Budbud Kabog Festival @Catmon, Cebu

Suman, budbud, sticky rice sticks

Budbud Kabug: Sweet Bisayan delicacy made from

 glutinous millet, rolled and steamed in banana leaves.

I’m from the Visayas so we call it budbud but others call it suman. Either way, it’s sticky rice rolled in a banana leaf. It’s tasty with a hint of some ingredient…. hmmm???

This is what I had for breakfast one morning, budbud! Not only that, it was the striped kind with chocolate! Oh my! Be still my heart. Thinking about it now makes me want some more.

Budbud or suman, what do you call it?

Dip the budbud in some sugar and wash it down with some chocolate, the real chocolate made from tablea. Pair that up with some sweet juicy mangoes and you’re in heaven!

This reminded me of being a kid and going to church with my lola, my great-grandmother actually. On our way home, we would stop and buy some budbud from the food vendors at the church. Then we would take it home and eat it all up for breakfast.

NOT many Cebuanos know that budbud kabog originated in Catmon, northern Cebu, and
Budbod kabog that makers of budbud kabog in other places are relatives of Catmon natives.
Commonly referred to as “kabog” in the municipality is a small-seeded cereal plant known as millet in other countries.