Shamrock

It seems that no visit to Cebu is complete without buying some local delicacies, and this time, we were taken by our guide to Shamrock, right along the Fuente Osmena Circle in the heart of the city.  The bakery is famous for their otap, which is a crunchy puff wafer biscuit that is sprinkled with sugar and sometimes cinnamon.  While the first few bites are delicious, you have to take the biscuit with some liquids, otherwise you wind up choking on a dry throat.  Packs of otap are available at less than P100, which are reasonable for pasalubong (gifts given to people who receive and assist weary travelers).  The bakery also makes other sweet biscuits, like rosquillos (flattened donut-shaped butter biscuits), ladyfingers, barquillos (rolled butter crunchies and shaped like cigars), galletas de patatas and hojaldres (which is also like an otap).  I was a bit worried about my luggage weight, so I only purchased a couple of packs, but my friends bought boxes of goodies to take home!