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Imagine the beauty in Cebu ... ...

white sand beaches and dive sites. World-class resorts. Magellan's Cross. The Santo Nia±o. Tops. Guitars. dried mangoes. Cebu Lechon. Rosquillos. Otapi. Carcar Chicharong. Danggit. And some of the finest singers in the world.

Add more to this list of increasingly wonders Cebuano: A Culinary Journey.

Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino has created a unique culinary experience for connoisseurs in search of the next best thing. Unable to decide what you want for dinner in the Queen City of the South? The barkada wants to jump from one restaurant to another in a convenient place? Then gourmet walk is definitely for you.

Gourmet Walk Waterfront Cebu's is exactly that: an alley with a selection of restaurants offering foodies all their heart "- and Tummies" - desire. If you have a penchant for freshly cooked dim sum, roast duck, tofu and delicious, then enter Tin Gow, an institution already Cebuano when it comes to fine Chinese cuisine. For something deliciously fresh tasting and pleasing to the eye, then it is Mizu Japanese. For an idea of Parisian life cafe terrace and tasty cakes and taste exclusive brazo de Mercedes, it is Madeleine. If you want something hearty Italian, or maybe just a crispy pizza and wine or grappa, then the direction of La Gondola. For after hours cocktails and a selection of pica pica-innovative, and then click your heels and look Treff, which has an outdoor living room smoking. For a taste of Pinoy favorites - including Cebuano specialties - and a sampling of all that other restaurants have to offer, so make sure your first stop at Uno Culinary Journey.

Designed as a unique dining destination, this unique collection of restaurants takes the guesswork out of eating. With a dining party all year in Cebu, Waterfront Cebu innovative programming restaurants ensures you get the best of worlds.

At Gourmet walk, Diners literally walking in an alley of restaurants. west wing of the hotel has been transformed into a European gateway: paved flooring, a ceiling painted with white clouds on blue sky, and walls painted in trompe l'oeil of fountains, trees and other architectural details. There are even benches and quaint wooden floor lamps add to the ambience. The light itself changes as the day progresses. In the morning, it is a soft white light to turn natural sunlight Taste of Cebu in the afternoon, the fire, turn a soft yellow to evoke the setting sun. And at night, the lights go down and the streetlights burn even brighter to offer an evening walk in the park.

All restaurants are Gourmet walk under the experienced direction of Waterfront Cebu chief executive Anders Hallden. Working with him are different leaders of the hotel offer authentic flavors of different restaurants offering: Deputy Chief Linda Hou for dim sum treats and canapeds at Uno; Low Yuen Kong Chinese head for parties sumptuous Chinese Tin Gow, Japanese chef Ken Imamura for delicious delicacies and Mizu, Italian Vito Froio head for authentic Italian meal at La Gondola, and pastry chef Gabriel Garcia for cakes and pastries at different outlets of the hotel.

It was a maddening weekend at the Waterfront Cebu when we visited to explore Gourmet walk. There is no need to leave the hotel for breakfast, lunch, snack or dinner - not unless you have a penchant for local sutokil. Otherwise, we were in heaven greedy.

Even before we saw our room - and lovely rooms Waterfront Cebu - we were having lunch at the Waterfront Uno F & B Manager Marketing Communications Kaye Luym. We met the culinary team Waterfront: Waterfront Group Chief Executive Nick Anderson, chief executive of Waterfront Cebu.