SuTuKil

Came back from a very fruitful business trip to Cebu.  Our good host in Cebu, Mr. Mendoza, took us to Manna SuTuKil restaurant located right behind the Magellan landmark in Mactan Island for our lunch.  Fresh seafoods galore!  Sutukil or STK, is short-hand for Sinugba, Tinola and Kinilaw which would obviously be the specialties of the restaurant.  While there are a lot of STK outfits around Metro Cebu, this Mactan Island restaurant is pretty much one of the more comfortable ones, right beside the mangrove areas, with air-condition and with a harpist to set the festive and/or romantic mood!  We had tuna sinigang, sauteed tuna roe, steamed crabs, crabs in chili sauce, garlic prawns, lato (seaweeds that have mini grape-like bubbles), sag-ang (conch, which its meat twirling around the inner chambers)!  Very good food.  Together with matching dalandan  (green citrus fruit akin to orange, but with a slightly different more mellow taste) soda, we truly enjoyed ourselves.  Bill came to around P650 per head, which was amazing considering that we were so full.

Take note, however (my brother-in-law Thomas cautioned me yesterday), that one should patronize the more sophisticated STK restos in Cebu, as some of the other establishments lack basic sanitary facilities.  One poor choice can spell the difference between a memorable eating experience and a few nights in the hospital!  Enjoy, but remember to take caution.