Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 525
Quality: 5/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Authentic fresh shawarma sandwich at 3 for PhP120
- The best kebab in town served with Arabic rice and salad
- Falafel: the unexpected but satisfying veggie treat!
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 600
Quality: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 2/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- The only salt water hot spring in the Philippines
- Superb tri-colored sunset
- Hot water + cold night = perfect combination!
- A great way to end a tiring day
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 582
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Great-tasting Thai rice toppings in tilted bowls
- Very big serving for a "small" Pad Thai
- Heart-shaped Sticky Rice with Ripe Mangoes for dessert
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 546
Quality: 5/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Soft and tasty Rib Eye Steak
- Large-cut T-Bone Steak
- Great side dishes in big serving size: twice baked potato and white sauce pasta with meatball
- Apple Crumble with lots of ice cream on top: bang for the buck!
Update (11/24/2014): Steak meals are now at PhP250 per order.
Date Budget: PhP 500
Actual Spend: PhP 502
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Another great garage-turned-cafe in Kapitolyo
- Tasty and filling thin-crust Margherita Pizza
- Absolutely nutty Pistachio Daiquiri Cake
- Mini Pavlova Cake: Mango Bravo's little brother
Date Budget: PhP 550
Actual Spend: PhP 545
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Japanese feel in and out!
- Generously stuffed California Maki
- Niku Udon: great broth, great noodles!
- Tonkatsu with the most authentic sauce
- Koroke Bento: bang for the buck!
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 598
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 2/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Affordable Korean barbecue (Samgyupsal/삼겹살) buffet near Maginhawa St. Quezon City
- Authentic Kimchi and other Korean delights
- Top of the line customer service
- (Authentic) Koreans checking out my car!
Update (1/24/2014):Prices have increased. Samgyupsal buffet is now priced at PhP399 each. Side dish buffet is now available for lunch ONLY at PhP299.
Date Budget: PhP 750
Actual Spend: PhP 750
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Got "bonded" (literally) once again
- Another fun run at UP Diliman
- 2nd year of a run for the benefit of Philippine Heart Center pediatric patients
Date Budget: PhP 650
Actual Spend: PhP 610
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- FREE Ball Park Nachos with The Bistro Club (TBC) coupons
- 20% Discount for TBC Gold Card holders
- Great Cajun Chicken Fingers with large cut fries and honey mustard sauce
- Pork chop with some Jack Daniel's touch
- Big heart-shaped balloon decor for valentines!
Date Budget: PhP 500
Actual Spend: PhP 523
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- Different types of curry from various parts of Asia
- Great spring rolls!
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 577
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Affordable meals at the posh Burgos Circle
- Best Italian Sausage!
- Wide selection of sausages, cold cuts and cheese
Date Budget: PhP 600
Actual Spend: PhP 600
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Run free from corruption on Ninoy Aquino's birthday
- Ninoy glasses
- Freedom barbecue!
Date Budget: PhP 800
Actual Spend: PhP 770
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5
Highlights
- 30 participating food establishments, mostly Midnight Mercatto/ Mercato Centrale merchants
- Happy Tummy: Spam Musubi / Hawaiian rice rolls (Pacific sushi?!)
- Merry Moo's Christmas edition: keso de bola, food for the gods, peppermint ice cream
- Tilapia ice cream!!!
Date Budget: PhP 650
Actual Spend: PhP 632.50
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Doodling while waiting
- Free Large Pizza
Date Budget: PhP 700
Actual Spend: PhP 700
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 2/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5
Highlights
- Free entrance to Intramuros museums
- Discounts/free items in Intramuros restaurants
- First fun run in Intramuros: a new activity in old Manila!
Date Budget: PhP 800
Actual Spend: PhP 800
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5
Highlights
- Our first fun run as a couple, first 3K run
- Freebies claimed at the finish line: very efficient, no extra lines!
- For the benefit of the Philippine Heart Center OPD Charity Patients
