the first syllable (a) and with distinct glottal stop at the last syllable. The seaweed that you ordered was Eucheuma in English but is commonly called 'guso' in Cebuano. 'Guso' is pronounced with both stress and glottal stop in second syllable. There are three popular eucheuma species used as food and they are brown, red and green in nature. Depending on the preparation, all species of eucheuma turn brown after soaking in vinegar. Though they keep their color even after boiling in water they change their color to brown when added with vinegar.
Thanks, it's easier to understand when you type it. When I'm just listing and trying to pronounce it's a bit more difficult. It's the first time I ate the Eucheuma and it was nice. Next time I will have to try it cooked as sutukil so I can enjoy the local way. Cheers
@@FindingParadise The term sutukil as the vendor explained to you is actually a portmanteau for SU (Sugba = grillled) TU (Tuwa = clear soup stew) and KIL (Kilaw = ceviche). The only difference between the ceviche in other countries to the ceviche in Cebuano, we use vinegar in addition to kalamansi or Philippine lime to cure the raw fish or any seafood or even white meat. Most common spices added to Cebuano ceviche are white or yellow onions or shallots, leeks or green onions, tomatoes, ginger, hot chili pepper, kalamansi or Philippine lime juice. Just remove the seeds from lime fruit as it has a bitter taste. Some restaurants add coconut milk to their ceviche while some don't.
@@FindingParadise The place is called SUTUKIL simply because all restaurants offer three different ways of preparing fish and other seafood to their customers such as Grilling, Clear soup stew and Ceviche. You can have a parrot fish grilled (SU), sea bream or snapper stewed (TU) and eucheuma or yellow fin tuna as ceviche (KIL).
I will have to give it a try one of these days. Cheers for the info.
wow delicious my friend
Yes delicious but expensive!
Food and place look awesome but wow, those prices!!
Yeah crazy.
Hey Rob do you know if ferry services are running between Cebu and Maasin southern leyte with cokaliong or cebu to hilongos with roble shipping? Their websites don't say anything about covid restrictions. Any info you have would be gratefully appreciated.
Sorry mate I don't know. I only would use the same sites you would to find info.
For sea food I would just go to Seafood buffet in Cebu city, you enjoy unlimited shrimps, sorted fish, squid, scallops..... for just 800P., cooked either in garlic butter, steamed, fried, or roasted as you want.
Is that open now?
@@FindingParadise Not sure if i't's operating as normal. It's called Isla Sugbu Seafood City. I went there back in 2018 when I was learning English in Cebu. I fall in love with their garlic butter shrimp its the best I'd ever had. (even until today) Yeah, but anyway, the price in island tend to be much more expensive maybe due to less supply or sticky tourist demand.
Nice.. what mic you use mate..?
It's a Sony Bluetooth® Wireless Microphone System. It's a bit cheaply made though as I've already broken the clip on it. Had to just try to super glue it!
how much for all of that food?
I can't remember if off hand but I did mention it somewhere later on in the video.
Sir that place is the center of overpricing, in the market you can buy scallops for 150 a kilo.
Just like any restaurant around the world located at a very touristy area, prices can always be prohibitive.
Yeah sometimes you pay a premium for location.
Finding Paradise actually im from Cebu, and I think it is not even worth it.You should try going to a fiesta to really experience filipino culture.
Look you're right. As it's tourist spot they can get away with it. Resorts also charge higher rates. I have had the chance to see some of your fiestas, they are really awesome!
@@aaronaguirre5829 He's not a travel vlogger. He's just a regular tourist stranded in Cebu when the world started to impose border control. Going to fiestas is the usual route taken by some foreign vloggers who earn their keep on vlogging to please their subscribers' wishes. Some enjoy it while some don't. They only do it because that's what their fans want. It should be natural or driven by their own will like food vloggers.
Nice Seiko 5
That's why im never late 😉
You can't go wrong with seafood. Yum 😜 A little exxy but who cares it's only money. You can't take that with you when you kick the bucket.
Haha true! I just needed to point out pros and cons.
Not shoot to kill haha. It’s “su tu kil” - sugba/grill, tuwa/soup based food, kilaw/raw fish in vinegar
Yeah, I often say or pronounce things incorrectly! Cheers!
Its really expensive there even before the pandemic but in fairness
to them esp. if you are a foreihnger
You bet! It's a bit of a tourist trap in that sense.
Lobster most expensive meat in America,
In Australia our lobster prices (partically at Christmas) crashed. We used to export a lot to China and with relationship souring of late, China put a ban on our lobster market. While bad for the fishermen here, it did caused an oversupply domestically and much cheaper prices!
So surprised that its so expensive
Yeah make sure to leave your partner and family at home!
If your foreigner, the canvasers , the one that greet you outside to come to this restaurant mark up the price by 50 percent, local tourist is 20 percent. Dont go back to tjat place. Thats how thre business works there, the canvassers there are mostly drug addicts of shabu ampethtamine
first one total 1100 p , if taste good, price OK for tourist.
Yeah correct. I did put all the prices so people can make up there own minds. And it was delicious!
Lol, i think he, she charge you a lot. P650 they charge 3x more.
Yeah foreign tourist price!
Oh the second resto was a scammer. Sorry for that. That lobster and cooking fee are insane!
haha yeah, foreigner prices ;) At least it tasted good
Mexicans cook seafood in citric acid Limes juice
dollar rates...
So pricey!!!
Made for tourists! 🙄
Very expensive
indeed it was!