Handuraw Pizza Located on Gorordo Avenue in Lahug, Cebu City, Philippines

Review of the buffet held for lunch and dinner on Sundays.

In order of the serving table:
Salad, consisting of iceberg lettuce, sliced carrots, sliced green tomatoes
Light vinaigrette salad dressing, appeared to have a hint of sweetness, possibly from honey
Sliced toasted baguette
Crispy flour tortilla chips
Spicy salsa, loaded with finely chopped onion, and shreds of yellow quick-melt cheese
Baked potato slices coated with flour and seasonings
Pleasantly spicy Dijon sauce
Steamed white rice
Variety of pizza, two to choose from at a time
Pork in a dark, mildly sweet sauce, possibly with soy sauce
Chicken pieces, bone intact, in a delicious red sauce
Two types of pasta:
1. Linguini
2. Spaghetti
Plus two sauces to choose from:
1. Slightly sweet, tomato based hamburger sauce
2. Carbonara sauce, rich and creamy with mushrooms and bits of sliced ham
And separate from the above, linguini also comes prepared in a pesto sauce
Thick bean chili
Salt crackers


Notes
The meal comes with bottomless SWEET ice tea. Filipinos love sugar, so unless you are trying to get diabetes you may find yourself doing as I did by mixing with an equal part of purified water that they’ll gladly bring to your table.

The tortilla chips were slightly oily but that is to be expected for how they are made to be flaky and crispy. The salsa is full of flavor.

The potato slices are tasty as well and matched nicely with the Dijon sauce.

The pizza crust is the similar if not identical to the flour tortilla chips. It’s a rather unique pizza crust - definitely worth experiencing. Cheese is expensive in the Philippines so I am not disturbed by there being the cheaper quick-melt on the pizza. Hot sauce is common for use on pizza and so the servers will provide this to you upon request.

The pork is rather fatty. You can still cut off the fat and enjoy what little meat remains. Apparently Filipinos actually like eating fat, but then again, if you like eating bacon, you may feel free to fit in with the natives and gobble it all up.

The chicken in red sauce was nothing spectacular but done right.

The pesto sauce appeared absent of pine nuts but was still pleasing.

The chili sauce was remarkably good.

Sometimes carrot cake is offered as a dessert but even if this isn’t available on your visit, there is enough variety to satisfy your appetite.

I really went crazy on the tortilla chips, potato slices, and the linguini with pesto sauce. I'd normally have 6 slices of pizza too :). I try not to eat so much meat but can still state that all the meat dishes were tasty, even including the pork.

For those with a Western palate, this restaurant is the one you should frequent. Make the effort to be there every Sunday, or if you live as a compatriot in Cebu City, you’ve got to go there at least once or twice every couple months. It’s the closest thing you will have as a remembrance of what food tasted like back in your home country. This was by far my favorite restaurant while I lived in Cebu for a year and a half. The price was P238, or just under $6.00 with the current exchange rate. It’s pricey relative to how inexpensive restaurants are in the Philippines but worth it.