Taboan Market

Did another ping-pong whirlwind visit to Cebu the other day, and the highlight of this trip was a visit to the Taboan market in city center.  The market is known for dried fish, and well, more dried fish plus other dried seafoods...all sorts in fact, from lengthy spada, meaty bisugo, pungent nokos, and the most popular Cebu speciatly--danggit!  These sell anywhere from P350 per kilo to a high of P800 per kilo during rainy season.  Not only can you find dried fish, other pasalubong treats can also be bought--I was able to purchase a kilo of generic dried mangoes at P340, and a box of baked squid was only P170 (as compared to P280 in Manila).  My guests picked up box-loads of dried fish, and I wondered whether this was pasalubong shopping or already Christmas shopping!  The drawback of visiting this area is that the fishy smell sticks to you clothes--you heard it right, one ends up smelling like the merchandise!  Like good citizens, we rushed back to our hotel to take a shower before heading out to the airport.  It can get really bad, sometime taxis will not take passengers coming out of the stalls!  You wanna experience it for yourself?