Oh how I’ve missed this. The last three months have left me
with very little time to sit down quietly in one corner to relive the recent
tasty meals I’ve indulge on and share my experience with you. Thanks to one of
my good friends who has been pressuring me to update my blog (yes, Minay, that's you!), I got reminded of
this one important aspect of my life that I didn’t realize I’ve been missing. A
lot.
Anyway, so much has happened in 3 months! Let’s backtrack, shall we?
Definitely one of the highlights of my summer was my Boracay
trip (or should I say, food trip) with my barkada where the months I spent in
the gym trying to tone my body were rendered immaterial in just a few days of
pigging out. Time and again, I have proven that there really is more to Boracay
than just the beautiful beach and the funtabulous night parties. This island is
home to some of the best dishes that I always look forward to every summer.
Mañana Mexican Cuisine’s Burrito
Because I love variety, I prefer ordering the combo burrito
meal with one chicken and one beef burrito. The rice is served outside so you
can manage how much you’d like to eat. It also comes with hot sauce, jalapeno
sauce, and salsa. If you’re still trying to stick to your diet, this meal can
be shared by two.
Real Coffee's Jack's Omelette
Waking up to a beautiful view of Boracay’s white beach can
be made even more perfect with delicious breakfast from Real Coffee. Aside from
the much in-demand Calamansi Muffins, their breakfast meals are also worth the
lack of sleep. One of my favorites would have to be Jack’s Omelette—made with
three well-cooked eggs and a generous serving of ham, onions, cheese and pesto,
served with buttered toast. Pair it with their signature coffee, and your
morning will not be less than wonderful.
D’Talipapa’s Seafood Feast
Our trip to D’Talipapa was scheduled “strategically”. We
were already expecting to eat more than our fair share and so we made sure to
go there over lunch, so we have the afternoon to burn all the calories we’d
take in. It would also help to take a stroll back to the beach to burn the
calories faster :)
With the adjacent restaurants all inviting customers to have
their seafood cooked there, it was quite hard to choose which one to go to, so we
just picked the one that had a lot of people inside.
We went to the palengke
(market) area to shop for seafood and decided on oysters, shrimp, crab and
squid. Everything was cooked really well and tasted so fresh—from the Oyster
Rockefeller, to the Lemon Butter Garlic Shrimp, to the Butter Garlic Crab. We
didn’t even mind that the sauces tasted the same. I mean, who could go wrong
with lemon + butter + garlic right?
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| Lemon Butter Garlic Shrimp |
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| Butter and Garlic Crab - Photo courtesy of Pau Guevara |
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| Oyster Rockefeller - Photo courtesy of Pau Guevara |
All in all, we spent around 400 per person for everything –
with the service, rice and soft drinks. Not bad at all, I would say.
Wow, thinking about all of this makes me wish it was summer all over again and I'm back in that island paradise feasting on delicious food.
Well, the long wait just means one thing. Nine months head start to get that elusive Boracay body I've always wished for, so I can have some room to spare for some more beach food tripping :)
