Bay’s Inn Resort (Baler, Aurora)

Bay’s Inn in Baler, Aurora is one of the more popular resorts in the province. Rooms range from P700-1000. The higher priced rooms are the ones near the Beach. Included with the Price is a plate Breakfast of your choice. Service is Fast and Friendly.

They did not even bother to get my name or contact numbers when i checked in. And when i checked out, the person who got the key just took my word that the room was already paid.

They have a Seafront Restaurant here. The Place also has WiFi Internet. This is basically a No-Frills Resort. Rooms are pretty basic. If you are looking for a Fancy place to stay. It is better to stay at the Resort Nearby.

Bed at Bay’s Inn

Restaurant

Beach Front of Bay’s Inn

Pares Mami House Boni

Whenever we have trouble deciding where to eat, we just end up at Pares Mami House in Boni Avenue, Mandaluyong.

When I first ate there it was their Pares Beef which I ordered, it was one of the best pares for me. Then I also tried the tapsilog, porksilog, sizzling chicken, etc. All were good tasting and priced affordably too. So whenever I cannot decide where to eat, Pares Mami House first comes to my mind.

Golden Merengue Bakeshop

Yema Rolls Php 180 for a Box of 10

Merengue Php 50 for a Pack

This is the Golden Merengue Bakeshop

The Golden Merengue Bakeshop is an unassuming bakeshop that would not merit a first and second look. But the goodies they sell here would change that. They sell merengue and yema rolls, and both are delicious. The yema rolls are soft rolls with yema filling inside, not too sweet, but just the right amount of sweetness. This priced at 180 for a box of 10. The merengue is good too and priced 50 for a pack.

The Golden Merengue Bakeshop is located at JP Rizal Street and at 48 Martirez Street in Lian, Batangas. The Merengue is sold at JP Rizal while the Yema Rolls are sold at 48 Martirez.

Calleza Grill Antipolo

Just came from Calleza Grill Antipolo. Lunch consisted of Miso Soup, at 150 only and it was enough for 10, tbone steak and lemon chicken. Miso soup was okay, since it was just me and M, more than 3/4ths was left. The steak was okay but not outstanding. The gravy tasted like soap! They probably sprinkled it with soap powder! Haha. 


The lemon chicken did not taste anything lemony, but tasted more like curry, it was rather bland tasting too. I was not satisfied.

Brunch at Emperor

Fish Fillet in Corn Sauce with Corn, Carrots and Peas

Asparagus

Roasting Combination (Duck, White Chicken, and a chinese vegetable?)

Appetize of Singkamas, Carrots and Pipino

Yang Chow Fried Rice

We just had brunch at Emperor. We ordered the following, Roasting Combination, Fish Fillet with Corn Sauce, an Asparagus dish and Yang Chow Fried Rice. The only dish I did not like was the fish fillet, tasted bland. Overall it was a satisfying brunch.

San Jose Mindoro Day Trip

My friend A and husband J had been inviting me to go to their place for years. A and J bought their dog H from me and H lives with them in San Jose together with 5 other dogs of the same breed. Last March 18 thanks to Promo of Cebu Pacific I finally saw what San Jose looked like. Everything that A told me about San Jose was true. It is a very laid back place indeed.

We were met at the Airport by J (San Jose’s Airport looked like a Typical Provincial Airport, like the one in Tagbilaran, Dumaguete, Old Bacolod Airport) then we proceeded to J’s Resort, the Sikatuna Resort (which is less than 5 minutes from the airport). There we had breakfast of Danggit, Egg, Longaniza and Fried Garlic Rice. The Danggit was the best I have tasted, it was not too salty like the usual danggit. The Longaniza was delicious!, not too fatty like other longaniza. I will definitely ask them where they buy this the next time i go to San Jose. After Breakfast it was off to their house to visit H and the Gang.

San Jose Airport

Salt Farm

After visit to A and J’s House it was a tour of San Jose. We started with a Town Tour of San Jose, Which you can probably tour in less than 30 minutes since there is nothing to see! We went to a Salt Farm owned by J’s Friend. It was quite interesting to see how salt is made. Then it was to J’s Pig farm. I pity all the pigs and piglets who will be slaughtered. After that we went to A’s Old House and beside it their Old Ice Plant which was converted to a Salt Warehouse.

After the San Jose and Countryside tour it was back to the Resort for Lunch. There was so many to eat, there was Chicharon Bulaklak, Crispy Pata, Chili Crab, Lapu-Lapu, etc. I was stuffed afterwards. We just let time pass by catching up on each other. It was a very short visit but i enjoyed it a lot, next time I will probably take up their offer on staying for a day or 2. They said there was an Island (an hour away by banca) that looked like Boracay (when it was not yet Boracay). I will definitely not miss that.

View from the Sikatuna Resort

How to go to San Jose

There are daily flights going to San Jose. Airlines offering flights to San Jose are Cebu Pacific, AirPhilippines and Zest Air. It is just a 45 Minute plane ride going to San Jose.

Where to Stay

Sikatuna Hotel in the Town Center and Sikatuna Beach Resort

Airplane Food (PAL)

In every flight, it is the food that I look forward to the most. Some passengers might not give the food served during flights some attention but for me it is the most important part of the flight, aside Safety of course. 🙂 Here are some of the food served during some PAL flights that i have taken.

Manila-Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Breakfast

Manila-Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Main Course Breakfast

Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Brunch

Manila-Saigon Fiesta Class Brunch

Bangkok-Manila Fiesta Class Lunch

Manila-Singapore Lunch

Singapore-Manila Fiesta Class Lunch

Manila-Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Snack

Manila-Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Appetizer

Manila-Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Lunch

Singapore-Jakarta Mabuhay Class Snack

Serenitea

Just discovered this food store, i just cannot get over their chicken chop and peppered corn. I am hooked!! My sister is the one who originally asked me to go to Serenitea and on my first order I ordered 6 Chicken Chop and 5 Peppered Corn! All were wiped out! I really love the chicken chop, it is not too salty like the other Chicken snacks sold by similar shops. So far I have tried the Okinawa milk tea, Hokkaido milk tea and choco milk tea. Nice thing about Serenitea is that their food is healthy. I cant wait to go back to Serenitea again!!

Serenitea is located at Jose Abad Santos street in San Juan.

Cebu Pacific’s One-Day Piso Sale

I was able to buy 3 Tickets going to Bacolod. The Fare amounted to P97.20 for the Manila – Bacolod – Manila Trip! Talk about ridiculously low fare. The Taxi fare from my house to Terminal 3 will even amount to more than P100, so Airfare to Bacolod is much cheaper!! 2 of those tickets are just day trips, and 1 is an overnight stay. For the overnight stay I chose the seats so airfare upped to 297.20! Still very cheap! Anyway, i plan on going to all the food places in Bacolod that I have not yet visited.

I am just confused, Cebu Pacific put on its ad, sale is on June 11,2010. It is just June 10 but there is already a sale going on, A lot of seats have already been sold out so by tomorrow no seats will be available anymore.