Bento-Ya - Your friendly shady neighborhood Japanese joint

Or, another installment of Nick’s Sushi Chronicles.

�It’s funny how different their language sounds, but when they laugh, it sounds like anyone else. I guess that means laughter is a universal language.�

A bunch of middle aged men were sitting a few tables away from us, enjoying bottles of, at least to my ignorant eyes, an unknown […]

Vibang’s Delight - Just add sand and water

“Ano, walang beer?”
The waiter just shrugged his shoulders. So I guess this isn’t that kind of place.

Vibang’s Delight does fool one on some levels. Tucked somewhere in the middle of the Las Pinas Friendship Route, the small kubo-type eatery looks more like it should be along the beaches of La Union… or maybe, just another […]

Dahlin’ Shirts!!! Dey da bomb!!!

We knew our good friend Denise had been making shirts for quite some time; what we didn’t know was she had a whole line of shirts ready for you cool folks out there.

I got my own Dave Chappelle “Ahm rich, Biyatch!” shirt last Christmas [sorry, Chappelle fans, Denise says this is a special edition shirt, […]

Mister Kabab - A Middle Eastern trip up North

We don’t usually go to the QC area to look for places to review, but upon the suggestion of one of our readers (we’re interactive, see!) we decided to check out Mister Kabab to see what the hullabaloo was all about. We’d been hearing tons about the place; great food, rock bottom prices, so they […]

I Haight Music!!!

Sorry, this establishment is no longer operating. :(

No, I don’t, actually. In a few weeks, I’ll be making music my only source of income, and I have to love it. I do, I assure you; ever since I got back on the music train two years ago, I’ve been meaning to look around in the […]

Bistro 310 - Creepy House Comes Alive!

Last Saturday I had another chance to watch Kapatid—one of my favorite bands—here in the South. Yes!!! To see Karl Roy and the gang play is always a blast, wherever they are. Like I’ve said before, my group has had the fortune of being billed with them on more than one occasion, and those times […]

Arabian Nights at Little Tehran

I remember the time when shawarma was all the rage. It had become the turo-turo fare du jour, sometimes besting isaw and fishball in ubiquity. I remember seeing portable shawarma stalls on almost every street corner, young college types devouring them, seemingly oblivious to the threat of hepa, or what not. Shawarma was cheap and […]

Gorilla Art - Bigger than chimp-sized drawings

In Parañaque, the city that never sleeps (literally!), there are more things to do than just drink or shop. Before the air got heavy with smoke, I used to jog from my place round to Tropical Palace taking Aguirre and then back to my house, about a good thirty minutes’ worth. There are some nice […]

Coffeenista: More comments from the karaoke front

Here’s Nick’s take on Coffeenista. This time we came around for the food. Read the intro and my take on the place too. -ed
 

Coffeenista. Sounds like �Communista�. Or �Sandinista�. This coffee shop�s name makes one think it�s a meeting place for subversives in the south. It is, though, part of the club […]

Japs to Go - Not quite good to go

Sorry, this establishment is no longer operating. :(

On our next sojourn to a Japanese restaurant, Betty and I decided to check out Japs to Go, newly opened at the corner going to Concha Cruz of the Aguirre / Elizalde intersection (on the second floor of the Prime Bldg). I’d been asking Betty persistently if we […]

Seinfeldian moments at Cafe Borough

Sorry, this establishment is no longer operating. :(

BF is a proper town. I like that I can go out on my mountain bike and get to the places I need to go to in a matter of minutes. We have groceries, small restos, churches for the major denominations, a seemingly inexhaustible supply of internet cafes, […]

Tenkai - A piece of Japan in BF

I’d love to go to Japan. My girlfriend and I have a running conversation on how I think a visit to Tokyo would be a blast, and how she thinks Japan is screwy.
Now, lest anyone think I’m a hopeless hentai (I hope I get my terms right), I’d like to state for the […]

“That cool store” - Not your typical hole in the wall

I’d been telling my girlfriend for quite some time about this inconspicuous t-shirt store I always pass by on my way to SM Southmall from BF. No, not inconspicuous; in the sea of turo-turos and talyers that is Alabang Zapote Road this store screams “I AM F*CKING HERE!!!” with its varied display of rock shirts, […]

Kapatid at Marbles

While good music is an important part of life in the south, I find it strange that there are very few venues for the underground music scene in the Las Piñas / Parañaque / Alabang areas. I’ve played in a few, like 19 East just atop Posadas Village near the Sucat interchange (though it’s mainstream), […]