Last Thursday was a friend of friend’s Pares house’s soft opening day in Victoria. As supportive friends who have spacious tummies, the barkada rode their way to the town to have a taste of their pares and mami. The stall of Para Pares is located in a small food stop, where a branch of Malay
While some people choose quick food, which are meals that are served only for a few minutes, other people choose to build up and franchise small food stalls with low investments to cater these customers. These two kinds of people are the target market of companies like JCW Franchise Inc. Their brands can easily be
Hightown Cafe isn’t your typical aesthetic cafe that displays vibrant interiors and elegant designs. It’s a yard of a house, like any other, with tables and chairs set up and decorated fairy lights. If you think of it, it’s just ordinary. But there’s something in Hightown Cafe that makes us wanna spend our afternoons in
Once a humble home owned by carefree and friendly habitants, this new restaurant in the small town of Pola is making noise, reaching every foodies in Mindoro. Casa de Mina is an al-fresco restaurant built out of passion. The owners simply loves cooking and chilling so they opened and turned their beautiful backyard into a
While the other side of the middle class milk tea world is dominated by Infinitea, I Love Milk Tea is extended across the other side. When I was taking up my college years in Manila, I remember being surrounded with Infinitea shops inside and outside school. On the other hand, my boyfriend said that I
Next to the city of Calapan, I must say that Bongabong holds a number of cozy dining cafe in Oriental Mindoro. A few months after Beati Hortus opened, El Arrozal Resto Cafe, which found its good location along the road going to Lisap bridge, is now welcoming hungry travelers as well. Although it is more
In Mindoro, milk tea shops are so 2019. The latest trend as of this year 2021 is coffee shops. After the height of lockdown, I’m surprised that cafes were suddenly appearing here and there. There are Korean-inspired ones, minimalist ones, hotel cafes, bar-type ones, street-style kiosks, mobile coffee shops and more. It’s kinda hard to
One bakeshop Calapan is proud to have is probably Cakes by Leen. They started baking in their small store along the street of J.P. Rizal. Eventually, tiny stalls with their cakes displayed erupted in Calapan malls. That’s where I discovered them since I mostly go to malls of Calapan. Now, I find Cakes by Leen
We were on our way to my parents’ company’s team building conducted at Squares Beachfront Apartment at the province’s famous Puerto Galera when we took our lunch at Viewing Deck Restaurant. When you’re going to or from Puerto Galera, this restaurant can easily catch one’s eye since it located along the highway and at the
One restaurant that has been a part of my childhood and, at the same time, still part of my present, is definitely Ate Vi’s Kambingan. When I was young, this carinderia, located at Victoria, was the family’s regular stop whenever we were traveling north. I wouldn’t say my order because my parents already know what
