Ensaymada

By previous arrangement, we were made to try the best of local cuisine, starting with breakfast of Cebu’s famous torta (a close cousin of ensaymada); […]

I had my eye on the sticky ensaymada, a pull-apart monkey bread with cinnamon glaze, but the last one had sold just minutes before I ordered, so I pivoted to the ube pancakes ($16) instead for something sweet.

Guests can also purchase apple fritters, Long Johns, bread pudding and ensaymadas.

Nearly two years after starting work on their century-old building on Girard Avenue […] the lechon sisig bowls, ensaymada, and bibingka are expected to roll out of the kitchen starting Feb. 8. […] Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese; […]