YOUR SWEETEST COUNTER IN BF HOMES

BUCKY's COUNTER - LOSE FROM SWEETNESS

After my Ramen Kuroda foodtrip in BF Homes we tried here. 

Ordered Bucky's n Cream, Softserve Cone and Latte to blend for balance the sweetness of 2. 

 literally SWEETNESS OVERLOAD

Soft serve cone

Bucky's and Cream on the side

• super sweet

• really for desserts and sweet lovers.

• a bit of saltiness

• i love dairy products and i love the vanilla ice cream. 

• mixing the little brownies for me over the sweetness. it is not kind of good idea. 

• I really can't accept its sweetness alone, best to drink with espresso. 

• Cone is freshly made.

The Instagramable Latte

• Mr. perfect to balance it all

• I love it

• simple presentation.

• serving was just ok just in a glass but that's enough

• service was good. that time only 1 person who assisted the customers. and make the cone. :)

• per desserts can be done by 2-3 person not because of size but because of sweet intake. 

• Whenever I look in this photo I still crave.

• place is not for oldies who hates stairs. 

• peaceful place

• clean and cute place's theme

• good place for long talk. I think.

 

HOW TO GET TO BUCKY's. (2nd floor)

Public Transpo:
either from SLEX Sucat or
take jeepney Baclaran via sucat road > tell the driver to drop you off at SM BF > cross the road going to SM BF > ride tricycle beside SM in front of 7/11 and tell 169 Aguirre Ave.

from Baclaran:
take jeepney going to Sucat via sucat road > tell the driver to drop you off at SM BF > ride tricycle and tell 169 Aguirre Ave.

Private Transpo: note that the parking is limited for the entire building.
from Sucat road> take President Avenue (left side of SM BF) > turn left on Aguirre Street the first corner after Topical hut and > and find the #169 (same building of OUTRE').

Bucky's Counter address
169 Aguirre Ave, BF Homes Parañaque, 
Metro Manila, Philippines

 Try to share with a friend to lessen the cost while eating all.... i mean more :).

when I say SWEETNESS OVERLOAD I say B-U-C-K-Y-S C-O-U-N-T-E-R

^_^

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THE BEST PLACE TO TAKE YOUR BREAKFAST

KAPITOLYO KANTO FREESTYLE - THE FAMOUS BREAKFAST SPOT IN MANDALUYONG

With the office mates after shift we tried the famous breakfast place in Kapitolyo.

ordered  their Crispy Pork belly. hahaha really! for breakfast
served with garlic rice and onion leaves (uncut) 

  

not recommended for people who have braces. :D

• masherap! (way of talking of people with braces for MASARAP - delicious)
• crispy and not that oily
• it is not hard as you think I just put some effort in eating my viand.
• typical fried pork belly.
• typical fried rice
• advise to eat them with tomato and onion leaf, for unique taste.


How to get to KANTO FREESTYLE :

Public Transpo:
from Boni, Mandaluyong:
ride a tricycle beside Robinsons Forum and ask to get you at Kanto Freestyle.

from Shaw Boulevard:
ride a jeep (it will not took you 30 minutes) going to Pasig and > tell the driver to drop you off at Kapitolyo > take San Rafael St. after the gate beside Petron. turn left on 1st Street.

Private Transpo: note that the parking is on street-side spaces outside Kanto Freestyle only.
from Shaw boulevard > take West Capitol Drive beside Petron (in front of Capitol Commons) turn right on San Rafael Street the first corner after Petron and > left onto 1st Street.

Kanto Freestyle Breakfast Kapitolyo address
1st Street, Kapitolyo, Pasig City
Store Hours: Monday to Sunday open 24 hours

Crispy Pork belly for only P 90.00



among other like, Kanto Freestyle offers much affordable menu this is indeed a Great place to have breakfast with friends.

expect to wait especially weekend because most of the time people who eat here are in groups like us. it is just a small place.

you will be given a queue number. I can't speak for weekdays because I eat here when weekends only. :)

to avoid the hassle and for fast order, we gathered all our orders and give to the waiter instead.

Note that there's a 5% service charge on top of the prices.

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KOREAN - MEXICAN MIX UP

Something unique and so worthy to try. 

first time seeing this in Better Living, the Korean-Mexican fusion.

with my reaction of "huh?"

Let's try though.

with my friends we tried had our dinner here. 

in all fairness, it was all worth it. money saver that you can recommend to neighbors. 

the tastes are acceptable and nothing to worry.

ordered their bibimbap; the mixed Korean-Mexican justified.

Must try their bibimbap ang nachos, serving is not bad for the price. (y)

 

 ✓place : along Doña Soledad, in front of Petron

✓budget : 100 - 150 php


From the store name will surely classify them as not "the traditional" restos we see mostly in Better Living but acceptable in taste and budget.

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THE NEWEST AFFORDABLE DINING IN SM MEGAMALL

KOMORO DINING - MY NEW AFFORDABLE OPTION

It is already my habit to spot the newest restaurant of the mall then find the most affordable and delicious offer I can get.

I ordered their komoro don spicy pork yakiniku - spicy taste pork

• compare to Yoshinoya, better in price.

• saucy and sweet!

• still, recommended! must TRY!

• I love the blend of cabbage and the sweetness of sauce and meat.

• I love the lil taste of spiciness.

katsu donpork cutlet with egg - thick chicken cut

• better than komoro don (hihihih)

• additional P 16.00 and all good

• chicken are tender every cut

• not dry

• the onion.... they make it not hard to eat. :))

overall reviews:

• Clean place

• don't expect too much for rice, even they are Japanese inspired they do not use Japanese rice.

• the place was comfortably good and nice

• food compensate the staffs which are not that accommodating and approachable.

WHERE CAN YOU FIND KOMORO DINING

nearest landmarks are uncle Tetsu, Chatime, Project Pie, SM Supermarket, BonChon.

KOMORO DINING

located at UG/F SM Megamall, Building A. 

Komoro don spicy pork yakiniku - P 99.00

katsu donpork cutlet with egg - P 115.00

Walking inside SM Megamall is not a new routine for me.

Yes, it is a big mall but most of the time instead of waiting for someone I meet I consume time walking and window shop inside alone :) .


It is tiring sometimes but waiting and doing nothing is much brain draining for me.

There is a good side of it, aside from you exercise, you get updated on the stalls and establishments inside, I am now your walking guide ^_^.


Anyway, the purpose of this post is to introduce my new option when in SM Megamall aside from the known fast foods like Mcdonalds, KFC, BonChon that will fit to your budget.


for 150.00 pesos budget you might want to consider KOMORO, a Japanese inspired restaurant.

What I ordered are the must be tried and recommended, since this is new we will explore the taste of other next time.



it is worth a second time though. 

 

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The BEST Baby back rib of all time - My taste

The event was so related.  I started loving Peri-Peri chicken when I tried the "El Pollo Loco Promo" which leads me to start to try different kind of Peri Peri Chicken.  and I can say that it left a good impression towards this food.  This is why I give no hesitation to try Eduardo's Peri - Peri Flamed grilled Chicken in SM Light Mall.  Guess what?  Eduardo did not fail me...  I consistently loving Peri Peri Chicken.  The best thing and I am very thankful of what happend was their Baby Back rib introduced to me.  
back then, I conclude that this is my super favorite food of all time.   

I love their Chicken but I mostly craved for Eduardo's baby back rib.  

The soft and tender baby back rib with the delicious sauce of Eduardo's unify its best taste.

Belgian Chocolate

Egg Pudding with Thai Milk Tea

Every time I was asked where to eat with affordable for groups. I always suggest Eduardo's Baby Back rib

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PUERTO GALERA (PG) -- 3 DAYS 2 NIGHTS EXPERIENCE

My Puerto Galera Travel last 2015 was not in my bucket list honestly, we just found a great price online for our accommodation so we grabbed it.

Imagine 500php for 3days 2 nights stay at Blue Water Lodge. (later I will post the picture of the hotel.) plus, the place is very accessible to the white beach (30 seconds to 1 minute walk distance) 

for travel guide + tips and what to expect in Puerto Galera click here

That April I started to search things about Puerto Galera, it was a 4 months preparation.

 I searched for tips and some guides but found few information that will guide us, so I just brought the things that I think most important unluckily, I over think that I brought so much than what I really need.

6 pairs of  clothes, Rash guard, small bag, toiletries, sunblocks, towel, camera, sandals, slipper, cellphone and money.

some of what I have prepared like towel, slipper and extra shirts aren't that needed in my opinion it only adds up the weight of my backpack unless, you are the meticulous one then it is okay to bring those.

Towel was provided by the lodge, sandals can be use as slipper in the province (I am wearing sandugo sandal, 2in1 ), and pair of shirts and clothes might be lessen if I already have the expected activities. 

Well, no regrets. moving forward......

It is better in someways we experience the feeling of survival of where to eat, what to do and where to go in the island. hihihih

we tried restaurants and eateries nearest where we are which some of them offer an affordable food while most are bit pricey.

I still recommend that you choose food that will be good to share. 

It was my first travel by sea with friends, and it was pretty awesome!

I was able to compare to travel in a peaceful sea against the wavy one.  

we gone to PG (Puerto Galera) late August and that time the typhoon Lando wasn't fully out in northern Luzon but thankfully going back to Batangas Port was a sunny weather and the travel period shorten.

back on travel....

on our 1st day was only to explore the area of where we stayed and choose who to contact between the packages offered to us for activities on our second day.

so on our 2nd day, we face the waves and fears with no choice. :)

Puerto Galera is not the place with good food  I mean they have no specialty that will get you excited to try on but the Islands that will absolutely their precious.

We did Island hopping supposedly 5 islands but unfortunately only took 3 because of hardship for the boat due to waves,so we decided to end it,

please do not get me wrong, those 3 islands was so WONDERFUL!

the caving, white sands,
and only our group was in the islands so a little special treatment from the locals.

 great side seeing was one of incredible experience.

we spend almost 600php for that. 

my bestfriend Josh in the small boat

including the small boat which can accommodate only two passengers that took us to much lower part of the island to see more corals and fish.

we took advantage of the place for photos.

in fairness tour guides has a great talent in taking photos.

even our tour guide going to Tamaraw falls which what we did on our

3rd day.

we went to Tamaraw falls to experience the mountain view of Mindoro.

we met our tour guide at the pier after our island hoping, he was the tricycle who send us to white beach so we rented him for our falls experience and he's kind he let us took pictures as many as we wanted and let us dip and enjoy the falls and view up hill. 

the great thing about our travel was because whenever we go we are the only group in place, there some but in few places and not too crowded that is the good thing about weekdays travel especially Tuesday to Thursday.

Blue Water Lodge, Puerto Galera

I think that would be all for now. see you on my next travel.

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PUERTO GALERA - TRAVEL + ITERINARIES + TIPS

Puerto Galera is one of the awesome  and the most memorable island I traveled so far.
It was 4 months preparation and the only problem was I do not know what  exactly the rates, packages in the island unlike my any travel that I have an estimated and expected stores to go to. That was really a lesson so

Now,

hoping that this post will serve as guide and heads up to you guys who's planning to go to Puerto Galera. this was my schedule and tips for you.

We spent 3 Days 2 Nights at Puerto Galera last August with 3 friends, thru Jam Liner Kamuning, Cubao Terminal.

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Kamuning departure 7:50 (via C5)
Because of unexpected traffic we reached slex at 9:30 then we finally get to batangas port at 11:50am. That would be the worst travel time from EDSA Kamuning to Batangas port. travel time might lessen if we took EDSA ave.

What to Expect in Puerto Galera:

• Awesome beaches• Falls ( far and needs additional payment for tricycle to get there)• Lovely islands• No fast foods• 2nd boracay for night life• Foreigners 
• Foods are bit pricey (foreigner's price)• Water sports (at white beach)
• Hospitable locals
• Great views
• No Specialty food
• Tour packages from tricycle drivers (canvas first)

Tips to remember:

-Be aware of fixers. Do not entertain someone that will approach you once you get down from bus. Buy your tickets with your own at the counter area, just ask the guards where can you get/buy tickets to Puerto Galera.
Fixers comes to help you buy tickets then ask for tip(money) once you get in for check in. They do not contented with small amount only accepting 50php and up. You can buy your own, do it!

-Buy the Minolo Shipping lines (MSL)
Why? As they say. MSL is the fastest, affordable and most reliable boat liner going to Puerto Galera.

- if you already have the date when to come back I recommend to buy a round trip ticket to save.
275php per trip and only 500php when you buy a round trip one.

We land at Puerto Galera after 1 and 45 mins sea travel. We took too long because of the hard waves came after the storm "Lando".

but ( do not end up here)

Puerto Galera Trip was the awesome one.

for the 3 days 2 nights stories and experience you can visit here. 

We swam at white beach, played hard with the waves, walk on the shore at night, 

We did snorkeling, Island hopping, side seeing, swam at the hidden cave and had fun.

Even if we did not do all things I expected, I gained experiences and memories that I think it's hard to achieve in otheir places.

below is the Iterinaries that might help and be your guide in your visit.

overview stopover from Tamaraw Falls

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