What: Utan bisaya (“ooh-tan bee-sah-ya”), which translates as vegetables Visayan style*, is Cebu’s vegetable soup, generally composed of whatever veggies might be available in the larder or from the back garden. Expect okra, eggplant, snake beans, kamunggay leaves (moringa), alugbati (Malabar nightshade, a leafy green), taro, and squash with some ground pork or dried fish thrown in for flavor. We’ve long wondered how Cebu folk balanced out their meat-heavy meals, and this light, fresh soup…
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