Larsian (Pilar and Siana the twin daughters of the first owner of the small barbecue stall near Fuente Osmenia in 1970s) is a barbecue square-type strip with numerous stalls located at Fuente Osmena. It is one the food havens and tourist attractions in Cebu. Larsian Barbeque best and the cheapest around the city. The barbeque portions are small so you have enough space to store dessert. Try various kinds of barbequed local delicacies not for the faint of heart: innards, coagulated blood, squid, hotdogs aside from the usual pork and chicken varieties. Larsian consists of many stalls, all of them selling barbecue of all kinds (intestines, gizzard, chicken, pork, liver,etc..). Once you’ve chosen your vendor of choice, you get to choose what you would like to be barbecued and then the ‘attendants’ will guide you to your table. They will not take your order of hanging rice, they will automatically put a basket of it in front of you. And no, you dont have to finish all of it, they will just count how many you ate when you’re done. To eat puso or hanging rice, there’s no need to untangle the weaving, the ‘puso’ is already cut in half for your convenience. There are no spoon and forks around, barbecue is best eaten with your hands. You can wash your hands on designated areas or you can just use the plastic as gloves while you eat with your hands. Puso is a type of dumpling made from rice packed inside woven palm leaf pouch. It is commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and the Philippines (where it is known by the name pusô in Cebuano, bugnóy in Hiligaynon, patupat in Kapampangan and Pangasinan, or ta’mu in Tausug). It is commonly described as packed rice, Local stories passed down through the generations have attributed the creation of this style of rice preparation to the seafarers need to keep cooked rice from spoiling during long sea voyages. The coco leaves used in wrapping the rice are always shaped into a triangular or diamond form and stored hanging in bunches in the open air. The shape of the package facilitates moisture to drip away from the cooked rice while the coco leaves allow the rice to be aerated and at the same time prevent flies and insects from touching it.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 08:17:16 +0000
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