Hoagies @ SM City North Edsa, Annex
I accidentally saw this place when I was on my way to get a Blizzard at the lower ground of the Annex. I was mildly surprised because I was so used to having coffee (with good friend, Mary Anne) and ice cream at this Korean coffee shop in the same spot. Coffee was terrible there but we like having our meetings there kasi walang tao.
Anyway, I just had lunch at Bonchon and I was on my way to get dessert when I saw Hoagies. Still full, I entered the store (as always, I give in to food temptation) to try their P88 promo. I ordered for the Tuna Sub. For P88, I guess it was an okay sandwich. Tuna came from the can (good Tuna uses grilled fresh fish) and I wanted a little onions and more cracked pepper with it. I still looked for that kick. Sadly, there's none (wasn't able to finish my sub). Again, for P88... oh well. Promised myself to be back and order those meaty melt subs!
I miss Subway, all of the sudden.
Fish Port & SM Mall @ General Santos City
October 21, 2012. My 45th birthday.
It’s not the first time
I spent my birthday outside Manila (the
first time was in Bacolod
a few years back). I guess, when you get older you kinda get bored with the
usual stuff. When my good friend broached the idea of visiting GenSan
five months ago, I immediately asked him to book a flight on my birthday. He did. It was a
long wait but worth it. It was one-helluva-vacation.
Anyway, we landed in GenSan very early Sunday
morning. We were picked up and brought to the “The General
Santos Fish Port Complex” (GSFPC) guest house in Barangay
Tambler where we stayed for three days. We didn’t lose time in exploring the
place (it covers 11 hectares). We went to the complex’ food court which caters mostly
to the “tuna workers” and settled for “Fel & Jay and Atel Eateries”
primarily because they serve Balbacua, a Cebuano specialty popular in the southern
part of the country (it was my first time to eat this Balbacua, a soupy dish with
green leafy veggies). Of course, I had to
order for Fried Chicken which came chopped with a small bowl of banana catsup. Yum. I also ordered for a serving of Tortang Talong and Meatballs which, I think, was
undercooked.
It was a P300-taxi-ride
from the Fish Port to the new SM Mall (it opened last
August) where we had our lunch of Tuna Paksiw at Chona's and a slice of
what we think was their version of Sans Rival with condensed milk. Not bad.
And so... it was the start of a week of eating, eating and still more eating.
