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Greenwich pizza is not bad, from the Jollibee conglomerate.

[QUOTE=Ikksman;1569064]Nothing like some Filipino food to get our sweet young and hungry Filipina in the mood for fun and games.

Inevitably, when a poster mentions a fast food place, They mention Jollibee. There is even a Jollibee in Hong Kong in the lane behind World Wide House for homesick DH's.

[B]I would rather eat balut, than eat Jollibee or Chowking (and don't even talk about Kenny Rodgers).[/B]

But I have had half decent tucker at other fast food chains like Congo Grill (good grilled pusit or sisig sometimes), or Max's for chicken. But I have yet to find a decent kare-kare (oxtail AND tripe) or dinuguan anywhere.

And some of the cakes from Red Ribbon or Goldilocks are edible too.

Any other half decent fast food chains?[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Ikksman;1569064]Nothing like some Filipino food to get our sweet young and hungry Filipina in the mood for fun and games.

Inevitably, when a poster mentions a fast food place, They mention Jollibee. There is even a Jollibee in Hong Kong in the lane behind World Wide House for homesick DH's.

[B]I would rather eat balut, than eat Jollibee or Chowking (and don't even talk about Kenny Rodgers).[/B]

But I have had half decent tucker at other fast food chains like Congo Grill (good grilled pusit or sisig sometimes), or Max's for chicken. But I have yet to find a decent kare-kare (oxtail AND tripe) or dinuguan anywhere.

And some of the cakes from Red Ribbon or Goldilocks are edible too.

Any other half decent fast food chains?[/QUOTE]To Ikksman.

I will never eat Jollibee in Hong Kong so many good restaurant I only eat Jollibee in Manila because is fast and the girl like it, The Phillippine have the worst food in Asia.

Fast eddie 48.

[QUOTE=XMan;1569222]Greenwich pizza is not bad, from the Jollibee conglomerate.[/QUOTE]I must remember never to eat with you then X LOL.
I did notice that you used the term "not bad" which I take is not exactly a ringing endorsement.

For me, Greenwich is poorly cooked (usually semi-raw) and designed for Filipino taste.

The ONLY fast food that I will touch is the Chowking halo halo.

It is a classic halo halo and a great refreshing summer treat. The downside is that you usually need to wait a while because it is so popular and there is always a line of people ahead of you.

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[QUOTE=Ikksman;1568592]I remember back in about 2007 when all the toilets were clogged and overflowing (even in the Qantas Club Lounge; not that one can call it a lounge). The excuse was that they were not going to replace the old plumbing because they were all shifting to Terminal 3 in a few months!

Cheers.[/QUOTE]The original movei and date was actually much earlier than that. The plan was for the terminal that's now predominated by Cebu Pacific was actually completed sometime in about 2002/2003. I recall being given a VIP tour.

The problems then started as International airlines refused to move as the terminal came with internet that didn't work, some of the jetways were neither operational and the terminal didn't have licenced jetway operators, there was no space planned for VIP lounges and a whole host of other incomplete, misplanned things.

And here we are in 2014 , and not much has actually changed.

KL HK Osaka Singapore etc all have great airports and Manila doesn't.Fact! And its not going to change anytime soon.

[quote=freebiefan;1569462]kl hk osaka singapore etc all have great airports and manila doesn't.fact! and its not going to change anytime soon.[/quote]but for the natives the fact that the president apologized and blamed the previous govt means, all is well.

btw, with the oligarchy running power generation and distribution, i was amused to see on anc news yesterday the doe requesting consumers to be considerate and reduce energy consumption in view of the rolling brown outs. rather than admit the fact that the power suppliers are holding the consumer by the balls.

only in the philippines such comedy is appreciated.

p.s. since i almost exclusively fly philippine airlines just to avoid t1, another miracle of asia..

for all international flights out of t2, there are a dozen pasalubong shops, but, one male toilet and all but one urinal broken, and for the first time in my life i queued to [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord134][CodeWord134][/url] in an international airport. the queue was spilling all the way out, but the toilet attendant had no qualms asking for a tip. oh, tip i did, 2 peso in 5 centavos.

[QUOTE=FastEddie48;1569336]To Ikksman.

I will never eat Jollibee in Hong Kong so many good restaurant I only eat Jollibee in Manila because is fast and the girl like it, The Phillippine have the worst food in Asia.

Fast eddie 48.[/QUOTE]It was only a matter of time. Both Max's Chicken and Jollibee have come to Hawaii, where about 14% of the population is Filipino.

[QUOTE=MrHawaii;1569495]It was only a matter of time. Both Max's Chicken and Jollibee have come to Hawaii, where about 14% of the population is Filipino.[/QUOTE]Jollibee is actually a world wide brand now with outlets all over the place...in Las Vegas, Daly City (largest concentration of Filipinos there) San Francisco, San Diego and LA... And also Brunei, Hong Kong, Vietnam.

Its becoming a much bigger player... 50 million overseas workers can't be wrong.. LOL.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan;1569507]Jollibee is actually a world wide brand now with outlets all over the place...in Las Vegas, Daly City (largest concentration of Filipinos there) San Francisco, San Diego and LA... And also Brunei, Hong Kong, Vietnam.

Its becoming a much bigger player... 50 million overseas workers can't be wrong.. LOL.[/QUOTE]I hear the Tan families in PI are going to merge and we will get Jollibee and Chowking selections on all Philippine Airlines flight menus.

Would it be an improvement?

Cheers.

[QUOTE=FreebieFan;1569507]Its becoming a much bigger player... 50 million overseas workers can't be wrong.. LOL.[/QUOTE]It can only reach 100 million, I suspect, the population of Filipinos all over the world plus at home.

Even in Singapore Jolybee and all Filipino food outlets are patronized exclusively by Filipinos.

Nobody else can stick the flavour, or lack of it.

But God forbid never tell Filipinos their food sucks, you maybe killed.

Just as much as Filipinos are willing to die for the beauty pagent stuff, they are ready to commit mass murder on anybody who disses their food.

Years ago, a friend's maid was pestering him to open a Filipino restaurant in view of many Filipinos etc etc, in Singapore.

My friend got fed up and told her, all over the world you have Chinese, Indian, Spanish, Mexican, Italian, German and all food, patronized by other races, except Filipino food, because only Filipinos dig their tasteless food. And that's why, in Singapore, almost all Filipino food outlets are in lucky plaza. Rare outside. And those outside lucky plaza, the outlets are next to a concentration of Filipinos. Exclusively serving only to Filipinos.

The maid nearly formed a hit squad on her boss, by telling all other maid in the viinity that her boss is anti Filipino. No kidding.

Ikksman. Seeing Jollibee and chowking on board flights? Maybe never on Philippine airlines.

That airline has a lot of binding contracts which thanks to the legal eagles who wrote to screw the then national carrier for lifetime, is unable to even cut down expenses.

I dunno how far it is true but a guy supplying some in flight stuff, is supposed set for life as per the contract it will cost a lot of money to terminate that PR is finding it cheaper to serve lousy ice cream / peanuts and the likes.

And see the air stewards, almost all need glasses to read and often I hear them hissing at demanding passengers. PALEA is holding the airline by their balls. And most are determined to fly till retirement age.

After all Lucio Tan didn't fork out a lot to own the airline though he has minted more by divesting to SM group.

Why would he care?

[QUOTE=FreebieFan;1569507]Jollibee is actually a world wide brand now with outlets all over the place...in Las Vegas, Daly City (largest concentration of Filipinos there) San Francisco, San Diego and LA... And also Brunei, Hong Kong, Vietnam.

Its becoming a much bigger player... 50 million overseas workers can't be wrong.. LOL.[/QUOTE]And in the Middle East (Saudi included) - in some malls you can smell the 'aromatic' flavours of the food before you see it LOL.

FF - 50 million can't be wrong? Or have no taste buds?

LOL

[QUOTE=EconoTech;1569582] {S N I P} Ikksman. Seeing Jollibee and chowking on board flights? Maybe never on Philippine airlines.

That airline has a lot of binding contracts which thanks to the legal eagles who wrote to screw the then national carrier for lifetime, is unable to even cut down expenses. {S N I P}
[/QUOTE]My tongue was very firmly in my cheek (because of the common Tan name).

Nevertheless, interesting stuff about PAL. And I did not know that San Mig now has 49% ownership. The only news we read about PI in China is the Manila tourist bus fiasco (still!) and the South China Sea disputes!

Cheers.

Just not the fast food and cheap restaurant varieties. Jollibee and Chowking? Yuck! And I remember almost spewing at the taste of a sweet and sour meatballs at Goldilocks.

But genuine Filipino food can be very tasty and spicy.

Many Filipino foods are actually traditional Chinese (Hokkien and Cantonese) dishes such as pancit, lumpia, siopao buns, machang and hopia, etc.

Many others are a fusion of Spanish and traditional native foods and can be quite enticing.

A lot of westerners hate the taste of bagoong, which is a shrimp paste commonly used in many Asian cuisines. But for some reason, Filipinos love it so much, they spread it everywhere Have you ever tried green mango and bagoong? It is certainly an acquired taste!

But what about the finger licking good Pork Lechon? We westerners hoe into Pork Lechon and dip the crispy skin generously into the tasty Lechon sauce. And when people are informed that the 'apple' sauce is actually made from pig's liver, the looks on their faces are priceless!

My two centavos worth.

Cheers.

[QUOTE=Ikksman;1569566]I hear the Tan families in PI are going to merge and we will get Jollibee and Chowking selections on all Philippine Airlines flight menus.

Would it be an improvement?

Cheers.[/QUOTE]I just got a bad case of GIRD.

There was a Max's in San Diego about 25 years ago. As well as an Iglesia ni Cristo church.

[QUOTE=MrHawaii;1569495]It was only a matter of time. Both Max's Chicken and Jollibee have come to Hawaii, where about 14% of the population is Filipino.[/QUOTE]