Tuslob Buwa

Tuslob buwa is a Cebuano term for an exotic street food sold in the barangay Pasil and Ermita. The literal meaning of tuslob buwa is “to dip into bubbles.” Tuslob buwa (which literally means “to dip into bubbles”), is a street food that works in tandem by dipping puso (or hanging rice) into the hot bubbling sauce made up of pig brain, pork liver or intestines (this may be optional), onions, oil, soy sauce or shrimp paste and other various seasonings.

Tuslob buwa: A bubble bath of brain
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Some vendors have a heated work ready for use when they go out into the streets. Once customers start to gather, they simply put in oil and some of the mixture into the heated wok and wait for bubbles or the “buwa” to form. While some vendors serve the heated mixture on a plate for their customers, some customers opt to dip their puso or hanging rang straight into the wok with the mixture. The “buwa” in the wok is typically served for free and customers only have to pay for the puso, which costs P 3 each. But if it is served on a plate, it typically costs P10.

Tuslob buwa has gradually increased in popularity up to a point that some business-minded individuals have set up their own tuslob buwa businesses. Tuslob-buwa is Brgy. Pasil’s signature food but is also found in other parts of Cebu City

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