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Whether you’re planning a family reunion or a barkada get-together, a good restaurant is an essential. For the flourishing Cebu food landscape, the more than one decade old Kuya J Restaurant stands out in offering a universal taste of the Filipino cuisine; thus, a nice spot to sample local flavors. Kuya J started as a…
Believe it or not, since I started working in Cebu City last June 2014, it was my first time to visit Cebu Taoist Temple. What’s weird was that I found it to be within walking distance from our apartment. A day before Chinese New Year, I was planning to do grocery on a Sunday morning and decided…
Colorful flower beds carpeting some square meters of land is one of the ultimate images of Amsterdam, Netherlands. But in case you made your way to Cebu City, there is no more need to fly to this European city just to experience the multicolored flower fields. Few months ago, a bunch of photos on Facebook…
Cebu City was busy preparing for the upcoming Sinulog Festival and the International Eucharist Congress while I was scanning HotelQuickly app on my smartphone. Streets in downtown Cebu were clogged by buzzing vehicles with major roads closed to give way for the street dancers of the Sinulog sa Kabataan. Checking the app at some random…
First weekend of October and I intentionally cancelled my trip to Romblon. To recover from the hard feeling of not utilizing my plane ticket, I availed a room in Bayfront Hotel Cebu, located a few blocks from SM Cebu. That weekend was also the annual UAAP Cheerdance competition that made the hotel stay worthwhile. For…
Friday night. Payday. Heavy traffic. I managed to file a shift-change at work and went out around 6PM. A day prior to the event, I secured a Gabii sa Kabilin 2015 ticket worth PHP150 at the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. office that gave me access to all the participating museums and heritage sites, as well…
Summer is synonymous to a getaway especially if you’re in Cebu. The original plan was Kalanggaman Island in Palompon, Leyte then circumstances brought it to Camotes Island, and then changed to Bantayan Island. We really have a lot of options. Around 2 in the morning, we were the only group messing inside a bus bound…
For a person who has the travel bug, a hectic week in Cebu City means a great outdoor activity on a weekend. Around midnight, I went directly to my abode, not to shrug-off the stressful week I had, but to get some of my travel essentials for a day of chasing waterfalls in south western…
Fine white sands. Crashing waves from the ocean. Clear blue skies kissing the clear blue waters of the sea. Colorful umbrellas dot the shoreline with some lounge chairs best for bumming while sipping some cocktails during happy hour. That’s summer. And I need to reiterate to myself that rainy season just started with the unpredictable…
Pusô, famous as hanging rice, is probably one of the best innovations in Cebu due to its affordability and convenience when it comes to pairing it with some local food. These qualities perhaps are the reasons why Quest Hotel opened its Pusô Restaurant, to offer excellent meals conveniently to its guests on very reasonable prices….