Isdaan Tarlac is a local open restaurant serving Filipino food located along the highway in Gerona, Tarlac. It’s a famous stop over for commuters traveling along the highway north. The restaurant has a very traditional decor and huts built with bamboo that are floating on water. It has some big figures too like a big Buddha at the top of a structure you can take pictures with and wide rice fields in the background.
Fortune Seafood Tarlac is a popular Chinese restaurant in Tarlac City. Price is on the higher side so we usually go here on special occasions. They also have space on the second floor for private parties or meetings. The food in my opinion is very good. We have a few favorites when we come here and we order those and try new dishes here and there.
Ichiran Ramen is one of the more popular ramen chains in Japan. They specialize in tonkotsu ramen which is ramen with a soup base of pork bones broth. Tonkotsu ramen originates in the Fukuoka region of Japan. Ichiran ramen began with a single store but started to expand into more in 1993. They also have a lot of overseas location in the US and Asia. According to their website, they originated the Original Spicy Red Sauce, Aromatic Tonkotsu Broth, Solo Dining Booth, Order Form
and Kae-Dama Ordering System.
Yakiniku M Dotonbori is a grill restaurant that specializes in Matsusaka beef. I know that Kobe beef is very famous in the world. In Japan, the top three beef are Matsusaka, Kobe and Ohmi beef. All of those beef are raised in the Kansai region of Japan. Matsusaka beef is the meat of a Japanese black cattle brought up in certain conditions in the Matsusaka region of Japan. The Matsusaka Yakiniku M Dotonbori restaurants specializes in that kind of beef. Only 2,500 Matsusaka cattles are slaughtered every year that is why the prices are quite high. From our hotel, we took the Osaka Loop and transferred for Namba station at Tennoji because of our JR pass.
Rice Restaurant is one of the three restaurants at Princesa Garden Resort and Spa Palawan. It’s the same restaurant where they serve the complimentary breakfast. They also are open for lunch and dinner. We had a pick out of the three and we decided to try this one first. It serves Filipino and International cuisine. Their hotel website says that they show cultural presentations on occasion outdoor but it was not the case when we were there maybe because it was low season.
Hungry Yard Tarlac is the city’s first food park. It is built on container shelves like most food park in the Philippines. The place has about 25-30 food stalls. It can be packed on weekends especially on holidays. Hungry Yard Tarlac has varied selection from comfort food to desserts and craft beers. It is located on the San Sebastian/San Vicente diversion road which is basically the back of SM Tarlac which has been becoming like a restaurant row since a lot of food establishments have opened there in the last few years. That area is very much alive at night.
Antwerp Chocolate week is an event that goes on for about 10 days wherein you can visit several participating chocolate stores. You can exchange any of your 10 vouchers for chocolates offered in store. Some stores lets you choose and some stores have it already packed. Locally this event is known as “Antwerpen Week van de Chocolade” and for 2018, it goes from March 2-11. It’s a very short window of time. I was supposed to do it with a friend last Saturday but we didn’t have enough time so I decided to do it after class today.
We stumbled upon Tongara Ramen in Cebu because of its location on Escario Street. Our hotel Best Western Plus is located just a few meters away from the complex of restaurants including Tongara Ramen. We were just looking for a place to eat dinner and we decided to try this ramen restaurant.
Coast Pool Bar is a cozy bar by the pool and the beach at South Palms Resort. We mostly had lunch here but we also had dinner once when we thought the main restaurant was a bit noisy. Prices are expensive. We love the colorful tables and chairs strewn around the bar. The decor is really fun and chic. I think they share the same menu with the Oceania restaurant which is the main restaurant of the resort. They are open almost all day except for breakfast serving lunch, dinner and in between drinks or snacks.
Bohol Beach Club Agotata Restaurant is the main restaurant of Bohol Beach Club. It is open from 6:00am to 10:00pm. They serve both local Filipino food and International food.
