Your Bohol trip, in full.

Cebu LechonZubuchon, CnT Lechon, or Rico's Lechon in Cebu City; lechon stalls at Carcar Public Market and Talisay

Forget the liver sauce — Cebu lechon needs no sarsa because the pig is packed with lemongrass, garlic, and herbs, then spun over coals until the skin shatters like glass. The 'best pig ever' line Cebu loves to quote was Anthony Bourdain praising the lechon Joel Binamira (now Zubuchon) roasted for his 2008 visit. Locals just call it lunch — at CnT for crackling, Rico's for the spicy original, or by the kilo straight off the spit in Carcar and Talisay.

Puso (hanging rice)Larsian sa Fuente BBQ village, Fuente Osmeña; any street barbecue stall citywide

That little woven diamond of coconut leaf hiding compressed rice is pure Cebuano ingenuity — no plate, no spoon, just rip it open and eat with your hands beside a barbecue stick. It's the rice of the working man, a few pesos at every BBQ stall in the city. Order a fistful at Larsian and you're eating the way Cebuanos always have.

NgohiongPungko-Pungko sa Fuente; ngohiong stalls along Colon Street and Carbon Market

Cebu's old Hokkien-Chinese community left behind this five-spice spring roll — fritters of jicama and pork dusted with that unmistakable ngo hiang powder, deep-fried and dunked in sweet-and-spicy vinegar. Eat it the proper way at a pungko-pungko stall, perched on a tiny stool with a basket of fried things and a fistful of puso.

Dried MangoCarbon Public Market; pasalubong stalls citywide

Cebu turned its sweetest export into the country's most famous pasalubong — chewy, sun-gold strips of carabao mango that every balikbayan smuggles home by the kilo. Skip the airport markup and buy it by the bagful at Carbon Market, where it's been sold for generations.

Sinulog FestivalCebu City streets and Basilica del Santo Niño, every third Sunday of January

Every third Sunday of January, the city floods with drummers, dancers, and a million 'Pit Senyor!' chants for the Santo Niño — the dark little image of the child Jesus that Magellan gifted in 1521 and Cebuanos never let go of. It's the country's biggest fiesta, half religious procession, half street rave, and the whole city smells of lechon by noon.

Carcar heritage town & chicharonCarcar Public Market and town plaza, Carcar City (1 hr south of Cebu City)

An hour south, Carcar is Cebu's heritage town — Spanish-American houses around a rotunda, and a public market that fries the crispiest chicharon and roasts a beloved lechon. Grab a paper bag of MatMat chicharon, point at the lechon you want, and eat among the old colonial bones of the place.

Jagna KalamayJagna town and the Jagna Calamay Producers Cooperative (JACAMCO)

In the southern town of Jagna, families have cooked glutinous rice, coconut milk, and muscovado into a dark, fudge-like sweet since the mid-1800s, when a Recollect priest taught the craft, then packed it into a polished coconut shell sealed with red paper for luck. The makers' cooperative now guards the recipe against imitators. Watch them stir the bubbling vats and buy it straight from the source.

Peanut KissesPeanut Kisses stalls at Cogon Market, Tagbilaran; producers in Tagbilaran

Bohol's bite-sized brown peaks of roasted peanuts and egg white were dreamed up by Carolina Alvarez Butalid and mass-produced from 1960 — they look like Hershey's Kisses (or tiny Chocolate Hills) and crumble into pure peanut on your tongue. The pasalubong every visitor hauls home.

Chocolate HillsChocolate Hills Complex, Carmen, Bohol

Over a thousand near-identical grassy mounds that turn cocoa-brown in the dry season, scattered across Carmen like something out of a storybook — the geological oddity that put Bohol on every postcard. Climb the Carmen viewdeck at golden hour and try to count them.

Philippine TarsierPhilippine Tarsier Sanctuary, Corella, Bohol

The fist-sized primate clinging to a branch with huge unblinking eyes is one of the world's smallest — and so shy you whisper. See them ethically (no flash, no touching) at the Corella sanctuary, where they live wild and protected rather than as photo props.

Antequera Basketry & Raffia WeavingAntequera town Sunday market and weaving barangays, Bohol

Since 1911 the town of Antequera has been Bohol's basket capital — whole barangays weaving buri, nito, rattan, and bamboo into bukag baskets and bags, the skill handed down generation to generation. Visit the Sunday market for the real thing at maker prices.

Sandugo FestivalTagbilaran City, every July

Every July, Tagbilaran re-enacts the 1565 blood compact between Datu Sikatuna and Legazpi — the 'one blood' pact often called the country's first treaty of friendship — with street dancing, fairs, and a beach reenactment of two men drinking each other's blood-laced wine. History as street party.