Pre-Christmas Team Dinner at Italianni's

It's always good to have a back-up plan, that's what will save your ass in case you get yourself into knee-deep trouble. Okay, I feel like I'm talking about something grave here, when I'm really just talking about dinner plans! We were pressed for time, but the queue at Kettle (Plan A) was crazy, so we had to abort and deviate to Italianni's ( ad-hoc Plan B). 

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Aria Cucina Italiana at Station 2, Boracay Island

Boracay is teeming with restaurants that it does come to a point of being overwhelmed when deciding where your next meal will be. It can get confusing and even frustrating, specially when your tummies are grumbling from the short but tiring trip to get to the island or coming from an afternoon loaded with activities. Beach front restaurants hold a major advantage  in this category, and one such restaurant is Aria Cucina Italiana.

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Ottimo Pasto at Benassi Ristorante Italiano

In today's trend of large scale and commercially operated restaurants, finding a family-owned restaurant dishing out home-cooked Italian meals in the busy heart of Ortigas makes me squeal with delight! After all, nothing beats the euphoric feeling of sitting down at the end of a hectic work day to savor an intricately prepared dish and just lose all sense of time and pending deadlines.

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Catching Up Lunch At The French Baker

Salad Starter PHP 82.00 or USD 1.89. Since the BFF is back in the city, we waste no time and do some serious catching up! I cannot stress enough that her meal is not a proper meal without her greens, so Batch settles for their Salad Starter.

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Speedy Lunch Date at Shakey's

Random amazing and/or weird fact: I have never tried Shakey's mojos until this year. No, I'm not kidding.

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Office Packed Lunch [Series]: Cheesy Tuna Pesto With Black Olives

Apologies for the erratic posting. I've been so negligent with trying to maintain regular blog posts lately, and it's not that I'm dead beat to do it, but because I've been favoring other activities like voracious reading and movie marathons. Baaaaaaaaaaad. Must make use of my paid domain name! :P

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El Buono Special Pizza, A New Found Favorite!

El Buono Special 12"

PHP 399.00 or USD 9.52

No two pizzas taste alike, that's why it's always like an adventure each time I open up a box. I've tasted many, some of which were bad, others were okay but forgettable and only a few that makes the word “diet” die in your vocabulary.  I’m delighted to discover another pizza that made me fall hook, line and sinker. Imagine a pizza laden with mozzarella cheese, ham, pepperoni, ground beef, bell peppers, onions, pineapple, black olives, corn,  made more ambrosial with El Buono’s signature sauce, sprinkled with herbs and spices that gives this one heck of a pizza, an added edge over other pizzas I have tried in the past.

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Team Dinner Date @Pizza Hut

You probably must be muttering to yourself right now, "Pizza Hut again?!?". Well I can't blame you if you feel that way, but don't blame me for the repetition because Pizza Hut is one of the few pizza and pasta places I like going back to. Good cozy ambiance + good food, what's not to like?

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Lots' A Pizza

Apartment living sure has its perks, but along with those perks are also some necessary purchases. My house mates have been very accommodating and even lent me one of the mattresses all for myself since I had no time to purchase mine because my company demanded I start ASAP. So last week, when I finally had some down time I asked one of my house mates, Joey to go with me to SM Hypermarket Makati to get me a mattress. :)

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Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria [Embracing My Inner Italian Part II]

Count on me to always order dishes that aren't a restaurant's best sellers. Maybe half the time, that's the reason why I end up being disappointed after a pig out session. So, one time I mustered up enough self control and revisited Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria. Why? Two things: The service is A+ and the last time I went there, I didn't order any of their best sellers, I didn't even order a pizza. :P

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Joey Pepperoni Pizzeria

Pizza and Pasta places have been multiplying in numbers and with so many places to choose from, you just have to go for it some time and set out on a new adventure. I'm not really the type of person who heads to a restaurant straight up when it's just newly opened. Like other normal people, I wait for the hype, let it cool down a bit, and then pay a visit. :)

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Getting A Wee Bit Audacious With Greenwich

Meatball Spaghetti Supreme Meal

Php 99.00 or $ 2.24

When Greenwich comes to mind, my mind auto pilots towards their best sellers, dish staples that I'm sure a lot of people constantly order each and every time. On our last visit to Greenwich, I decided to steer clear of my staple orders and try something different, they do have expanded their menu to such a variety that seems worth trying.

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Get 3 Large Pizzas For Only Php 499.00 At Gourdo's Cafe

True to the spirit that I am definitely "on a pizza roll" here's another good news for pizza lovers out there! Buy 3 stone oven baked pizzas and you may choose any from Hawaiian, Margherita, Neapolitan, or Vegetarian flavors for only Php 499.00, and save as much as Php 326.00!

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BFF Date at Pizza Hut Bistro

Olive Garden Salad

Php 159.00 or $ 3.64

A day before Batch goes back to Bicol, we decided to try the controversial Pizza Hut Lechon Pizza. This was the same week that I stayed at her apartment, Batch met up with a friend of hers that morning so I just followed after a few hours. I overslept, plus the traffic was horrendous from Makati to Mandaluyong, so when we caught up with each other, I was really famished not having to eat any breakfast yet for that day.

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Dinner At Don Henrico's

Summer Salad 

Php 240.00 or $ 5.44 

Last week, I met up and stayed at my BFF's apartment for almost a week. The first night I arrived with Joey, I was running on near empty energy because I only had brunch earlier, slept the afternoon away, met up with Joey before 7PM, commuted with my big Speedo gym bag (thanks dude for carrying it for me!), stopped by SM North to buy a wireless router for their apartment (which was really great because I only used my iPod Touch the whole stay and not bring my big HP dv5) and finally headed straight to the apartment.

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Heaven On Earth With Sbarro's Baked Ziti

1/2 Baked Ziti with Alfredo Sauce

Php 96.00 or $ 2.19

The name may fool you and think that it's one of those fancy schmancy pizza and pasta places but you are in for a treat because Sbarro is one of the few places left where you get the ultimate combination of great atmosphere + affordable prices + yummy food.

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Greenwich: Big Time Lunch

Big Time Lunch C + French Fries

Php 129.00 or $ 2.93 (Big Time Lunch C)

Php 49.00 (Solo Fies) - Php 89.00 (Sharing) or $ 1.11 - $ 2.02

Greenwich has been my go to place when I wanted to satisfy my pizza and pasta cravings and stay within my budget, since it practically has a lot of branches nationwide which has made it very convenient for us customers and they happen to serve my favorite version of lasagna which I think, in my own humble opinion even surpasses Goldilocks' version of lasagna.

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A Veneto Pizzeria Ristorante

A few weeks ago, I met up with my BFF and stayed at her apartment for the weekend, we were supposed to renew our NBI Clearances come Monday morning and so we went to Makati Park Square. Having been on the run that weekend and running on not enough sleep, I was feeling really off earlier that Monday morning and begged my friend to hurry up withdrawing from her ATM. The ATM somehow sensed my ill feelings and didn't cooperate! I think I spent 15-20 minutes half standing and half trying to lean on the side of the ATM machine while my friend tried to withdraw cash.

Since I haven't tried dining in A Veneto Pizzeria Ristorante and my friend really raves about their food, so we mutually agreed to dine there. After ordering our drinks came first, mine was iced tea while my friend's choice was lemonade. After a few sips I felt really sick and like the liquid was rising up my throat, (eeew, I know, sorry for grossing anyone out), good thing I managed to reach the comfort room. After that little incident, I started feeling a wee bit better. Thank God because we had a jam-packed day ahead of us.

My friend wanted her greens and so she ordered their Chef's Salad. I tried to have some and boy, those green olives are sooo salty! The salad was average though.

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