Archive for August, 2008

Dimsum Break (Chinese)

SM City-Cebu. Across Cinema 1-3 beside the Bowling Center, there’s a great place to dine … in a snap and without frills … with authentic chinese. Order your food with a style, point-and-hand-the-order (“turo-turo” style).
Price? reasonable; Food quality? fresh and authentic chinese.
Tip: Get a taste of their Siomai. I usually order quail egg-siomai … instead of the [...]

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The Old Man and the “C”

 
 
Tall and sturdy as the eucalyptus tree,
Sits and sips at 4, Sleeps at 6 and walks at 3;
Reads and learns, taps and tasted
All the world within;
50’s and the buzzes amuses;
Engages like a bumble bee,
Stings like a red chili;
He gives ungazingly,
Right hand leaves the left unknowingly;
Then came the mighty “C”,
On the day he asked a doctor [...]

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Pinocchio Plant

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The Coincatchers

At the Cebu City Pier, toss a coin from the ship deck and they will dive or catch it unmindful of the risks and danger to their lives and limbs. The coincatchers usually gesture for coins, left-over food or bottled water. Toss it anyway you wish and they’ll catch it in or out of the water [...]

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Flame It …. where’s “that” patty?

Times changed a bit.
Thursday. August 21. I dropped by Flame It! (Burgers and Sausages) in an out-the-mall branch. I immediately ordered a flame burger, fries and big size rootbeer, grabbed a magazine and excitedly anticipated the fire-cooked juicy, thick beef patty I have been used to for a long time. Yes, the smoke-tasting-flame-grilled-burger!.
After some minutes, my order [...]

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