Best Bulalo

I'm not sure if these are still existent, but I've savored the most mouth-watering bulalo dishes in Cebu. Their version has quartered corn cobs, leeks, and real bone marrow inside the huge bone of the beef shank. The beef literally falls off the bone in its tenderness, but the marrow stays intact, so they serve the dish with popsicle sticks for scooping the marrow out. A friendly reminder – if you need fish sauce with calamansi to flavor your bulalo, don't ask for patis (fish sauce), because they'll give you soy sauce ("patis" is toyo in Cebuano). Instead, ask for "rufina" with a lowercase r. Bulalo (known as pochero in these parts) is savored at one of the stalls near Fuente Osmena, or a variation of it - the sizzling bulalo steak, at the old Abuhan Restaurant. Its presentation is more appealing than the gaudy way it's served in most restaurants in Batangas and Tagaytay.