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Cooling Down With Monbis Halo-Halo

8/6/2016

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Halo-halo is one of the all-time favorite dessert in the country. In fact, there are numerous variations of this Filipino dessert. The Queen City of the South is home to a number of places offering the dessert and one of these places is Monbis Halo-Halo. 
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Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
Starting Out

Monbis Halo-Halo started off as a regular mini-restaurant around four years ago offering a number of dishes. Edmon Baltazar, the owner of Monbis said they started to focus on offering halo-halo after it became their best-seller around two years ago.  He added that the name Monbis is a combination of his name and the name of his wife, Bambi. The letter “s” was added mainly for effect.  Edmon takes care of production and serving the halo-halo to the guests while Bambi takes care of the cash register and the orders of customers. 
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Monbis Halo-Halo Ready for Serving – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
The Halo-Halo

Monbis only sells one type of halo-halo, the special kind of halo-halo. Their halo-halo had jackfruit, mango, and bananas in its ingredients along with crushed graham crackers, rice crisps and ube-flavored ice cream. Hershey’s chocolate syrup was drizzled on top of the dish and garnished with a Stick-O wafer stick. The ice used on the halo-halo of Monbis was also quite special since it featured fine granules. When the whole dish was mixed, it had an ice cream-like consistency.
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The Crowd at Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
Monbis Halo-Halo

The store has two branches, both of which are located in Tisa. The second branch is only around four months old and was bigger compared to the original store. The place is usually packed each night it is open. In fact, it is advisable to be there early to get the chance to taste their halo-halo since they only serve 400 customers each time.  They give out priority numbers to customers before they can make their orders. Edmon said their customers come as far south as Carcar and north from Consolacion.
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The Halo-halo at Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
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The Halo-halo at Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
The halo-halo of Monbis is priced at PHP 70. Monbis Halo-Halo is open from 7:00 PM to 12:00 midnight from Monday to Saturday. There are some instances when the place is open on Sundays whenever their customers request it.  You can call Monbis Halo-halo 
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Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
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Now Serving at Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
While Monbis Halo-Halo is still relatively new to the food landscape of Cebu, it is already making waves in the culinary market of Cebu. Have you already tasted the halo-halo of Monbis? Tell us about it on the comments section below.
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More Customers at Monbis Halo-Halo – image source: courtesy of Peter Parcon
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