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Archive for the ‘Drinks & Grub’ Category
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My Space: Café Antix’s Vintage Collection
I first featured Café Antix in my blog back in 2015. I dubbed it as my favorite café in Cavite City. It still is! So much has changed since it first opened in 2012. Café Antix now has a bigger …
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My Space: The Biggest Starbucks in the PH
I have a love-hate relationship with Starbucks. It’s often the first to come to mind when I want coffee because it’s everywhere and I enjoy collecting stars in my Starbucks card to get free drinks. Their iced café mocha …
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[Video] Nutella Soup For The Soul
Gino’s Brick Oven Pizza first opened in the Philippines back in 2012. With now four branches all over Manila, their famous dessert, Nutella Soup, deserves a revisit. Watch and drool, Nutella lovers!…
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My Space: Kawit Cavite’s New Secret Coffee Shop
When it comes to coffee shops, I look for four key requirements—affordable drinks and grub, no crowd, easy parking, and a friendly staff that won’t give you the stink eye when you’ve stayed for over two hours. It’s challenging …
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Wicked Dogs Has A New Branch… And It’s in Makati’s Backpacker District
Thanks to the luscious way they serve their hot dogs, Wicked Dogs in BF Homes Parañaque has been featured in many top 10 food lists since it first opened in 2015. Now they finally expanded to my main turf, Makati.…
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[Video] This Restaurant Serves Chocolates From a Treasure Box
This month, I went on a food adventure at Solaire Resort and Casino with my friends from Seaquatix. We ordered a five-course meal from fine dining Italian restaurant, Finestra. After enjoying the endless servings of freshly baked bread, we …
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A Night of Blues, Bikes, and Booze
Sifting through SM Mall of Asia’s congested holiday crowd, my friends and I found the perfect spot to have an intimate Christmas party—Roadhouse Manila Bay. What seems like the atypical tavern tucked in San Miguel By The Bay …
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The World’s Obsession With Rainbow Food
Did the universe end up drinking the rainbow Kool-Aid? If you’ve been keeping up with ooh-look-at-this type of posts on Facebook and Instagram, then you’d probably notice the surge of ROYGBIV viral food trends—from rainbow bagels to rainbow lattes. Lisa …
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Non-Beer-Drinker’s Guide to Brewfest MNL
Disclaimer: People say that beer is an acquired taste, but it’s been over a decade of trial and error, and I haven’t acquired the passion for it. I drink 2 bottles of beer in a party, tops. But my friends …
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Connie’s Other Kitchen
There are three things that will make me go back to Soloviento—the sweet escape, the dog, and the food.
We were fortunate to meet the owners of Soloviento during our stay last month. One of them is Connie …
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Bottomless Coffee For ₱65
I always see this hidden coffee shop whenever I’m in St. Paul Street, Makati, looking for parking space. Most of the VTRs I’ve been attending recently are in this area, and I always told myself that I’d give it a …
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Tagaytay’s Café Voila Is Worth The Long Drive
When there’s no time or budget to book a flight out of town, Tagaytay is an easy escape for Manila and Cavite dwellers such as myself. Depending on what day and time you go and how fast you drive, Tagaytay …
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My Space: Remembering Le Petit Cheri
Was there ever a restaurant or café you loved so much that you nearly cried when it closed down? Mine is Le Petit Cheri, a corner coffee shop once located at Molito Lifestyle Center, Alabang.…
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My Space: A CO/OP That Ticks Everything On My Hipster Checklist
There’s a game I like playing with friends whenever we enter a new hip café or restaurant. I call it, “How hipster is this place?” It gets one point for every item ticked off my unofficial checklist: 1. Mason jars, …
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10 Signs You’re Having a Filipino Christmas
1. Jose Mari Chan dominates the radio. It’s been 25 years since he released the iconic Christmas in Our Hearts album, and while there was a follow-up album released in 2012, we’re still playing Christmas in Our Hearts like it’s …
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New Coffee Shop in Cavite: Café 506
There’s a growing café culture in my hometown, Cavite City, and its nearby districts. The newest addition is Café 506 in Kawit, Cavite, a 25-minute drive from my neighborhood. It’s under the same management as Samala Kitchen Delights in …
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Honesty Café: 98% Honest Since 1995
I first heard about this Batanes café in the late ’90s when it was featured in a Filipino news program. It was about a small store that’s so honest that there were no waiters or servers tending it. Customers picked …
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These Hotdogs Are Wicked!
When you were a kid, did you ever play with your food? I don’t mean slingshotting your marshmallows in the air like a mesh hall food fight. I mean experimenting with your food with no regard for posh culinary standards—layering …