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Manila, Philippines @toddyoungonline 2013

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Places to eat and what to expect...

Groceries first….

You will find a grocery store in, probably, the basement of every mall you come across. So, there will be a mall next door to a mall, which means a grocery store next door to a grocery store.

As a world traveler you will quickly find that all the delicious stuff you’re used to getting at home isn’t necessarily available everywhere in the world, dammit! Grocery stores have milk in boxes, eggs on shelves, and things like pre-sliced cheese and lunch meat are pretty much non-existent. I mean things like cheddar cheese aren’t easy to find. They normally have a sections of ‘international’ food where you might be able to find things you want, maybe. Overall there’s plenty of fresh food to be bought.

Oh, remember they are on the metric system, so when I tried ordering 2 lbs of fresh bacon they just looked at me. I tried ordering 16 oz of cheese and didn’t get what I wanted either. It’s all like Kilograms.

I found it most interesting that I couldn’t easily find something like a fresh head of lettuce. Salads in general don’t seem to be a common thing. I like to have a fresh salad with my meals, but can be difficult to get.

I did teach my wife how to make a cucumber, tomato, and onion salad and I was able to find an Italian dressing in the international section so I was happy. We would make a salad and have it with meals.

The idea was that we would maybe save a little money and cook and we did a little, but this leads into my next item…

ALL FOOD PLACES DELIVER!!!

Let that sink in for a moment…cuz I’m going to go over a few of the places we ate at that I enjoyed…

#1 - Chili’s ….yes Chili’s is in the Philippines and it is fairly consistent with what it is in the states. I was craving a Bacon-Cheeseburger and fries and they did a good job of it for me. We ate at the one in SM Megamall and found out they delivered. We had them deliver to the condo several more times.

#2 - Kenny Rogers …I had never had this before and was really surprised. The roasted chicken was quite tasty. They have these sweet corn muffins that are pretty good too. I recommend the garlic rice too. It reminds me sort of Boston Market back in the states. We ordered this several times as well. They do have a sweet tea, but it’s really sweet, a bit too sweet for my taste. Overall tho it’s a go to place.

#3 - Pizza Hut …ok, so pizza in the Philippines tends to be less sauce and toppings. Pizza Hut has been a mixed bag of feels for me. Once you find the pizza you like, stick with it. The first time I ordered I wanted stuffed crust pan. In the states that means mozzarella cheese stuffed around the edges.

The pizza arrived and it was like a little bit of pizza in the center and the edges were puffed. I tried it and it was..odd…I thought it was ricotta cheese, but later I looked it up and found out it was cream cheese. WTF?! It was cream cheese and I think sausage I think.

I have a story about my wife ordering pizza I’ll save for the future, but…

Oh! and sausage! Let’s clear this up. Sausage tends to mean what is a hot dog in the states. I had gotten a stuffed crust pizza with sausage in the crust only to find hot dogs when i bit into it! Traumatic!!

But, once I got back to plain pan supreme all was well.

#4 - Rackz …we found this place in Bonafacio Global City. It had pretty good ribs. You could get them saucy or dry rub. I got a slab of saucy that were pretty good. The meat just fell off the bone. They also had ice cream milkshakes. Milkshake on the menu tends not to be ice cream like in the states, but sort of a blended milk with flavor.

#5 - Dunkin Donuts …ok, i was saving this one, there ware actually several donut places, Krispy Kreme among them, tho I’m not a fan, but all of them deliver. Donut Delivery! I ordered 2 dozen…hahahaha…so good…

#6 - McDonalds …I’m not a huge fan in the states, same goes for the Philippines too, but McD’s serves things like spaghetti here, the sauce tends to be a bit too sweet for me.

#7- Army Navy Burger & Burrito - This place had promise. I got a hamburger from them this time and had gotten a burrito from them previously, but I just really didn’t care for the food. It didn’t really have any flavor to it at all. For me Chili’s was much better.

#8 - Gotti’s …also located in SM Mega Mall was pretty good. It’s an italian restaurant. They have pizza, pasta, and salad. It was a good experience.

#9 - Chow King …it’s like a chain 'chinese’ restaurant. I didn’t care for it.

#10 - Jollybee …of course you have to mention Jollybee, the McDonalds of the Philippines. I didn’t care for it either.

#11 -Mang Inasal …this is a very inexpensive little place. For only a couple of dollars you get a piece of chicken and some rice. It’s good chicken, but portions are small.

#12 - Texas Roadhouse …I ate here the last time and they had pretty decent food. Sort of reminds me of Chili’s a bit. This was the first time I realized sour cream was a liquid. They serve it with hot wings.

#13 - Wendy’s …mostly the same as back home. I used to really like Wendy’s but they’ve changed since back then and I just don’t care for them much anymore.

There’s also a buffet at SM Mega Mall, I can’t remember the name of it. It’s around $13/person for the whole buffet and includes drinks. It’s a wide selection of food and includes a dessert bar.

We ate at a couple of the small restaurants on High Street, one is an italian place that was pretty good, and another was one of the more asian restuarants that sort of served chicken and rice. It was good as well, but I’m forgetting the name.

The is a Cold Stone Creamery across from Market! Market! now, but I didn’t get any this time around.

Banapple is like a pastry shop you can get cheesecake at and also sandwiches and stuff. We had several of the cheesecakes, which were pretty good.

Red Ribbon - Ok I have to mention one of the big bake shops. Cakes in the Philippines are different.They aren’t like that dense decadent chocolate that just make you wanna slap yo mama! These are lighter and kind of spongy. they didn’t really satisfy me.

Ube …is purple…I think sort of in the sweet potato family. They make stuff out of it. Cakes, desserts, etc…didn’t do much for me.

#14 - Bon Chon …korean fried chicken. Delicious! It’s usually one of the first and last meals I have on vacation. I like the spicy and sesame.

this has been a list of some of the more notable places I can remember eating at….

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