Nanay Bebeng Restaurant

Nanay Bebeng Restaurant is one of my favorite places to dine and entertain clients in the city. Their food tastes really great and the staff are very solicitous to the needs of their customers. In fact, in April 28, 2010, along with two other Davao-based restaurants, Nanay Bebeng was given a plaque as recognition for being among the best Filipino restaurants in the Philippines by Unilever Foodsolutions, the Department of Tourism and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The event was held at the SMX Center, SM Mall of Asia in Manila. Nanay Bebeng was cited best for Kare-Kare – a Filipino delicacy cooked in roasted rice and peanut sauce with a variety of vegetables, stewed oxtail, and is usually eaten with bagoong (shrimp paste). The dish is often served in fiesta and on special occasions.

One thing that makes this restaurant distinct from the others is that the theme and ambiance is very Filipino. From the outside, the restaurant is beautifully covered by a rich, green foliage of somewhat overlapping variety of ornamental plants, palm trees, and bamboo. The facade is quite similar to big roadside houses in the countryside. The interior is spacious and very homey; mostly made of coconut, bamboo, sawali, abaca, and nipa. The furnishings are distinctly native; made of rattan and capiz shells.