Coriander

Coriander (coriandrum sativum) according to Wikipedia "in food preparation may refer solely to these seeds (as a spice), rather than to the plant itself. The seeds have a lemony citrus flavour when crushed, due to terpenes linalooland pinene. It is described as warm, nutty, spicy, and orange-flavored."

Coriander is also the name of a Singaporean Indian restaurant in Cebu located at Crossroad Arcade. According to the waiter, the owner of the restaurant has been residing in Cebu for seven years now and the restaurant used to be located at the house of the owner. Up until the owner decided to open a proper restaurant at Crossroad this year.

Food items in the menu are mostly spicy. So if you're not particularly fond of spicy food, I suggest dining somewhere else.

For starters we had Veggie Samosa. A puffy pastry stuffed with spicy potatoes and other spices.

We also had Naan bread with curry dip. It somehow reminded me of pita bread. Naan is a very popular type of bread from India and the curry sauce goes perfectly well with the bread.

We also had this potato dish mixed with some spices which tasted really good although I forgot what it was called exactly.

One of the two non spicy food in the menu is the Hainanese Chicken dish which came with a bowl of soup. Since I was raring for Indian food, this was the only dish that I did not try (aside from the Fish Tandoori which is solely for the reason that i don't eat fish!).

Above are two tandoori dishes, Chicken and Fish tandoori to be exact.

Saffron Rice to balance off the spicy dishes that we were partaking of. According to the waiter, a kilo of this type of rice costs Php 300 or US$ 7 per kilo (pricey indeed if you consider that you can buy a low quality rice for Php 20 or US$ 0.45 per kilo)

I love Indian food primarily because of all the spices that they use. So I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner at Coriander plus the fact that i was with excellent company.

The Coriander
Unit M-13 Crossroads
Banilad, Cebu City
Tel: (+ 63 32) 511-1675