Torta
The name Argao has become synonymous with torta, tuba, and tableya. To visit the town and not taste its torta—a name loosely applied to a pastry, sandwich, or beaten egg mixed with either meat, fish, or vegetables—is sacrilege.
While one can buy torta from any bakeshop or commercial center in Cebu, many consider the one made in Argao as far superior in taste.
Rosario Sarmago, whose family is considered even by Argao Mayor Edsel Galeos as the undisputed original maker of the delicacy, now only bakes torta as a hobby but could be implored upon to take orders once in a while. A dozen of her after-meal sweet costs 370 pesos.
What makes Sarmago’s and other Argao makers’ torta different is one ingredient that is not used in any of similar delicacies made outside the town: tuba.
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