Cebu's Popular Danggit

They say that the original and authentic Danggit can only be found in Cebu City. That's why whenever someone visits Cebu, danggit will be one of their "pasalubong". But the question is, where can you exactly find them. Before we went to Cebu, my supervisor which was born there, told me "good luck finding danggit." The first thing that came to my mind was, "what!!!?? good luck??? is it that hard to find???". Every time we step out of our inn, we try to look around and see if we could see some danggit on the street of maybe have some hints that we're getting close. On our last day, my mom asked me to come with her to buy some "pasalubong". The first thing we did was go to the public market. We didn't know where it was so we took a jeep, keeping an eye on the inner streets then we decided to get off and ask for direction. Lucky for us, the market is just a block away. The market was located near the pier. Even though we found the market, were still not sure were to find danggit. We ask this "manong"  that was passing by carrying a sack of something and asked him where we can find the stores of danngit. He pointed us at the near end of the market and instructed us to turn right once we saw a street. We thanked the man and head on. Immediately after turning right, we saw this one store of the danggit.

I looked around looking for another store but all I could see was some fresh fish stand and more vegetable stand. So this means that this was the only danggit store in the market of Cebu.

The price of danggit per kilo is now Php600 and with the dried pusit (squid). I know the price is ridiculously high, but it is sure to be worth it. We bought a half kilo of danggit and a 1/4 kilo of squids. Now the only problem we had was how are we going to conceal the smell of it. Wrapping it with paper and lot's and lot's of plastic should somehow do it.

After our market visit, we bought some Otap, dried mangoes and some more home made treats of Cebu to take home.

Going around Cebu

Being in an unfamiliar place but seemingly familiar environment makes you a little confident that you can always figure out your way around. Cebu City is like any other cities here in Manila, particularly the inner part of "Maynila". It is very crowded with people and lot's of jeepney that have different signage of different part of the province. One of the best thing that can help you when you're travelling is trusting you instinct.

If you are unsure of the exact location of the place you want to visit and a little scared of taking chances with the jeepney and a lot walking, a taxi is always the best way to go around. Just tell the driver the place and it is a 98% guarantee that they know it.

This is one of the main transportation in Cebu City. If you're adventurous and have the great instinct when it comes to distance, you can take on of these. Almost every jeep goes around in the inner part of Cebu, just don't forget to read the sign. If you're a little unsure if the jeep's destination, you can always ask the driver or the barker.

They also have this mini buses that goes around between major cities.