Cebu Restaurants

Delish Chinese Food at Red Moon (Banilad)

Mon, May 4, 2009

Banilad, Cebu Restaurants Visited, Chinese Food

oyster omelet at red moon

Owachian (oyster omelet) as served at Red Moon Banilad (beside UC)

I am not overly fond of Chinese food but if I do crave for some, I go to Red Moon in Banilad. The first time I went there, I knew I was in for a good food trip!

Red Moon, one of the few distinctively Chinese restaurants in Cebu, has a lot of choices. So many, in fact, that I have a hard time making up my mind. There are just too many I wanted to try because they are not served anywhere else, as far as I know. The first time I went there, I only recognized siomai and the fried rice from the menu. Nowadays, I don’t have to ask the waitress the ingredients of a certain viand.

What makes Red Moon stand out to me compared to the other Chinese restaurants is its vegetable-laden menu. Other Chinese restaurants in Cebu serve a lot of meat, poultry, and noodles. Sure, Red Moon also has these food, but it serves more veggies than any other restaurant I’ve been to, even the Korean ones.

One of my favorites is Kiampong (no photos here unfortunately), which at Php 48 is already a meal itself - rice with pork (humba-like) and peanuts, yum! Another favorite is Owachian or oyster omelet. It is a Red Moon best seller. But if you don’t like oysters in the first place, then don’t bother.

kangkong with garlic served with red moon

Kangkong with Garlic

Kangkong with garlic is my mom’s favorite at Red Moon. There’s no meat in it, just plain kangkong sauteed with a slightly salty sauce. I would recommend this to anyone who loves vegetables.

tofu with sauce

Fried Tofu with Sauce

I love tofu, but this one was just so-so to me. It is still worth a try especially if you’ve only eaten tofu as served at Chowking (which I also like).

duck with tongkoy

Tongkoy-ah (Duck with Tongkoy)

This is one of my favorites in Red Moon. I really love the soup that comes with this duck. I have no idea what tongkoy is; I assume it’s some herb or spice. Whatever it is, it surely makes this duck soup special… at least to me.

seafood fried rice

Seafood Fried Rice

No meal at a Chinese restaurant would be complete without fried rice hehe. Red Moon has many choices - Shanghai fried rice, Yangchow, Kwachay, Salted Fish, Crabmeat, and Seafood. Other than Kiampong, they also have other varieties of rice with toppings - beef rice, chopsuey rice, pork asado rice, and steamed rice.

Prices as of April 2009: Lots of choices under Php 100 per viand; the most expensive in their menu is Patatim at Php 185, and most are in the Php 80-130 range.

I’m not sure if it’s a promo, but when I went there two Sundays ago, buffet is an option during weekends at Php 190 inclusive of iced tea.

For orders, inquiries, and reservation call 232-4367 (Banilad) or 238-2668 (Banawa).