Comments on: Phat Pho, Cebu City

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 10:27:28 +0000

Carlo, actually, since Chef Bruce departed about 3 or 4 months after the place opened, the food has shown a notable decline in quality and has lost some of its verve. I still go there, but less often, and I miss the authentic touch of the Vietnamese chef. Overall, I think the worst culprit is the creeping pinoy sweetness into many of the dishes of late. Perhaps that’s what the local palate prefers. I think the Abaca groups Beqaa is perhaps more interesting at this point in time…

By: Carlo

Carlo — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:55:13 +0000

We’re big fans of Phat Pho as well. It made our list of Favorite Cebu Restaurants for 2014. In case more people want to learn about the restaurant, we linked this blog post to it.

Thanks!

Here’s the post –> https://zerothreetwo.com/eat-drink/best-cebu-restaurants-2014/

By: WillieEvangelista

WillieEvangelista — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 02:59:30 +0000

WillieEvangelista – Chiken satay and springrolls are best!!.

By: raffy

raffy — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:47:40 +0000

The food does look appetizing…but holy cow! The price that you’ll pay on this said joint for 1 will satisfy 3 heads back on Vietnam. Just don’t order chicken…it’s 3 times more expensive than seafood.

By: jakbkk

jakbkk — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:38:00 +0000

one of my favorite cuisines because of all the fresh veggies you can munch on and noodles can always substitute for rice in my diet.

By: lucadong

lucadong — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 21:27:52 +0000

Regarding the nearby lemon trees, I think they are innocents. They are not responsible for the characteristics of the fruits that you harvested; they are responsible for the SEEDS in your harvested fruits (if they have seeds). So I believe the crime scene is in Vietnam :)
And if you plant the seeds from your harvest, the succeeding fruits will be different from
what you have now, and these will now show some characteristics from the aforementioned
lemon trees [if they are the guilty ones :) ]

By: lucadong

lucadong — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:36:31 +0000

Hi Marketman,
I understand your annoyance, but please don’t whack your trees. I have the same experience with peach trees. Now I have grafted trees ( 2 years ago 1% success, this year 12% – not yet expert but definitely improving ). So if can’t bring plants, how about branches for grafting?
Is that a loophole?
And just what Footloose suggested, deputize a minion [or two and let them compete :)].

By: j

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:45:55 +0000

Ever since I stayed at Abaca, I fell inlove with them… impeccable service, great food, great concept, I love how they recycle wine bottles into drinking glasses! I make it a point to try their restaurants whenever I’m in Cebu and it’s hard to choose which one’s my favorite. I’d be first to line up when they open here in Manila.

By: Footloose

Footloose — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 13:23:43 +0000

Rape might be too strong a word, since silence is consent. It’s just nature’s nonchalant promiscuity going its merry way but in this day and age is what farmers are so enraged about with genetically modified seedlings. In nature, progenies that replicate their parents are the exception rather than the rule. That’s why dedicated apple buffs come to Cornwall, Ontario to visit a marker where the original McIntosh apple tree grew or to Canandaigua, NY for the bronze plaque that marks the spot of the original Northern Spy apple tree.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 08:16:29 +0000

Footloose, oddly, there are no seedlings or marcottings available in Cebu, we have asked. And it is technically illegal to import plants from Luzon into Cebu. So I thought I was brilliant, saved over 100 seeds from Vietnamese limes I brought home one year, and planted them from seed. They are THRIVING in our yard and have grown to 7 feet tall in just 3 years or less. But it seems they got RAPED by nearby lemons (not on our property) and so they have yielded fabulously fragrant but impossibly useless fruit. I am quite annoyed really… right now I have 30+ perfect looking limes, until you slice them open… Will have to figure out how to import the plants from Luzon, maybe as checked in baggage with leafy greens for say flower arrangements… :)Risa, I haven’t had a good banh mi in Manila yet…