If there was one thing I would recommend that people do in Dumaguete, it would be a walking food trip. There are a lot of good eats in Dumaguete, foremost of which are chicken barbecue and sans rival. For our walking food trip, we went to Citiburger and The Sans Rival Shop.
The walking part is important here. One, even though Dumaguete is officially a city, it's a very walkable one. You can go from one foodie place to another without having to hail a trike (the king of the road there). And two, you'll need the brisk walk going from one place to another. Walk off the pounds you just gained.
For our chicken barbecue (I would not even dare to use inasal or inato here), we went to Citiburger. It is quite a famous joint in the city for chicken barbecue. They do have burgers, but I think people come for the chicken more. And they should.
What a friend advised that we do is to separate the meat from the chicken, cut it in small pieces and then mix those with the fried chicken skin served as complementary appetizer. I gotta say. With the atsara, that combination worked. This practice is highly recommended, yes.
For dessert (which for us actually came first), we went to the very famous The Sans Rival Shop. It is a very small resto-confectionery located along the city's bay walk. There were four of us and each ordered a different cake. We got leche flan, sans rival, tiramisu, and a cookie-like cake, the name of which I could not recall.
The sans rival was exceptional. It was moist and it had the right texture all over. The sweetness and the buttery-creamy flavor was just right. My mouth waters just thinking about it. The cookie-like cake was a surprise as well. It was something we all never had. It's texture is like that of a choco-chip cookie but flaky and sticky when you bite onto it. It was good.
For pasalubong, we got sylvannas, a very popular pasalubong in all of Visayas. If you see people carrying a blue-white box in Dumaguete, you can bet that's the sylvannas. It is so good, people from other parts of the country, Manila included, have it delivered. Anyway, the next time you know someone going to Dumaguete, request that as pasalubong.
That's it. That was our Dumaguete walking food trip. Now, admittedly, these photos have been stored in my hard drive for quite some time now. But hey, they remind me so much of why I considered Dumaguete to be a city I would like to retire in someday, or have a vacation house, at least.
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