Citations:otap

Noun: "an oblong-shaped flaky biscuit with white sugar sprinkled on top"

 * 1989 — Baker's Training (11 April), Business, Manila Standard
 * The training also took up export possibilities for Cebu's more than 200 bakeries and pastry producers who wanted to expand their export markets. Cebu's bakers export the famous "Rosquillos" and "Otap" biscuits mainly to the US West Coast.


 * 2006 — Ocampo, Ambeth R., Mamon' or 'Magdalena (16 June), Looking Back, Philippine Daily Inquirer
 * Yet the bakery was filled with all types of goodies, ranging from the familiar pan de sal, pan de leche, otap and monay to the unfamiliar caycay, sinadlan, penato, galletas de carmen, galletas bato, masareal, tasaktak, and a rather full and hard bread called elorde, after the boxer Gabriel "Flash" Elorde who happens to be a famous son of Cebu. This bread which needs to be chewed quite well, is said to resemble Elorde's fists both in look and quality. It is not to my liking.


 * 2008 — Ynclino, Flor S., Cafe Marco's Cebuano Cuisine (10 February), People and Places, The Freeman
 * A fornight ago, Marco Polo Plaza's Cafe Marco featured the all-Cebuano Cuisine with Ms. Jessica R. Avila, foremost authority in Cebuano food, as their Guest Chef. Superbly prepared and tastefully served were Cebuano all-time favorites: Kinilaw nga Tangigue, Chicharon Carcar, Kinusit-kusit nga Bulad Nokos, Embotido, Piniritong Pisô, Sunlutan for Abregana; Ensalada – Lato, Lokot, Guso, Manggang hilaw with Itlog Maalat, Puso sa Saging, Gabe nga naay Bolinao; Sabaw (Soup) – Linat-ang Manok Bisaya and Utan Bisaya; Mga Sud-an – Adobong Baboy, Calderetang Kanding, Tinaosihan nga Lapulapu, Adobong Nokos, Balbacua, Ampalaya nga may Carne, Relyenong Talong, Relyenong Lambay, Mais Kan-on, Pusô, Sinangag nga Mais may Ata; Wok – Pancit Guisado, Bam-i; Sera Gana (desserts) – Masi, Kolo, Binignit, Torta, Budbud Kabog, Leche Flan, Bibingka Mandaue, Buko Pandan, Pintos, Otap, Rosquilos, Caycay, Tagaktak, Masareal ug uban pa.


 * 2011 — Bakery Products and Pasalubong Centers, Shamrock Bakery
 * Cebu is famous for its otap – a crisp, flaky and saccharine-coated biscuit perfected only by Shamrock. The perfection comes only from its original recipe since pre-War Cebu, traditional baking techniques and exacting quality which make Shamrock the most reputed and sought-after otap brand by loyal customers from here and around the world. Shamrock has also expanded its take-home delicacies to include hojaldres, galletas de huevo, baked polvoron, lady’s finger, patatas, rosquillos and other baked specialties such as raisin bread, potato bread,  pan de sal and meatroll.


 * 2013 — Loop, Honey Jarque, Cebu Chamber of Commerce Fetes oustanding Cebuanos (13 July), C'est Cebu, The Philippine Star
 * Sergio Antonio Paras Jr. is Countryside Entrepreneur of the Year. He manages the Shamrock Bakery which is best known for OTAP, a crisp, flaky and saccharine-coated biscuit ideal for pasalubong.


 * 2014 — Magalong, Joko, 'Ultimate' Lechon has Foie gras, Truffle Rice (05 December), ABS-CBN News
 * Last but not the least was the Pinoy Mango Trifle, another layered dessert of mango mouselline, fresh mangoes and Filipino pasalubong favorites like otap, rosquillos, broas, puto seco, pilipit and leche flan.


 * 2015 — Catajan, Maria Elena, Ice cream Flavor Celebrates Benguet Strawberries, Cebu Otap (09 November), Sun Star Baguio
 * Mike Miclat, sales account supervisor of Magnolia, said the company has rolled out “Red Velvet Otap,” a fusion of Benguet strawberries and Cebu’s otap. Miclat said Red Velvet Otap is one of the five top sellers in Magnolia’s “Best in the Philippines” line.


 * 2017 — Logarta, Sofia Aliño, Heritage Cards: Cebuana Trailblazers — Sugboanang Tag-una (24 May), She Voices, Cebu Daily Ness
 * Many of us might be interested in the beginnings of our famous masareal and otap, here are the stories of the women who started them.

Noun: "an oblong-shaped flaky biscuit with white sugar sprinkled on top"

 * 2010 — Rosalie V., Idol nang Masa (19 October), Banat Inbox, Banat News
 * 0933-9245606: "Basta newspaper Banat News, basta otap Shamrock! Ilogan gyud namo ang Banat News diri sa Shamrock, uy. Malingaw gyod mi. Greet lang ko nila Noel, Sabino, Edlyn, Maritez ug Julie Ann. From Freddie of Shamrock."


 * 2015 — Albor, Cesar, Pintos ug Rosquillos (23 May), Sandiganan, Opinion, SuperBalita, page 9
 * Sa 1907, ang 21 anyos nga si Margarita "Titay" Frasco nakamugnag Rosquillos sa iyang panuki-duki. Hangtod nga nakamontar og tindahan nga hapitanan sa mga pasahero sa amihanan. Nadungangan og tableya, torta, mamon, monay, otap, chicken pork adobo, bao-bao ug uban pa.