Cook: Cajun Chicken Pasta

Date Budget: PhP120
Actual Spend: PhP 120
Quality: 4/5
Service: N/A
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5

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Highlights 

• Spicy chicken pasta like no other!
• Cheap and easy to prepare

Food: Bangkok Cafe

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

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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

Food: Cha Dao

Date Budget: PhP 200
Actual Spend: PhP 155
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Wide variety of tea blends and add-ons
• Amazing Red Milk Tea
• Sugar Lick Ice Cream with fun flavors

Food: Nipa Hut Restaurant

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP290
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Great service!
• Cozy "kubo" feel
• Affordable Filipino dishes in large servings
• Spectacular view overlooking the eastern part of Metro Manila in a cold evening breeze (Antipolo away from Antipolo!)
  

Food: Mad Mark's

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP 260
Quality: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5

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Highlights 

• Soft grilled beef pieces in bootstrap sauce
• Big servings!
  
  Update (11/24/2014): Mad Marks Glorietta5, Makati is now open.
  

Food: Cab Cafe

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

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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

Food: Thai Dara

Date Budget: PhP 500
Actual Spend: PhP 438
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 3/5

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Highlights 

• Allergen-free Vegetable Pad Thai by request
• Great Pork Satay with peanut sauce and side salad
• Simple, well-lit ambiance utilizing natural light

Food: Soho

Date Budget: PhP 500
Actual Spend: PhP 405
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5

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Highlights 

• Same eclectic ambiance as Cafe Juanita
• Authentic Japanese menu
• Slot machines, Japan-made bicycle and other interesting stuff
• High-end ambiance with a budget-friendly menu
  
  Update (11/24/2014): Soho has been renamed "HARU" and is now located beside the new Cafe Juanita location (just a few steps away). Meals are now a bit more pricey.
  

Food: Tok-yu Sushi Bar & Restaurant

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP 285
Quality: 3/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 4/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 3/5

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Highlights 

• Affordable Japanese food in Kapitolyo, Pasig
• Authentic-tasting Tonkatsu sauce
• Beef Misono + Bean Sprouts = Perfect Combination!
• Generous servings
• Ample parking space at Pioneer Center

Food: Burger Boys

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP 290
Quality: 5/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• 1/3-pound burgers starting at PhP 110!
• Stuffed Burger: 1/3 pounder pattie stuffed with bacon, mushroom, and cheese
• Bottled Coke products (much better than those from dispensers)
  
  Update (11/24/2014): This shop is no longer open for business. :(
  

Food: Chatime

Date Budget: PhP 100
Actual Spend: PhP 99
Quality: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Really nice ambiance
• Wide selection of teas and other specialty drinks

Food: Three Sisters Restaurant

Date Budget: PhP 200
Actual Spend: PhP 170
Quality: 4/5
Service: 3/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Really good barbecue
• Panciteria-style restaurant
  Update (11/24/2014): You may also enjoy their superb pancit and barbecue at their Tiendesitas branch.
  

Food: Gong Cha

Date Budget: PhP 200
Actual Spend: PhP 185
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Great tea blends
• Large serving sizes
• Very efficient production process
• Cheap, healthier, and gives a much stronger kick than coffee!

Food: Super Bowl of China

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP 300
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 3/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• FREE Birthday Noodles for the entire month of February 2012
• Fried rice with vegetables: Yang Chow minus the itch
• Free kropeck appetizer
• Great tasting dumpling soup
  Update (11/24/2014): Megamall branch is no longer open for business. :(
  

Food: Mr. Kimbob

Date Budget: PhP 200
Actual Spend: PhP 185
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 4/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Great tasting Bibimbap served in a sizzling plate
• Monster-sized Katsudon
• Affordable Korean food available in SM Food Courts

Trip: Pasig Rainforest Park

Date Budget: PhP 50
Actual Spend: PhP 30
Quality: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Accessibility: 3/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 4/5

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Highlights 

• Mini Zoo, Butterfly Garden, and Train Ride... all for just PhP 15 per person!
• Sports and recreational facilities
• Trees... lots of trees.

Food: Komoro Soba

Date Budget: PhP 300
Actual Spend: PhP 280
Quality: 4/5
Service: 5/5
Accessibility: 5/5
Fun Factor: 5/5
Overall Experience: 5/5

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Highlights 

• Affordable, close to authentic Japanese food
• Very accessible location (SM Megamall)