Month: March 2006

Fat Michael’s Place: Revisited!

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Topics: #Restaurants

This used to be an Intel secret years back, but after 5 years, I’m sure this is not a secret anymore because of the thousand dinner dates it hosted and the word-of-mouth raves/ rants.
…Once you are past Pasay Road intersection with SSH, you need to start driving on the right side because you need to turn right in Makati View Apartelle. This is right before the Magallanes overpass but you need to make sure you are on the rightmost side of SSH because you need to be in the side street before turning right in Makati View Apartelle.

Sugarnot!’s Last Temptation

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Topics: Food

The sad news is, the taste needs a lot of getting use to and there are no crowd every time I pass by this place. So I’m worried that this might not survive specially in the Philippine’s high-carb diet scene.
…Undoubtedly it looks good, but the taste should be acquired for these sugar-free cakes and it is sadly, forgettable.

Aling Lucing’s Sisig — Pampanga’s Best finally in Makati :)

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Topics: Pampanga

Aling Lucing’s Sisig is the pride of Pampanga with its original location in the ” riles” or located near the railroad in Angeles City (mental note: I’ll blog about this original place one of these days 🙂 Also, Aling Lucing is the Grand Slam Winner of the 3rd Sisig Festival in Angeles City held just last Dec. 2-3, 2005 besting 176 other contestants!! … Sisig is a big part of the pinoy culture together with the Halo Halo and Balut, so this is a must try even for a vegetarian like me (I can’t resist not to savor its taste 🙂 I first heard about this from Spanx’s review and this place just opened last Feb.
…It would still worth it to visit the original in Angeles (if you are within the area), and based on Spanx’s rave , it is authentic and faithful as it can be 🙂 We ordered the Combo# 1, which is Sisig with Vegetable for only P69 (served with rice).

[Dear Awesome Planet #1] Best of the Philippines in 30 days

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Topics: Awesome Festivals

I was overwhelmed and excited with your question, that I was inspired to create a Dear Awesome Planet series, so that I can also share the information to a broader audience, and I hope you don’t mind 🙂 This list is based on my personal experience and some are still on my things to blog about. … Carlos Celdran’s Intramuros Tours or Escolta/ Quiapo Tour Quaint basement store –> I Love You Store along Makati Avenue Filipino-Inspired Spa — Sanctuario Spa in Malate Best Therapeutic Reflexology Massage — 4 hours for $10/ P500 Allegedly the best sisig in the Philippines — Aling Lucing Sisig, Makati Balut @ Elvie’s turo turo Lazy Boy Theater @ Gateway Mall, Araneta Center Shopping Mall Tour: Greenhills- Best Bargain Place, Glorietta/Greenbelt – Branded Stuff, and Tiendesitas — One stop shop of Philippines’ best Tagaytay A Hike/ Horse Ride to the one of the World’s Smallest Volcano in Taal Still the reigning Best Restaurant in Tagaytay — Antonio’s, Restaurant, Tagaytay Most exotic and expensive coffee — Coffee Alamid, proudly Philippine made 🙂 Tagaytay pioneer — Sonya’s Secret Garden Bed & Breakfast View of Taal Volcano @ Cliffhouse, Tagaytay or Taal Vista Lodge Cebu CNT Lechon — Best Lechon in Cebu if not the Philippines! … Outdoor Jacuzzi @ the Nami Villas Laguna/Quezon ( Instead of Cavite) Tina Decal’s Culinary Tour of Quezon Viaje del Sol: San Pablo, Laguna and Tiaong, Quezon Around Laguna Lake Tour El nido, Palawan — about to go here in April (Maybe we’ll see each other :), Savor this place for 4 days/ 3 nights 🙂 I do hope this helps, and I invite my readers to contribute to this list or create your own lists and I’ll link it up 🙂 Also, maybe some of you would also have some questions that I can answer in the Dear Awesome Planet series 🙂 Enjoy Awesome Pilipinas!