Soowan Asian Fusion Resto; another great new one

When it rains it pours. From so-so southeast asian (other than Philippine) to several greats. The newest is Soowan Asian, with food built around several southeast Asian cuisines.

It's hard to do "fusion" cuisines, because you either do one thing well or none at all. Soowan has managed this difficulty quite nicely. Thanks to the young woman chef, whose background includes working at Atmosphere and Salaya resorts, she has confected a convincingly authentic menu of Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese food. Parking in front of cozy/comfortable, clean dining room. Excellent food priced competitively with restos on the Blvd. Must eat to believe!

Up from Silliman Med Cntr, Soowan is 100 meters west of the Hi-Point Vehicle Emission Test Center at National Hwy and Aldecoa, at the Blue Horizon Hotel. One theory is that the shrinkage of staffs at closed restaurants has encouraged a few good chefs to break out on their own, joining the couple dozen great restaurants in and around Dumaguete. SUPPORT LOCAL / TIP WELL

 

I told my sister-in-law about this as it sounded like the type of restaurant I will visit when I am in Duma. She went on Sunday. She said the menu is small and some items were OOS - this include pork belly (in the Philippines!) and fresh coconut juice (in the Philippines!!!).

However, she said the food was amazing. Very fresh, very well-presented, very tasty. Overall, a very high standard.

It is on my list.

 

By the way, went to Soowan again, empty but slow this time, still GOOD..
As far as pork is concerned, just googled pork and got the below:

African swine fever decimates Philippine pig stocks - Phys.org
https://phys.org › Biology › Plants & Animals:
<<African swine fever (ASF) sweeping through the Philippines has wiped out over a third of the country's pig stocks, threatening food security in a country already reeling from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 1 Feb 2021>>