Cebu Dining: CnT (C&T) Lechon
This seemingly artery-clogging delicacy is touted to be Cebu’s finest lechon (roasted pig), served by CNT.
I’m not a pork-eater. I’ve been avoiding it since high school, though I’ve started sampling pork dishes (once a month) recently. Heck, one look at this and I could feel my heart constrict. But you don’t experience Cebu everyday, so Cris and I decided to have breakfast at CNT on our second day. It happens to be just a couple of houses away from our hotel, Crown Regency in V. Rama.
Cebu is known for having the tastiest, crispiest lechon. CNT and Delia’s are among the best providers of these. (Though my dad insists that he prefers Delia’s, my sister and I can’t really tell the difference. Except when pitted against others.) This costs about PhP300 per kilo, and the smallest portion you can order is 1/4th.
That line was just starting at 11AM. We got our orders at around 12.30PM. That was how in-demand those pigs were. It was a good thing our scheduled appointment with a few Cebuano multimedia artists was moved to 6PM or we would have been horribly late.
By the time Cris got our 1/4th kilo of lechon, the people at the counter said that they had ran out. The next batch of lechon would arrive at 1PM. Ironically, Cris gave me that information while I was wondering how many pigs died each day for lechon restaurants…
We didn’t finish our order (our hearts were already screaming, “What’s going on!???”) and I actually had to apologize to the pig, for sacrificing himself to people who couldn’t even finish him off.
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Askmewhats
January 17, 2011 at 12:46 pmI have yet to try Cebu Lechon! I am not a fan of Lechon kasi but I will give this a try in a heartbeat 🙂
skysenshi
January 17, 2011 at 12:58 pmHi, Nikki! Yeah, this is one of the rare times when I'd actually eat pork. (Aside from extra crispy bacon. Haha!)
bleubug
January 17, 2011 at 4:15 pmGoodness I love pork. I'll always be happy to take what you cannot finish. 🙂
skysenshi
January 17, 2011 at 7:50 pm@TAO
Haha! Do drop by so you can finish off what I start. 😀
earthlingorgeous
January 18, 2011 at 8:15 amthe first time I went to Cebu CNT lechon was the last stop we went to but I dunno what got into our heads that we didn't eat at the restaurant and decided to bring everything home and leave it to rot because our trip was delayed 10 hours!
next trip was Zubuchon the best ever OMG you should try Marketman's Praline Lechon! Yum yum!
skysenshi
January 18, 2011 at 8:24 am@earth
OMG. Sayang!!! San yung Zubuchon? Medyo mahina ako sa geography hahaha!
skysenshi
February 16, 2011 at 11:24 am@earth
OMG. Sayang!!! San yung Zubuchon? Medyo mahina ako sa geography hahaha!
skysenshi
February 16, 2011 at 11:24 am@TAO
Haha! Do drop by so you can finish off what I start. 😀
bleubug
February 16, 2011 at 11:24 amGoodness I love pork. I'll always be happy to take what you cannot finish. 🙂