I had mentioned before that Coke Zero doesn’t taste any different from other diet sodas. But after eating out at restaurants and getting served Coke Zero because they don’t normally carry Diet Coke anymore, I developed an acquired taste for the reformulated sugarless cola drink. I still think that normal Coke tastes better than Coke Zero, but that’s already a given because sugar automatically makes anything unhealthy taste superior to its healthier counterpart.
The text message from Crisela was “The Coffee Bean” at the Shangrila Plaza Mall. I vaguely remembered a coffee shop beside Cravings on the 4th level (5th?) so I went up the escalators to look for it. Upon seeing the signage “Coffee Beanery” , I knew right away it wasn’t The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf that I often go. It didn’t deter me to check out their cakes and drinks after I was assured that there was no other “Coffee Bean” in the mall.
The Cashew-Durian cake (priced at 95 pesos a slice) piqued my curiousity. I love anything durian, even the fruit. The prices of the drinks seemed reasonable. I ordered the calamansi-mint for 40 pesos. I love how they presented me with my order. So zen-like. Minutes later, Crisela arrived. She apologized that the text meant to say “Coffee Beanery”.
At Chowking, you don’t have to worry about the rice shortage one bit. Eat as much rice as you want at Chow King because their yummy chao fan (fried rice) contains more rice and ingredients at a rolled-back price. If you think that it sounds too good to be true - trust me, it isn’t. I was pretty skeptical at first because obviously if a product is going to be cheaper, it can only mean that you’ll receive smaller servings or that more inferior ingredients will be used. But after trying out Chow King’s chao fan today, I discovered that servings-wise nothing has changed and quality-wise, the fried rice tastes even better.
The Jollibee pancake sandwich has been around for quite a while, and I’m surprised that a lot of people haven’t heard of it yet. And those who have heard of it don’t quite like how it tastes. I first tried the pancake sandwich over a year ago, when I was still in college and would hang out at the Starbucks in Katipunan Avenue in between classes. Since I’d be too cheap to get anything from Starbucks, I’d skip off to the Jollibee next door and grab my breakfast there. The pancake sandwich was an accidental discovery.
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Last week, my mom’s cousin from the US came to the Philippines and saw her for the first time in over ten years. Since Filipinos love to mark family occasions with food, we all went out for dinner at Kamayan Restaurant where we can stuff ourselves silly with a rich buffet of Filipino, European, and Japanese food at only Php 595 per person.
Pepper Lunch Manila Franchise
My parents and I have heard a lot about Pepper Lunch at the Power Plant Mall, which opened about a month ago, and they’ve been really curious about trying it out. I wasn’t too hot about the idea. In the first place, I’m not really one to eat out and spend money on food. But what had me rather skeptical about Pepper Lunch in particular is the over-hyped way people have been talking about it. Obviously, Pepper Lunch is the hippest, coolest restaurant these days and something tells me that people go there not so much to eat as to be seen eating. But that’s just an impression I got.
I’d have never suggested eating at Pepper Lunch last weekend, but since it was my mom’s birthday and she was curious about the place, I went along with the plan. It’s not as if I were paying for my food anyway. 
The bill for four meals amounted to 1,472.00 but since my sister and I wanted dessert, the total reached 1,502 pesos. I’ve heard that the meals in Pepper Lunch aren’t exactly easy on the pocket (average cost of about 300 pesos) but I gave the place the benefit of the doubt. Maybe they’ve got really orgasmic food, and 300 bucks doesn’t quite cover how orgasmic it really is.
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