Marikina: Pan de Amerikana

Unique. I knew I had to bring Miguel to Pan de Amerikana when Sweetie mentioned that they have a life-size chess board in the restaurant. Miguel loves to play chess and I knew then that I wouldn't have a hard time convincing him to come with me. 

Miguel, Jay, me, Migs, Andrew, and Mica

Food. The food at Pan de Amerikana is cheap! They have a wide array of Filipino food you can choose from like the all-day breakfast menu, sisig, barbecue, bangus belly and for merienda there's spaghetti (PhP20 only!), palabok and sandwiches served using their famous pandesal. Their fruit shakes also come very cheap and they have halo-halo too. 

Tambayan. It's also a great place to hang-out in because they have free wifi and they have a lot of stuff to see. I was sorry I did not bring my camera in the restroom because there were unique stuff in it too. Aside from the life-size chess board they also have a good number of chess sets you can borrow (I don't play, but my boys do). We also had a lot of fun cam-whoring around the place. 

Pan de Amerikana

Main Office:

92 Ordonez St. 

Concepcion dos Marikina 

+(632) 475-2398

Branches:

White Plains, Quezon City +(632) 421-1966

Wilson St., Greenhills +(632) 384-6741

Biksa Coffee

I had a lovely time at Biksa Coffee in Marikina last weekened with friends - Migs, Melo, Gail, Marc, Sha, Karla and Sweetie! It was the perfect place to go to after having dinner at Krung Thai. 

Here's a photo of the love seat featured in a TV show (all photos by JayDJ).

Coffee 

And a little tea pot for me.

What I loved most about the place is the atmosphere and free wifi! 

Biksa Coffee is located at (near BDO):

18 Gil Fernando Avenue corner
Dragon Street, Marikina City

Krung Thai

Krung Thai came highly recommended, so I thought that I definitely had to try it out the next time I went to Marikina. That day came last weekened when I attended the wifi-testing of SM Marikina. We headed to Krung Thai after the event.

I'm not into spicy food. So Sweetie and I ordered food that wasn't spicy. This is what we had (all photos by Sweetie):

Spring rolls for appetizer

Pork Satay

Pad Thai

Thai Style Iced Tea

Gail, Marc, Sha and Karla had crab rice.

Migs had this set meal, veggies with bagoong rice. 

The food was relatively cheap and there were a lot of families coming in and out to eat. Krung Thai is definitely an alternative to the usual fast food. I liked the spring rolls (though it was a bit oily). The pad thai though tasted more like mee-goreng and the satay lacked the taste of peanuts (I think it tasted more like Indian barbecue than Satay). 

Must have: Thai iced tea

Can do without: Satay

Price range: PhP150 per person (servings are huge, so you better share)

The Lakwatsera's Rating: alternative to fast food