Handuraw is a pizza place that originated from Cebu. When I was still in university, I was taking math tutorials with a couple of my Cebuano friends and they redirected me to a little known pizza place just off Katipunan Avenue-- et voila, my first introduction to Handuraw.
At first, I didn't know why they were ordering whole pizzas for themselves (thinking that maybe oh, maybe it's just a solo serving, but they WEREN'T) and when the pizzas came and I started eating, I only realized then that AH, this is why they all ordered whole pizzas for themselves. It's that good, you can finish one by yourself!
I was terribly sad that the branch had closed down all those years ago, but I discovered another branch that was close to home! (My parent's house, anyway!)
Although, what I don't understand is, why is there only one remaining branch in Manila? Seriously! When I was in Ateneo, the branch in Katipunan was full everytime. And their pizza is Delicious. With a capital D.
It's a thin crust pizza, and they do have the normal pepperonis and hawaiian. But the real clincher for me is their Pizza Cebuana (thank you my Cebuano friends for telling me about this). It's one of their best sellers, and has Cebu-style chorizo (which sort of tastes like a tocino? ONLY BETTER) and kesong puti. It's so good, you'd have to get your own order of a whole pizza to satisfy you. read more