clear of MSG (monosodium glutamate), taking into consideration their clientele’s health. He also believes that Filipinos deserve quality yet affordable food. Satisfy your palate’s native craving for Filipino cuisine with Pino’s buffet luncheon and dinner, priced at PHP 299 and PHP 399, respectively. Joel offers a special discount to ASPI employees. If you come to Pino in a group of eleven, one gets a free buffet. Surely a good way to throw a birthday bash for a friend!

Pino is open every day from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for lunch and 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for dinner.

Visit Pino’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/PINO-RESTAURANT/102262838165?rf=222281917786670.

Filipinos will always have a soft spot for buffet dining, more so if the choices include lechon or dinuguan, which is slow-cooked pork stew in pig blood seasoned with garlic, vinegar, and chili. Don’t be grossed out by this rather exotic dish. Paired with puto (steamed rice cake), dinuguan could leave you in utter disbelief as to how the seemingly foul, dark gravy could please even the most discriminating of palates.

Paper Clips’ foodie trio, Carrie, Alex, and I, all agree that Pino has made our palates at home hands down. Pino’s chief executive officer, Joel Rama del Prado, stressed that they put a premium on quality ingredients. They use less salt and steer

Foodies in Cebu can enjoy sumptuous dining sans the budget strain. Feast on authentic Filipino dishes served buffet style at Pino Restaurant on Wilson Street, Lahug, Cebu City.

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