When it comes to cuisine few countries hold a candle to Japan, and the street food scene is properly insane. I cannot get enough of the place, so I have decided to put together my 20 best Japanese street food dishes. This was no easy task. I could have made it 50 dishes long. Oh…
The Gold Club Port Moresby is probably the epicentre of nightlife within the capital, and it is also by far the safest place to party in the city. It has a reputation for being well run, polished, and reliable, which in a city like Port Moresby is no small feat. Whether you are looking for…
Every country has its own fried chicken hero. In America, it is Colonel Sanders in his white suit and creepy grin. In Korea, it is all about double-fried wings and beer. And in the Philippines, that hero is a man named Maximo Gimenez, who gave birth to the proudly Filipino chain known as Max’s Restaurant….
When it comes to competition few countries in the region can match the fast food restaurants of the Phlippines. Perhaps it is the American influence, but there are quite literally franchises everywhere. Unlike other countries though and while they do have foreign brands like McDonalds, an awful lot of the fast food restaurants of the…
Walk into a McDonald’s anywhere else in the world and you know exactly what you’re getting. The smell of fries, the corporate red and yellow glow, the same menu you could order in London, Bangkok, or New York. Then you come to the Philippines and see something called McDo. Not McDonald’s. McDo. It looks the…
Jolibee is not just a restaurant chain. It is an institution, a source of national pride, and the taste of home for millions of Filipinos. When you start talking about countries with Jolibee, you are really talking about the Filipino diaspora. The smiling bee has become a global symbol of how far Filipino culture has…
