A good reason to travel to this fast developing area called South Road Properties is the vast entertainment complex called NUSTAR. Mott 32 is their star restaurant putting the Cebu dining scene on the international culinary map.

THE NAME MOTT 32 PAYS homage to 32 Mott Street in New York where the city’s first Chinese convenience store opened in 1891. Its restaurant first opened in 2014 in Hong Kong offering Cantonese dishes with influences from Beijing and Szechuan, utilizing traditional recipes and quality ingredients. With its signature look of elevated Chinese décor, the restaurant was

an instant hit in Hong Kong’s competitive dining scene. It has since opened in Las Vegas, Seoul, Vancouver, Bangkok, Singapore and now, in Cebu. Award-winning interior designer Joyce Wang designed a cultural blend of interiors that combines New York industrial chic with Chinese imperial elements.

Mott 32’s signature dishes includes their Applewood Roasted Peking Duck, famous for its special 48-hours marinating technique and finished in a brick oven smoked with applewood.

Other favorites are the Char Siu appetizer using Iberico pork glazed with honey from Anhui’s Yellow Mountain; the Smoked Black Cod which is served by injecting smoke from dried jasmine flowers inside a dome; the Crispy Triple Cooked Wagyu Beef Short Rib and many traditional Chinese dishes filling 6 pages of their menu. Mott 32 is a splurge in many ways, but for those looking for the ultimate Chinese meal, the restaurant’s well-deserved reputation is truly worth it.