In Dumaguete, Philippines, heritage and flavour define a city on the rise

In Dumaguete, Philippines, heritage and flavour define a city on the rise

My last visit to Dumaguete – a city on Negros Island, in the centre of the Philippines – was in 2018. The Filipino friend I travelled with had learned of my fondness for halo-halo shaved ice desserts and wanted to find the best place for us to eat them. He found Bernie’s Halo-Halo (now closed). I was dubious: the traditional fruit toppings had been replaced by chocolate chips, rainbow sprinkles, crushed chocolate cookies and lashings of chocolat…