Jumbo Kingdom There are a number of floating restaurants in Manila but none is as quite posh and lavish as The Jumbo Kingdom which is docked in the CCP Complex, along the Manila Bay . "Ano ba yan, para akong nasa ibang bansa! (Oh my! Looks like am in another country)" is a common reaction of Manila's pollution-induced visitors upon seeing this giant ship which looks every inch like a majestic temple at night with its resplendent display of bright neon lights. Reportedly costing $600 million, this one is not your run-of-the-mill Superferry dear; this one was ... Continue Reading...
My Partial, Not-So-Yearend Foodie List
everydaycafe My favorite coffee in Manila is not Starbucks or Seattle's but this small & obscure fastfood stall at the basement of Juan Luna Shopping Mall in Binondo called Everyday Cafe.The resident barista Tony expertly brews his coffee from a Japan-made siphon machine which is similar to the one found in Ongpin's Panciteria Lido (understandably so, the owners used to be business partners). The fastfood center is also popular among shoppers and Fil-Chinese denizens for its $1 heaping plates of pancit and equally-cheap chicken cordon bleu rolls. Sharing ... Continue Reading...
One-day vacation in Bangus Country
Bangus etc. Originally uploaded by annalyn. I could say that one of the things that makes me a true-blue Filipino is my love for the milkfish, or bangus in local parlance. Go to any market (in the Luzon region, at least) and you will almost always find this gray-scaled fish in the stalls. What I like about bangus is that there are more ways to cook this than my other fresh-water favorite, tilapia. The health-conscious prefer the fat-free paksiw na bangus or the sinigang na bangus sa miso but I am also partial to the many imaginative ways our good ol' ... Continue Reading...
A Birthday Lunch at Mano’s Greek Taverna
Birthday Pics Originally uploaded by annalyn. With the twins out on their field trip and almost all of my close friends off on their long vacation, it didn't look like an eventful birthday for me. Good that Z, who contributes for the Inquirer, decided to tag me along to a food tasting trip to breezy Tagaytay. If there's something that gonna entice me to leave everything behind, that's the smell of food and especially if it's something I haven't tried... like Greek food! After what seemed like an effortless trip, we arrived at Mano's Greek Taverna by ... Continue Reading...
… & a lil boozing at Dusit’s Fiesta San Miguel
SaN Mig Originally uploaded by annalyn. Immediately after my Tagaytay food trip, I headed off to Dusit Hotel in Makati to meet my fellow Blogkadas led by Sachiko who planed in from Tokyo with her husband Michiyo. A few months ago, I met Sachi in Japan and so I was naturally excited to see her in town this time. First thing, she raved about how much she enjoyed her Bora vacation, the second honeymoon with hubby in their 20 years or so of marriage (whew!) And I was titillated to find out that during her Philippine homecoming, Sachi had chosen to stay in the ... Continue Reading...
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