Eating Our Way Through Davao City

I know there are a lot of things one can do when in Davao City, but aside from zorbing...

Rolling Down the Hill

my friends and I wasted most of our time indulging in food related activities.

We first went to the Crocodile Park where there's a row of restaurants that prepare crocodile meat.

Riverwalk Grill

Having had a previous bad experience eating crocodile meat, I can only watch as my brave friends try these exotic dishes:

Croc Sisig

Crocodile Steak

Croco Roast Ribs

Still at the Crocodile Park, there was a line forming for Sweet Spot Ice Cream parlor so we all got curious.

It turned out that Sweet Spot offers unique flavors such as crocodile-durian which had a taste profile and texture that weirded me out.

During our stint in the city, we also went to Abreeza Mall and randomly chose to eat at Ranchero. It was only later that I learned that Ranchero is a popular local restaurant known for its ribs.

Food at Ranchero reminded me how comforting it is to eat good Filipino food.  

Complimentary Starter

Fried Squid

Seafood Soup

Sizzling Sisig

Bagoong Rice

Salted Egg & Chicharon Rice

Baby Back Ribs

Lechon Kawali

Most say that a trip to Davao is also not complete without eating at Ahfat Seafood Plaza. 

While the food was not bad, I would have preferred if we went elsewhere because dining in this local institution felt like eating at any other Chinese restaurant back home (read: nothing exciting or different).  On the plus side, our bill was a whole lot cheaper compared to what we usually pay in Manila.

Shark's Fin Soup

Sweet ad Sour Ribs

Broccoli in Oyster Sauce

Sauteed Prawns

Fried Eel

Crab Sotanghon

Steamed Crabs

If all the eating wasn't enough, we also chose to buy food for our pasalubong needs. Before going home, we dropped by Magsaysay Market for durian and suha....

and Lola Abon's, home of the best durian candy, for our candy fix.

Although Davao is not really known as a food capital, there certainly are a lot of restaurants in the city that make the eating experience worthwhile.

Riverwalk Grill is located at Davao Crocodile Park. For more information, call (082)2219643.

Sweet Spot Ice Cream is located at Davao Crocodile Park. For more information call (082) 225 0184 or 09152071607. 

Ranchero is located at 3/f Abreeza Ayala Mall J.P. Laurel Avenue, Davao City. For more information, click here.

Ahfat Seafood Plaza has 4 locations in Victoria Plaza Compound J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City. For more information, call (082)2240002 or (082)2262688.

Lola Abon's is located at 23 San Miguel Village Matina Davao. For more information, click here.

Home of the Best Dimsum: David's Tea House

While Wai Ying is my go to place when craving for dimsum, I have to give it to David's Tea House for serving the best dimsum in town.

T. Mapua branch

For me, no restaurant comes close in matching the quality of dimsum David's main branch in T. Mapua produces day in, day out. Dimsum is always fresh, with no scrimping on the ingredients.

Just look at these baskets of glory: 

Shrimp Siomai (70php)

Hakaw Shrimp (80php)

Tausi Spareribs (70php)

Pork Asado Pao (70php)

Assorted Dimsum Platter (185php)

Sesame Buchi (70php)

Aside from dimsum, David's also offers hotpot

Hotpot

and hot dishes:

Fried Beancurd (185php)

Fried Wanton (180php)

Wanton Beef Noodles (145php)

Yang Chow Fried Rice (170php)

Sweet and Sour Pork (200php)

Don't forget to end a meal at David's Tea House with soy milk. It's so popular that I've seen some patrons  driving by the restaurant, ordering from their car windows, just to have a glass.

Soy Milk

David's Tea House has 18 branches in Luzon. For more information, click here.

Century Never Gets Old

Most Fil-Chi families troop to Century Seafood Restaurant for a no fail Chinese lauriat experience.

Here's what we typically order during a Century outing:

Appetizers

Assorted Barbequed Meat (600php)

Prawn Salad (1,200php)

Vegetable with No Name

Braised Shark's Fin with Crab Meat Soup (2,250php for medium order)

Steamed Lapu-Lapu (depends on market price)

Fried Pigeon (350php per piece)

Steamed Crabs (depends on market price)

Braised Seafood with Assorted Ingredients (450php)

 Coconut Topped Balls

Buchi

Century never gets old and I always look forward to a meal at Century because it has managed to maintain excellent food quality over the years. 

No wonder it's packed every night!

The Century Seafood Restaurant is located at G/F Century Park Hotel, 599 Pablo Ocampo St. Malate, Manila.  For more information, call 5241821.