Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City, HCMC? Who cares and does it matter? What does matter though is that I have found what is potentially both the weirdest and fun place for a day out in the city – Suoi Tien, ar to give the full title – Công viên Suối Tiên! How did I end…
The Philippines gets bagged a lot for not having great food, but actually they do, it is just all imported for the most part. And this is what led me back to having sashimi at Kushimasa Japanese restaurant in Ermita. Why Japanese food? Well this area is popular with both Japanese and Koreans, which means…
A few months ago I was treated to lunch at Cafe Adriatico because my friend stated it was “the best” in Manila. Overall I was impressed, but not so impressed I felt I would end up coming back. Come back though I did indeed do after our group tried to find a Brazilian BBQ restaurant…
When it come to food in the Philippines yje general consensus is that it is bad, which is partly true. What they do have though is pretty much every American franchise, as well as a whole heap of local ones, Greenwich Pizza is one of the later. And it seems that franchises might just be…
While I have already covered the nightlife of Ermita, there is one bar that truly stands out from the rest and that is Dusk Till Dawn Bar down on the main stretch. For the uninitiated Ermita used to be a main nightlife spot for Manila including gems like the Hobbit House, but was essentially decimated…
I was looking forward to going back to Palau and Koror for a lot of reasons, with a primary one being the great food. And at the top of the Koror food pile? In my mind it is Carp Restaurant. Amazingly this was to be my first time back in Palau after a 4 year…
