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.
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
paul Says:
kala ko ba on diet ka sir?
Posted on November 20th, 2008 at 7:57 PM
bariles Says:
hehe! No rice ako no?
Posted on November 20th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Emperor Green Says:
no rice, basi mabituka ka sir
Posted on November 20th, 2008 at 9:37 PM
epm Says:
Looks like another interesting spot for Gensan. Nakakagutom.
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Nate Marx Says:
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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Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 4:07 AM
bariles Says:
@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.
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 9:06 AM
Anah Says:
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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Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 3:20 PM
ark Says:
Nice pix. Kakagutom naman dito.
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Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 3:26 PM
bariles Says:
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?
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 3:29 PM
gensanite Says:
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…
Posted on November 21st, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Psyche Says:
wow daw namit guid ni ba!
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Posted on November 24th, 2008 at 8:38 AM
Nate Marx Says:
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!!!
Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 12:03 AM
bariles Says:
@Nate Marx -
Komersyal yan ha? hehehe!
Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 9:17 AM
Nate Marx Says:
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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Posted on November 28th, 2008 at 11:30 PM
bariles Says:
@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.
Posted on November 29th, 2008 at 10:37 AM
delo Says:
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!
Posted on December 1st, 2008 at 10:13 PM
bariles Says:
Hi delo! Try their steamed pompano too. The sauce will make you go for more rice because it is so tasty.
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 AM
St. Elizabeth Hospital inaugurates new P35million-third floor | Bariles Republic's GenSan News Online Mag Says:
[...] Administrator Tony Veneracion, husband of Bariles Republic’s good friend Petite of Sud-An Grill and Restaurant, proudly showed them around the area which boasts of 18 new private rooms, 15 new suites, six [...]
Posted on April 16th, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Petite Says:
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!
Posted on August 28th, 2009 at 6:28 AM
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[...] One (1) “Dinner for Two” at Sunset Bistro, Robinsons Place GenSan. Sponsored by Ms. Petit Veneracion of Sud-An Resto Grill. [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 6:30 AM