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Visit Philippines Thread

Froggy

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Arrived in Manila late on Saturday, asked hotel best place to have authentic pinoy food was directed to here

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Place was humongous and paced, food must be good

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Ordered 4 dishes and a garlic rice

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Mixed vege with prawns
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Adobol is pork belly with chicken in soya sauce
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Tamerine soup with milk fish
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Roast chicken
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Garlic rice very popular in the Philippines
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Its ok la but I prefer Thai cuisine
 

Froggy

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Because don't really like pinoy food so decided to have their old colonial Spanish food. Found a pretty cool restaurant adn enjoyed the night

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Outdoor dining
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Indoor
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Great gin selection
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Ordered a Botanist what a pleasant surprise from this bar tender
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Came the Rioja Beronia, a great well balanced wine surprisingly smooth despite the full body
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Prawn tapas
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Salad
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Angus and foie gras
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Amazing pairing these 2 meats
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The beef
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Another great meat
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Ink paella
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Basically had a great night with this great food. I highly recommend this restaurant
 

Froggy

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This noon don't know what to eat so came across this Tim Ho Wan shop at Robinsons Place near the hotel

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Was pleasantly surprised that the dimsum is better than our Crystal Jade

Like this century egg porridge was great just like the Hong Kong version
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Prawns in this tofu skin was so fresh and big too
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Don't know what you call this good also subtly spicy
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The oyster sauce is unlike in Singapore
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Steamed pork rib
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Surprised they do not have wanton noodle instead its fishball noodle soup, the soup is exactly like Hong Kong wanton noodle soup really like this and the noodle is also QQ type
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Overall very happy with this meal. Here's the menu and prices
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Froggy

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Leaving Manila, at the join lounge

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Very simple lounge
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Surprisingly the glass noodle and chicken porridge taste very good

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yinyang

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Froggy, was the locale at Makati (or Greenbelt stretch)? See you got good company again:biggrin:

For us lesser folks, the airport's F&B sucks. Even the SQ (non-premier) lounge is a madhouse
 

Froggy

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Moderator
Generous Asset
Froggy, was the locale at Makati (or Greenbelt stretch)? See you got good company again:biggrin:

For us lesser folks, the airport's F&B sucks. Even the SQ (non-premier) lounge is a madhouse

Metro Manila, Roxas Boulevard to be exact

Geeze life sucks, got a flight to catch to Vienna in 12hrs
 
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