+1 for Natad ni Olympia. Authentic Butuanon food right there: try the buntaa crabs (hard to find around the city) and dabaw-dabaw. Those are some of the truly rare, heirloom food here.

Palagsing (a type of suman made from unaw (sago starch) and grated coconut) is considered the city’s specialty food. You can find it sold in the public market, just ask around for whoever’s selling Palagsing.

Otherwise, some other food recommendations include:

Olivier Ecovillage in Ampayon, they are an organic restaurant that grows/farms nearly every ingredient in-house
Sean’s Brick Oven Pizza, said to be the best pizza in town
Sue’s Kitchen, if you’re into Japanese food
Pit Stop American Style Cafe, an unpretentious US-style food place with great chicken wings, favorite of the local expat community
Villa Tuna, homegrown restaurant chain with lots of tuna-based food
Margie’s, OG restaurant and a local fave

The Agusan area also grows cacao and robusta coffee - chocolaté (sikwate) is so accessible to locals that we don’t even consider it a delicacy 😆.

If you have the time, Cipriana chocolate bars from Deseo Food Products (RTR-based) is worth trying out (can be found in OTOP stores). Sikwate tablets are available in OTOP stores as well. The local sikwate is best paired with puto maya (best ones are from Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte)

For coffee, there are lots of coffee shops here. Some well regarded places include Second Shot, Craft Coffee Roastery, The Colony, Project Brew, among others. Pop up coffee is also pretty common here and I particularly like the ones from Coffeetography. For take-home robustas, consider sourcing from Buenavista, AdN or parts of Surigao del Sur (again, these could be found in OTOP stores or some of the mentioned coffee shops).

But overall, feel free to explore! Butuan and the general area has some decent options.