Mactan Alfresco Menus and Filipino Food Names Translated to English

So, you wanna go on a munchtrip and you need a little help in knowing and understanding some of the food available in the establishments below?  Maybe I can share some of what I know, experienced, and researched.

You could be here for either of two things:
- you want to browse menus of Mactan Alfresco establishments (all these as of August 26, 2016)

- or you want a translation of certain Filipino food names

Either you want to research the food available in Mactan Alfresco or you want to make sure you know what you are eating, the menus below should be able to help.  I hope you find this information useful in your Filipino food munchtrips.

Ana's Lechon menu

Dugo-dugo - a Cebuano term for "Dinuguan"; pig's blood stew made with pork offal and sometimes meat

Lechon - traditional Filipino slow-roasted pig stuffed with spices and seasonings

Lechon Paksiw - a saucy lechon dish cooked the second time in more spices and seasonings

Puso - diamond prism-shaped rice in wrapped in coconut leaves

Ana's Lechon menu and prices

Ayer's Lechon menu

Bopis - viand made of minced pork offal or chicken giblets (internal organs)

Dugo-dugo - a Cebuano pig's blood stew made with pork offal and sometimes meat

Halo-halo - a dessert with shaved ice, ice cream, beans, jelly, leche flan, purple yam jam, etc.

Lechon - traditional Filipino slow-roasted pig stuffed with spices and seasonings

Lechon Paksiw - a saucy lechon dish cooked the second time in more spices and seasonings

Ngohiong - a spring roll with Chinese 5-spiced bamboo blossoms or turnips as filling

Prichon - fried lechon

Ayer's Lechon menu and prices

Cebu's Original Lechon Belly menu

Atchara - sude dish made of pickled papaya or carrots

Guso Salad - fresh salad made of seaweed vinegar, onions and other spices

Leche Flan - Filipino custard flan

Lechon belly - belly part of traditional Filipino slow-roasted pig stuffed with spices and seasonings

Cebu's Original Lechon Belly menu and prices

Choobi Choobi menu

Bangus - milkfish

Cha Tao Miao - stir-fried snow pea sprouts

Chicharon Bulaklak - pig's intestines deep fried until crispy

Choobi Pata - Choobi Choobi's version of crispy pata (deep-fried until crispy pork leg

Gata - coconut milkGuso Kinilaw -fresh salad made of seaweed vinegar, onions and other spices

Lechon Kawali - pork belly deep-fried until crispy

Manok - chicken

Pork Sisig - dish made of pig face, onions, seasonings and more.  Eaten as an appetizer or viand.

Tinolang Isda - fish soup cooked with vegetables

Utan Monggos - mung bean soup

Choobi Choobi menu and prices

Conching's Native Restaurant (The Original Conching's Native Restaurant) menu
Balbacua - cow skin boiled and made into a stew or soup

Beef Tapa - cured beef

Guso - fresh salad made of seaweed vinegar, onions and other spices

Guyabano - soursop
Halaan Soup - clam soupKalderetang Kambing - goat meat stew

Lambay - deep-sea crab

Tinolang Manok - chicken soup cooked with vegetables

Tortang Talong - eggplant omelet

The Original Conching's menu and prices

Mama Linda Inato BBQ Haus menu
Adobong Kangkong - stir-fried leafy vegetable made adobo-style (soy sauce savory)

Adobong Pusit - baby squid cooked adobo-style (soy sauce and other seasonings)

Ampalaya - bittermelon

Calamares - deep-fried batter coated squid
Camaron Rebosado - deep-fried batter coated shrimp

Chopsuey Guisado - stir-fried vegetables

Crispy Kangkong - crisy batter coated leafy vegetable

Crispy Pata - deep-fried until crispy pork leg

Dinuguan - pig's blood stew made with pork offal and sometimes meat

Lechon Kawali - pork belly deep-fried until crispy

Monggos - mung bean soupPancit Canton - saucy stir-fried noodles with vegetable and meat

Salpicao - savory cubed beef bites

Sinigang - soup made sour with tamarind or any sour fruit

Sotanghon Guisado - stir-fried meat or shrimp with rice vermicelli

Tadjang - beef ribs

Pinakbet - stir-fried vegetable with meat, shrimp and shrimp paste

Mama Linda Inato BBQ Haus menu and prices

Manang Sayong Sizzlers and Grills menu
Bam-i - thick egg noodle soup
Behon - thin rice vermicelli soup

Camaron Rebosado - deep-fried batter coated shrimp

Chopsuey - stir fried vegetable

Gambas - shrimp in sweet sauce
Humba - savory, saucy, and sometimes sweet slow-cooked pork cuts
Krispy Pata - deep-fried until crispy pork leg
Menudo - tomato-based pork stew
Pancit Canton - saucy stir-fried noodles with vegetable and meat

Tangigue - Tanigue fish

Tenolang Isda - fish soup with vegetables

Manang Sayong Sizzler & Grills menu and prices

Meximama menu

Meximama menu and prices

Muvanz Pocherohan and Seafoods menu
Adobong Nokos - baby squid cooked adobo-style (soy sauce and other seasonings)
Binagoongang Kawali - deep fried lechon in shrimp paste
Bam-i - thick egg noodle soup

Calamares - deep fried batter coated squid
Chopsuey - stir-fried vegetable
Crispy Pata - deep-fried until crispy pork leg
Danggit - dried fish
Ginabot - deep fried pig intestines until crispy

Lechon Kawali - pork belly deep-fried until crispy

Pechay - Chinese cabbagePochero - rich beef soup
Pork Sisig - dish made of pig face, onions, seasonings and more.  Eaten as an appetizer or viand.
Tinolang Isda - fish soup with vegetables

Muvanz Pocherohan and Seafoods

Orange Karenderya menu
Bagaybay - gonads
Bihod - fish roe
Buntot - tail
Chorizo - sweet sausage
Chicharon Bulaklak - deep fried pig intestines until crispy

Ginata-ang - with coconut milk
Guisado - stir-fried
Sisig - sizzling (usually pork)

Orange Karenderya menu and prices

Oyster Bay Express menu

Adobo - savory soy sauce-based cooking

Adobong Kangkong - stir-fried leafy vegetable made adobo-style (soy sauce savory)

Adobong Kangkong - stir-fried leafy vegetable made adobo-style (soy sauce savory)

Bam-i - thick egg noodle soup

Bicol Express - coconut cream thickened spicy viand with pork or vegetable

Caldereta - stew

Chicharon Bulaklak - deep fried pig intestines until crispy

Guinumis - pearl and coconut milk and jelly

Halaan soup - clam soup

Kablam - ?

Pancit Canton - saucy stir-fried noodles with vegetable and meat

Pochero - Pochero - rich beef soup

Pugapo - grouper fish

Torta - omelet

Saang - conch shell

Sinigang na Baboy - pork soup made sour with tamarind or any sour fruit

Siomai - pork round open steamed dumpling that sometimes has shrimp

Sisig - sizzling (usually pork)

Oyster Bay Express menu and prices

Ok that's it.

I know the trouble of understanding the terminologies of food in different countries.
I only wish to help.  If you too feel that you can help in correcting some of the terms or any other information about above, don't hesitate to contact me.

This post is for the Cebu Food Crawl 2016 first stop. 

Catch you on my next munchtrip.

Bye bye my fellow munchters.

Shoni