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

Davao Butterfly House

I've loved butterflies eversince I was a kid and I always marveled at how they become very beautiful creatures when they come out from their ugly cocoons. At the Davao Butterfly House we saw (and touched) the alien looking caterpillars that would eventually transform into butterflies. Here are some of them:

I was surprised to see so many butterflies upon entering the Butterfly House. They were flying around, crawling on the floor, drinking water on festive plates and mating!

I even had a very up-close and personal experience with one of the pretty brown butterflies (someone said on Plurk that it's a good luck omen!). Here's a video of that experience:

Aside from the butterflies, the Davao Butterfly House also boasts of lush vegetation and a pond. You can also take a glimpse at the 

Davao Butterfly House Inc.

Riverfront Drive, Corporate City

Diversion Highway, Ma-a, Davao City

Entrance Fee: PhP50 per person

Davao FAT2: Cafe Andessa

Awed.

I was awed with how much yummy food Cafe Andessa served us. I also believe the owners are kindred spirits from the Bicol region because of the many Bicol-inspired dishes that was served. I know I'm going to start blabbing, so let me share with you photos of the gastronomic delights that we sampled.

The Sinugba is a dish that's going to make you eat more (pampagana!). I loved how the vinegar mix  cooked the raw tuna. 

Kamote is not just musical fruit, was served coated and with a sweet dip.

I'm not sure what this fish is called, but it was very tasty and definitely not oily.

Calamari, just couldn't get enough of it.

The binugtong (not sure if that's the right spelling) is something I am very familiar with because I always make sure I eat one whenever I visit Bicol. It's suman to the next level.

I'm not really sure what this dish was, but it was very tasty too. 

I'm pretty sure no one else managed to taste this sweet pork dish except me and Juned. When it was placed in front of us we looked at each other and agreed that we were going to keep it all to ourselves. LOL. 

Bicol express pasta! I put myself to shame with this dish because I was only able to eat a couple of fork-fulls, it was really spicy! Spicy but definitely delicious.

Pork liempo, another dish that Juned and I kept to ourselves. LOL.

Laing, ahhh another Bicol staple food. Authentic!

Turon with ice cream. You'll definitely eat it even if you're already full. 

Tokwa't baboy is one of my favorite food.

Sizzling squid.

I can't imagine how much food I ate that day. I'm not also sure which dish I'd call the superstar because everything was delicious. Hmm... hmm... no I really can't, but if there's one dish you should definitely try because it's unique, it's the Bicol Express Pasta. I don't think you'd find the same dish anywhere else. 

Cafe Andessa

Number 2, Cabantian Road, 

Carpio Subdivision, Buhangin, 

Davao City

+(6382) 302-9314