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01-28-09 21:44 #2237
Posts: 281American Restaurants
Originally Posted by Big Johnson2
Kenny Rogers, Shakey's Pizza, McDonalds, etc. Just walk around any mall and you will see the so called "American Restaurants." In my experience though, the quality sucks except for McDonalds. McDonalds cheeseburger in Manila tastes exactly like one from Chi-Town. And you can get rice rather than fries. There are a bunch of others doing business there, mostly fast food franchises. Nothing comes to mind outside of the malls and fast food franchises.
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01-28-09 19:36 #2236
Posts: 115American Food?
Hi Guys,
I'm from America and was wondering in other countries do they have American Restaurants and what do they serve as American dishes? In USA most of the time we are going out to a type of Restaurant: fish, vegetarian, burgers, steak, or maybe a southern cooking with fried chicken, or breakfast food. Usually though we would go out for Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Indian, Italian, etc. I'm asking what is considered American dishes? Please tell me are their unique Australian or New Zealand dishes also?
Thanks
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01-28-09 17:47 #2235
Posts: 454PAL ticket payment question
I will be flying from SFO to Manila. Arriving 5:40 am Feb 21. Then Feb 23 I'm flying PAL to Cebu and I'm flying a girl from Tacloban to Cebu on Feb 24.
However, since I had to change the girl's flight I still owe some penalty money which I apparently have to pay in the Phils. I am wondering if it's easiest to pay this at a PAL ticket office upon my arrival in Manila early on the 21st. Or to wait until I take my domestic flight to Cebu. And the either pay then at the Manila airport or upon arrival at Cebu (for the girl's flight the next day).
Sorry. This is my first time in the Phils. So I don't know.
Thanks!
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01-28-09 04:49 #2234
Posts: 93Originally Posted by ShadowAxis
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01-28-09 03:28 #2233
Posts: 3003Lim did it!
Originally Posted by Columpuss
Then the asshole otherwise known as Mayor Lim intervened and shut the whole thing down. This was apparently in response to a few complaints about noise, from foreign visitors to the ASEAN meeting held in Manila in mid-2007. They were staying at the Diamond and were apparently missing a little beauty sleep in between their visits to KTV and Hostess Bars.
If you ever require proof of the inept, short sighted, fuck the people policies of the rich and all powerful in the Philippines, this might be a good example to use.
P.S There are still a few lively, open-air bars across Roxas Boulevard, near Remedios.
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01-28-09 02:52 #2232
Posts: 249About three years ago, while spending a night in Ermita, I was surprised when I saw the Manila bay transformed from place full of vendors and beggars into a entertainment strip full of music and food. So I looked forward to coming to Ermita every year while transiting to other locations. Until last year when they killed the whole thing. This is just another example of the Philipinos shooting themselves in the foot. Was there another legitimate reason that i didn't know about?
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01-28-09 01:49 #2231
Posts: 3003British food?
Originally Posted by GoodEnough
Seriously though, food in Britain (as opposed to British food) has undergone something of a renaissance in the past few years. If you take the Michelin Guide as an arbiter of excellence (as most do), then Britain comes third on the list of European countries with restaurants with 1*, 2* or the much vaunted 3 star category. Only France and Italy have more listed places. Admittedly there are only 3 restaurants with the magic 3 stars but that is more than Switzerland, or Belgium or Holland.
Now I do agree with your comments regarding Filipino food. It can be truly and momentously awful. Their national dish Adobo is an, admittedly tasty, but fundamentally simple dish (even I can cook it) of pork, vinegar, garlic and black pepper. Some dishes are disgusting to the point of inedibility, such as dinuguan which is a mixture of liver, pork blood and vinegar, rather like liquid black pudding! It makes me feel ill just to watch it being eaten. And has anyone tried Balut, the semi-formed duck embryo that you are supposed to swallow whole, like an oyster. I have but was plastered at the time and regretted it later. And don’t leave your beloved pet pooch with Filipino relatives in the provinces. I kid you not. If it barks too much and annoys the neighbors, it is liable to end up as dog stew pulatan – Pinoy late night drinking food.
For the best food in the Philippines try Bicol food. This is from south Luzon and is very tasty. It is similar to Thai food in that they use a lot of coconut milk and chilies in their recipes. Their signature dish is Bicol Express, which as the name implies is pretty hot and spicy and might have you chugging along to the CR the next day.
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01-28-09 00:58 #2230
Posts: 4084US vs UK food
Well, maybe I'm biased but having spent one month in US last summer (and having visited the place every year for past ten years) every menu in Us looks same. It all has burgers. All has fried chicken. In many out of way places has meatloaf (yuck! ). Has ribs etc. All menus are same and all lack vegetables and salads. Except the standard caesar salad and cobb salad.
US food is dull. Tasteless. And the portions are too much for most invividuals, except of corse for the real fatties. Of which there are plenty.
UK food isn't streets ahead, but does have a greater sense of variety including pies, roasts, fish dishes etc.
One mans meat. Etc.
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01-27-09 19:22 #2229
Posts: 6781Originally Posted by GoodEnough
How can you say that - have you never eaten good fish and chips with mushy peas, or black sausage and haggis, or fried Mars bars.....
The British cuisine has so much to offer and such diveristy from US cuisine :D
As for you FR and others, I am not a fan of Filipino food, but the pork belly can be tasty if not great on the waistline. The country does offer a lot but the problems and hassles to get to some nice places coupled with the lack basics at times will never put it poeple's top 10 for tourist destinations
Now am off to try a decent liver and bacon with mashed potoes - yummy :D
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01-27-09 11:27 #2228
Posts: 4050Lots of truth
There's a lot of truth in Lenience's post, particularly about the food, which is the worst I've ever tasted in Asia, it's sort of like the UK of Asia since, in my opinion British food is about the worst in the Western world, though I will admit that the US stuff comes in a close second. It's not only the food though, it's everything else--like the lack of infrastructure--plus the food and the fact that the culture itself--unlike Vietnam and Thailand and Malaysia--is just not terribly interesting.
GE
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01-27-09 11:14 #2227
Posts: 233Originally Posted by Columpuss
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01-27-09 04:00 #2226
Posts: 249I think ShadowAxis hit some home-runs about why the lack of tourism in the PIs.
There are only two local dishes to eat there: Balut and chicken adobo. They made an attempt to import a foreign cuisine but chose the worst country on this planet, US.
I think it is the only country in Asia that doesn't feel and look like Asia. People don't want to fly thousands of miles to visit a country that looks like a poor Spanish neighborhood in Los Angeles .
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01-26-09 23:39 #2225
Posts: 293Culture Shock!
Where ever I go, I buy the Culture Shock! books.
It is not about places to visit, but about the people and culture in the countries I visit. I find the serie very valuable when travelling to new places.
I can not recall any good webpages with info right now, but there are a lot of info out there, which is relevant.
What are you actually looking for?
Originally Posted by James In Japan
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01-26-09 22:37 #2224
Posts: 18Shadow Axis NAILED IT
Man your report was perfect, and I concur however there are a percentge of wonderful people there. I have been ripped off lied to (NOTE it is normal for a Phil to lie all of the time) but slowly but surely I am connecting with the right group of people there.
Go there and expect little and focus on the amazing pussy, I had more good sex with more different amateur woman in the first 11 days in January that I will for the next 354 here in Canada and thats the facts Jack.
The Phils has hidden treasures and jewels and it is the people but mostly they are a you describe.
When they leave the country however everythign changes and they grow a brain and get focused, sadly there they are affected by thir friends and lack the character to rise above, I mena how easy would it be to stand out in ts crowd.
Then the ones that do get ahead are usually the worst people to hang with as their arrogance dominates and they look down on all who are beneath them.
I prefer and feast on wonderful single moms, they usually work hard and fuck harder!
Just Jim
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01-26-09 13:35 #2223
Posts: 4050The Philippines vs. the rest of SE Asia
Originally Posted by X Man
In a country in which nothing is protected, including the rights of foreign investors, who would bother to invest?
GE