I’m missing Dumaguete City already. I miss the fellows, I miss the workshop sessions, I definitely miss the alcohol (or as they all put it, “imbibing the spirit of the workshop”), and I miss the place in general. But if there’s anything that’s definitely worth missing about the land of gentle people, it’s the food.
Dumaguete is a tourist’s paradise. When we were there, Harold’s Mansion was a mini-United Nations: Sweden, the United States, Ireland, South Korea, Iran, the Bahamas, Slovenia… they were all well-represented in the place. No wonder the hostel menu included weiner schnitzel.
Like any small city, every restaurant and eating place in Dumaguete has to serve excellent food to rein in the tourists and make them stay a while. Or, at the very least, make so-so food writers like myself explore other adjectives for food. There’s no such thing as a “succulent” cookie, a “juicy” cup of coffee, and a “tender” slice of cake.
Two weeks is certainly not enough to enjoy everything about Dumaguete, especially its eating culture. While we’ve never been to every single restaurant in the city, I think we’ve covered just about every good eating place in town and ate some of the best food the city has to offer.
