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Brazil Brazil

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Brazil Brazil Brazilian Restaurant
“Serving the best Churrasco Barbeques”
Open Daily 10am – 8pm
Website: none
Call: (02) 899-0957 and (02) 890-2792
Address: Power Plant Mall, Rockwell Center, Makati City, Philippines
More locations:
2nd Flr, Cortes de Las Palmas, Alabang Town Center, Muntinlupa City (02-842-7378)
The Piazza, One Serendra, Bonifacio Glorbal City (02-856-0671)
Metrowalk Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City (02-638-6319)

Brazil Brazil is famous for their all you can eat international buffet.

The Menu:
What I Ate:
The Staff: Very nice people, always around to help and assist you
The Bathroom: It’s coed and super tiny

Conclusion:

Extras:

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Fort Santiago Intramuros day trip

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

If you are looking for a trip or tour with some action then I’d highly NOT recommend the Untramuros Fort Santiago experience. LOL. With that being said, I still found it very interesting to see the dungeons and information about the spanish, Philippines, and Jose Rizal

Fort Santiago, a 16th century military defense structure, stands witness to the valor and heroism of the Filipino through the centuries. Adaptive use of this famous historical landmark makes certain areas ideal for open air theater, picnics, and promenades. The Intramuros Visitors Center gives an overview of various attractions in the Walled City.

For more information about entrance fee and hours of operation checkout the official website http://www.intramurosadministration.com

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A Venue Hotel Suites

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

A Venue Hotel Suites
Open 24hrs
website: http://www.avenuehotelsuites.com
Call: (+632) 403 0865 and (+632) 403 0888
Address: Antel Lifestyle City, 7829 Makati Avenue, Makati City, Philippines

The A Venue Hotel Suites

Location: The location is GREAT!!! I can’t stess this enough, it’s right in Makati City, near the Burgos St nightlife, near many restaurants, bars, nightlife, and plenty of shopping can be done at the mall next door, also, many malls within a short taxi ride distance
Facilities: There is a wide range of facilities at A.Venue Hotel Suites, like the Grand Ballroom (Via Veneto), business center, internet and wi-fi facilities, it has a really nice and big infinity pool, a kids activity pool, indoor game room, funcion rooms, the Stresscape Spa, Granvia Cafe, a library, and also a gym and fitness center. So if you are in the mood for drinks, eats, exercise, swim, or working, there is something at A.Venue for everyone!! Not to mention there is the little mall right next door!
The Staff:
The Room: The room was great, very nice value, I had the 1 bedroom suite, with kitchen, living room and it’s stylish, it has a modern style and feel, I liked it a lot and I will plan on staying there on my next trip to Manila
Extras:
Tip: Book through Agoda if you want to get the best discounted price
Negatives: A Venue, sometimes housekeeping/room service doesn’t answer the phone, this can be pretty annoying if you are hungry or need a fresh set of towels. When this happens just call front desk and they will help you.

Map location of A.Venue Hotel Suites:
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Shinjuku Japanese Restaurant

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Shinjuku Ramen House
“Best authentic Japanese cuisine in Manila”
Open Daily 10am – 8pm
Website: none
Call: (02) 890-6107
Address: 7853 Makati Ave. cor. Hercules St., Poblacion, Makati City, Philippines
More locations:
2277 Chino Roces Ave., beside Makati Cinema Square Makati City, Metro Manila – (02) 819-1242
G/F Prince Entertainment Center, 42 West Ave. Quezon City, Metro Manila – (02) 374-1584

Shinjuku japanese restaurant in the heart of Makati Avenue is a great japanese restaurant and is walking distance from a lot of hotels and shopping areas in Makati. They have all the best japanese dishes along with some filipino dishes as well. You are surely not going to be disappointed if you love japanese food and you’re eating at Shinjuku!

The Menu: They have tons of japansese beef steaks, miso soups, gyoza, manten ramen, yakisoba, sushi rolls, and raw sushi pieces, and many many more options.
What I Ate: I ate the california roll, it was the smaller kinds of cali roll which I like, the big ones are too difficult to eat. Also I had the gyozo, it’s 1 of their specialties and it’s delicious also!
The Staff:
The Bathroom:

Conclusion:

Extras:

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Tender Bob’s

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Tender Bob’s Greenhills
“A Meat plus company”
Open Daily 10am – 10pm
Website: none
Call: (02) 726-2328
Address: Greenhills Promenade, Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan, Philippines
More locations:
Main office at AFP RSBS Industrial Park, Km. 12 East Service Rd., C5 Junction, Taguig City. (02) 839-2882
Level 6, Shangri-La Plaza, EDSA corner Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City. (02) 638-7161
4th floor The Block, SM City North Edsa, Quezon City. (02) 442-0129
Greenbelt 2. (02) 501-3717

Tender Bob’s was a great place for quality steaks and other great meat and potato entrees.

The Menu:
What I Ate: I ordered the peppercorn steak and the famous “Grandma’s meatloaf”. The pepper steak was delicioius especially as I drenched each bite into A1 sauce. The meatloaf wasn’t too great, I was hoping it was like my mothers homemade meatloaf, but it was more like slices of spam. The mashed potatos and gravy were great!
The Staff:
The Bathroom: 1 bathroom coed, clean

Conclusion:

Extras:

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Soms Noodle House

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

Som’s Noodle House
“Authentic Thai Food”
Open Daily 10am – 10pm
Website: none
Call: (02) 483-3554 or 757- 8079
Address: 5921 A. Alger St. Poblacion (back of Rockwell), Makati City, Philippines

Som’s Noodle House

The Menu:
What I Ate: We had the yellow curry, it was good, also some thai omelette filled with tomatoes and pork it was decent, and, last but not least, we had the famous thai soup Tom Yum Goong, it was the worst Tom Yum soup I’ve eaten in my life, and I have lived in Bangkok for 3+ years, so I think that kind of says something.
The Staff:
The Bathroom: Bathrooms are decent, but the mens bathroom water was broken when I was there

Conclusion:

Extras:

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Weekend getaway to Subic Bay (Olongapo)

Monday, March 15th, 2010

This past weekend we decided to get outside of the traffic and make our way to the beaches of Subic Bay and Olongapo. We arrived there and stayed 1 night in Subic Park Hotel (link), it was ok, but a little bit too quiet for our taste. We ate at Daddy Eds restaurant, it’s open 24 hours/day which is nice and it’s good food to have right there on the beach.

The following day, Saturday, we transferred to the Blue Rock Resort (link) and we liked this area MUCH better, the Blue Rock Hotel and Resort has great food open 24hrs/day and at night they have a live band that is very pleasant, really soothing style of band, almost like a karaoke band that is just very good, not loud. There is a floating bar, great to go during the day, you can eat, drink ice cold beers, and go jetskiing and swimming all right there at Blue Rock!

We even took a nice day trip over to White Rock Resort (link), they have 2 wave pools, and waterslides, and also on the beach, it was nice as the sun went down, the sunset picture I have there is from White Rock Resort beach area.

And if you love tacos then I suggest eating the biggest taco in the world, there at Coffee Shop Tacos (link) they have MASSIVE tacos!!!!

Some pics from our trip:

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Howzat Sports Bar

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Howzat Sports Bar
Open Daily til 2am
Website: http://www.howzat.ph
Call: (02) 897-3335
Address: 8471 Kalayaan Ave., Poblacion, Makati City, Philippines

Howzat Sports Bar is a great sports bar in Makati near the nightlife mecca Burgos St., it’s walking distance. it’s a nice place with lots of tv’s with the top sports events on, great foods and lots of great beer specials, and drink specials, depending on the days and times. They are open til 2am but food orders stop at 1:30am. They have a billiards table in the back room in case you want to show off your pool shark skills. This place is a great place for your first stop on a night out, to have a few beers and dinner then hit the clubs.

The Menu: Their menu consists of the type of food you’d most likely expect at a sports bar, burger baskets, tons of great appetizers and fried foods, along with a lot of filipino dishes too
What I Ate: I had the tacos with french fries, I must say, these tacos were VERY meaty, and very delicious! I couldn’t finish all my food there was too much, yay! We had some pancit bihon too, and it was the biggest portion of pancit I’ve ever gotten, it was also very good.
The Staff: Perfect English and very friendly
The Bathroom:

Conclusion:

Extras: Have FREE wifi available

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Pacquiao Vs Clottey

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Pacquiao vs Clottey

Venue: Pacquiao vs Clottey Live
Location: Various hotels, bars have live coverage of this championship boxing match
Show Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Starting: 8:00am

Manny Pacquiao will defend his title against Clottey, don’t miss this!!! It will surely be another memoriable fight! Arnel Pineda of Journey is going to be singing the Philippine National Anthem in the fight

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Owl City live in Manila

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Owl City Manila

Venue: Owl City Live in Manila
Location: Trinoma Mall, north parking roof deck
Show Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010
Starting: 8:00pm
Tickets: Prices are PhP 1796 (Gold, standing) & PhP 3696 (VIP, standing), for more information call 910-3000 or 632-7762 – 634-8238 and you can also reserve here
Website:

Owl City is a new pop and new age rock band with big hits “Fireflies”, “Vanilla Twilight”, and “Hello Seattle”, so if you have freetime this coming Sunday night then you should checkout this hot new rising band!

You can see the Owl City official website at http://owlcitymusic.com/home.aspx

If you go to the show, please send us your pictures!!! We will post ours too :)

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