Crispy Tuna Tail, Sugpo-sa-Aligue plus more at Sud-An Grill and Restaurant
A few hours before my blogger friends from Davao which included Blogie, Migs, Chattee, Lyle, Brendel, Patrick plus a Kidapawanon Richard left for their homebases late last month after the conduct of the 2nd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, I had a chance to take them to a Gensan restaurant, the Sud-An Grill and Restaurant.
Inside Sud-An Resto
Ever since Sud-An Grill and Restaurant opened along Santiago Boulevard in General Santos City, it has been lording it over competition in the so-called commercial and banking hub of the Tuna Capital. Aware of this fact, I wanted my friends to try it and find out for themselves why this fine-dining resto of couple Tony and Petit Veneracion specializing in Pinoy fare including GenSan’s famed TUNA, has achieved this status.
Our group arrived at the airconditioned Mediterranean-designed resto that Monday a little after 12 noon and were led inside by the amiable staff to our reserved places. In a while, Petit arrived and joined us but not before instructing her staff to serve us her specialties.
What came out one by one from Sud-An’s kitchen was an array of dishes which had the Davaoenos and the lone North Cotabatenio nodding in agreement after every taste. In less than 30minutes, nothing was left on our plates.
Here are some of the pictures of the sumptuous feast laid down before us which Petit has handpicked:
Crispy Tuna Tail
Malutong na Buntot ng Tuna (Crispy Tuna Tail)
Grilled Tuna Belly
Inihaw ng Tiyan ng Tuna (Grilled Tuna Belly)
Honey Chili Chicken
Honey Chili Chicken
Sugpo in Aligue
Sugpo in Aligue
Baby Back Ribs
Baby Back Ribs
Baby Squid with Garlic
Baby Squid in Garlic (foto grabbed from Lyle Santos)
Crispy Maki Sushi
Crispy Maki Sushi
Mixed Fruit Fiesta
Mixed Fruits Fiesta
Bariles’ specially liked the crispy Tuna Tail which crackled at his every bite; the Sud-An exclusive Sugpo-sa-Aligue and its addicting sauce which I swear, can be “pang-ulam” in itself. Then the Baby Squid in Garlic, and its most tender-to-the-bite white tiny bite-sized mollusks was also something which couldn’t be found anywhere in GenSan.
All these plus the warmth and undivided attention afforded to us by Petit Veneracion and the Sud-An staff convinced my blogger friends that indeed, Sud-An Grill and Restaurant is up there when it comes to native Pinoy fine dining in the Tuna Capital of the Philippines.
Sud-an Grill and Restaurant is located at Santiago Boulevard, beside the Medical Plaza. For reservations, please call (083) 3017471.
Tagged Baby Squid in Garlic, Crispy Tuna Tail, gensan restaurant, Grilled Tuna Belly, Mindanao Bloggers Summit, Petit Veneracion, Santiago Boulevard, Sud-An Grill and Restaurant, Sugpo in Aligue, Tony Veneracion, Tuna Capital of the Philippines
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paul11/20/2008 at 7:57 PM
kala ko ba on diet ka sir?
bariles11/20/2008 at 8:00 PMAuthor
hehe! No rice ako no?
Emperor Green11/20/2008 at 9:37 PM
no rice, basi mabituka ka sir
epm11/21/2008 at 12:56 AM
Looks like another interesting spot for Gensan. Nakakagutom.
Nate Marx11/21/2008 at 4:07 AM
Yummy, ngayon ko lang nakita yan ah… bagong delicacies ba yan doon? kasi we may family usually go there pero never ko nakita or nabasa sa menu ang chili chicken… Parang gusto ko tuloy kumain sa Sud-an ulit..hehehe… Sana nga lang they make the ambience of the place a lot better kung gabi, like have a folk singer there or something… Swerte ka lang ko nakauna kayo nakaupo dun sa may sofa banda na mga tables…
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bariles11/21/2008 at 9:06 AMAuthor
@Emperor Green, nag-United Tiki-Tiki ko, don’t worry.
@Epm, pagbalik mo dito, take me to Sud-An with you.
@Nate, pag-gabi, mas dimmer ang lights para mas romantic ang ambience. Have not been there in the evening. Check ko nga one time. Thanks for the suggestion magicman.
Anah11/21/2008 at 3:20 PM
Ahh sarap!! Kung sa bisaya pa nag laway ko dinhi ala dos sa kabuntagon haha.
The ambience is romantic and those foods….nummy!
Hayy, can’t wait na to visit Gensan again.
Take care,
Anah
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ark11/21/2008 at 3:26 PM
Nice pix. Kakagutom naman dito.
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bariles11/21/2008 at 3:29 PMAuthor
Will wait for you here Anah! There are still lots of dining establishments here that I have yet to feature. Hopefully… will be posting two per week. Have you subscribed here already, so you wouldn’t miss anything?
gensanite11/21/2008 at 8:05 PM
libre nimo ko diri sa sud-an next month, KUY? hehehe… joke…
cheers to the people behind this business venture… you add more life to our beloved dadiangas…
Psyche11/24/2008 at 8:38 AM
wow daw namit guid ni ba!
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Nate Marx11/27/2008 at 12:03 AM
I recommend everybody to try honey chilli chicken… It reminds me of the chilli wings from jollibee noon..
Don’t forget to visit Gensan’s Chicken Hauz too, they got the best garlic chicken ever!!!
bariles11/27/2008 at 9:17 AMAuthor
@Nate Marx -
Komersyal yan ha? hehehe!
Nate Marx11/28/2008 at 11:30 PM
Hehehe… masarap naman talaga sa Chicken Hauz diba Sir Avel?? Makabuang ang Garlic Chicken.. Ganda nga ng marketing strat nila..maliit lang ung kanin pero madami ang manok…per serve and mura lang like 50 php I think.. pero sa sarap ng manok makakaorder ka talaga ng madaming kanin.. at their garlic sauce is the best… TO all the people who love eating at Chicken Hauz dont forget to order garlic sauce…If i only know the secret behind their sauce..hehehe…Nakakagutom naman..heheh..
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bariles11/29/2008 at 10:37 AMAuthor
@Nate Marx -
Yes, pero lately, a few restaurants have come up with their own versions of their garlic chicken. Will blog about it one of these days. Watch out for it nate.
delo12/01/2008 at 10:13 PM
i like Sud-an resto…the food is great! what separates this dinning place from others is their boldness to add more spunk to the menu and break the conventional. i especially like their spicy sugpo and a spicy squid dish (forget the name). the place is great too!
i had the chace to treat our foreign visitors to this place this year, im proud because they liked the food.
i am yet to try the cripy-fried buntot…thanks for idea.
delo!
bariles12/02/2008 at 8:50 AMAuthor
Hi delo! Try their steamed pompano too. The sauce will make you go for more rice because it is so tasty.
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Petite08/28/2009 at 6:28 AM
Hello dear Avel! Thanks (again and again) for the posting. When we’re both not busy, let’s talk and meet. Maybe when I open my new Sunset Cafe in Robinson’s Place—-you’ll be the first friend I’ll invite to make comments.
Take care and God bless you always!
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Ortega Jay-ar12/05/2010 at 6:58 AM
sir am from makati, planning to spend a week in mindanao starting the 22nd og december.. just curious to know how much the foods are in this resto?
bariles12/05/2010 at 11:41 AM
@Sorry to tell you that this resto has closed already. However there are still a lot of dining establishments to choose from in GenSan. Everything is affordable here, don’t worry. P100 will be enough to give you a hearty meal.