An afternoon in Intramuros...

A Saturday afternoon walk in " Walled city" as they call it. It was years since I last visited Intramuros. Built during the Spanish era, was the seat of the government back then


















Bricks along the wall are stamped with dates of 1981 and 1861




















The Manila Cathedral













































Fort Santiago

Built by Miguel lopez De Legaspi, a historical site for the people of Manila.

Rizal's back bone, said to have been hit by a bullet

Shawarma center in Ermita

My colleague at work Chris told me that he found an authentic Mideastern foodie place and it is in the heart of Ermita Manila.I can tell that it is authenthic, many Mideastern foreigners come to dine here.

There are actually two Shawarma snack center, both are located in the same street.Wondering why there are two? One is for whose budget can afford a more expensive meal and the other one is for the budget conscious consumer. So might try the budget friendly SSC. I asked the waitress and asked the difference between the two SSC, she said that the expensive one has bigger servings and the place is more elegant but the food choices is just the same. So I ordered shawarma, you can have choices in terms of serving size, they do have a promo of buying 3 medium sized shawarma for just Php 150.00. And a big serving cost Php 75.00 each.

I ordered the beef shawarma, moutabel (spicy Lebanese dip made from eggplant) , kubus, tea and a budget meal lamb keema

I liked the keema best, really spicy and complemented by a soup with curry.

I enjoyed this meal, not bad for it's price. Try checking this out when in Manila.

Price - 7/10

Taste - 7/10

Authenticity 10/10

Persian king kebab in T. Morato

I was visiting a friend who works at E. Rod ave. and It's lunchtime, we decided to go out for lunch. We went straight to Persian king Kebab T. Morato cor. E Rod.

Last time I went here was 5 years ago. I've been dinning in quite a few Mideastern restaurant and compare the experience.

There are few tables with customers eating and as we we're seated I tried calling the staffs attention to hand in the menu list.  We waited for almost 15 min before one of the staff to noticed that no one is assisting us, and called up one of the waiters to attend to us. Unlike other restaurant upon entering , you will be walked to your table. I've decided to order grilled lamb chop and basmati rice for me and my friend and and a plate of humos with kubus ( pita bread).

Grilled Lamb chop is OK, considering it' relatively cheap. As always it complemented the hot sauce and garlic sauce. overall I give it a 6/10 score. Not as good compared to other Mediterranean joint I've been in to. It is open 24/7, and prices are affordable.