Cebu Dried Fish or buwad

best cebu buwad/dried fish – can be found at Taboan market, carbon market

                                     Dried fishes in the market

Well not exactly. When although, if your going to Cebu and visit some friends or just for vacation, you don’t really think of bringing pasalubong. You think of going some places where you can relax, nature tripping, find scuba diving spots, go to beaches and feel the heat of the sun.

But, don’t you know that Dried fish is rich in high quality protein (80%), Vitamin B, Iron and Calcium.
Dried fish is unsalted and totally free of any preservatives.
Dried fish commonly called as “tuyo/buwad” is a favorite food of Filipinos.
Dried fish is prepared by frying. The picture below shows some dried fish that can be seen and bought at Taboan Market.

stickfishes…..

In Cebu, Bantayan island is known for their delicious dried fish (buwad in bisaya). A basic pasalubong (travel gifts in Filipino) bought by people who went to Cebu. The buwad from Bantayan are made of “first class” fresh fish . The picture shown above is what they call stickfish. They say that the crispy flesh tastes like dried squid.