FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

Today, I accompanied a friend who was on her last day vacation in Iloilo City with her family. Though I had plans on the usual tourist spots and eats, the unplanned one proved to be one of the most enjoyable. En route to Jaro Plaza , I decided that we take Jaro CPU Derecho jeepneys that will still ply its original route all the way to the domestic seaport to give them a glimpse of Calle Real and the Port area. Maybe it was their frustration of having cancelled their Guimaras trip the day before that made them excited upon seeing the sea and the island looming beyond that we made an impromptu stop at the ravaged and unattractive Fort San Pedro area. After highly appreciating the views of Guimaras island and the sea, despite the uninviting "view deck", the need for a restroom gave us no choice but to visit Fort San Pedro Drive Inn . I can't remember the last time I've been actually inside since usually it's the views outside that is more inviting. Inside, it ...

This latest blogquest for the best chicken inasal in the city can be summarized in one word; unexpected . First it wasn't planned days ahead, it just popped out when my friend and I were looking for a place to have dinner.I immediately banned JD and Coffeebreak. I didn't feel Pancake House or Max’s either that time so we headed to Jo's Chicken Haus but eventually dropped the idea. All of a sudden, he said let's try Fort Manukan at SanMars Point and I hailed a taxi without protesting for I was bloggingly eager to be there.As expected of an unplanned visit, we had a hard time looking for a table since the restaurant itself it small, only around six tables plus 4 other makeshifts when in demand. And there were lots of people too making it a sort of an inuman that time. It was also expensive as compared with the other chicken house I've been through. A pecho costs PhP 69 plus PhP 15 for plain rice.Even though I had a lot of waiting time that could have been used to get ...

MO2 ICE bar Fort Manukan at Sanmars Point Lumpiga Teb's Batchoy Dos Maria's Pizzeria