Jollibee

NISSA

Cebu has become a website destination with awesome local restaurants and cheap finds. One of the restaurants that seem to be off the social media radar is this Asian restaurant that is known by, surprisingly, expats, as one of Cebu's finest gems. Hello, The Oriental Spice Gourmet. It is easy to miss this restaurant located along Maximo V. Patalinghug Jr. Avenue as it's huge signage simply says TOSG, the initials of the restaurant. But thanks to Waze, we didn't miss our stop.

Lena

Let me preface this review by expressing my gratitude to the LJC Group, and website for an exclusive invite to feast on some of the dishes (17 dishes in total! 😀) from all of LJC's nine food concepts, some of which are yet to be fully offered on their respective restaurant menus starting this September. ♥️ As for Larry's Cafe, we got to try their Salade Santé, and their Mahi-Mahi Fillet Pacifica. The salad was an interesting mix of roasted beetroot, and pumpkins, feta cheese, assorted and vibrant greens, served with a light vinaigrette. While the Mahi-Mahi Fillet Pacifica, One of the standouts for me, if not my favorite, was a beautiful dish comprised of a fillet of dorado fish on a bed of squid ink spaghetti with red bell pepper cream sauce. 😋👌🏻♥️🦑🍝 Everything about this plate caught my attention; from its name, colors, its plating, and presentation, down to its taste! 😀 The creaminess of the capsicum sauce marries well with the squid ink pasta! It makes everything tastefully subtle, as oppossed to being an over-the-top, "in-your-face" squid ink dish? You know what I mean? It's really good.