The Side Tripper

On my first visit here, I actually thought I was in a European café due to its store interiors and music. Until I came closer to the menu board and saw that it offers Hainanese chicken, nasi goring, kaya toast (with 2 boiled eggs on the sides), hot chocolate with tablea cocoa, and the crew […]

Passing through Glorietta 3 in Makati, I would not stop by had it not been for the smell of brick-oven pizza, the poster that promises fresh pasta, and the background music that exuded a European Bistro vibe. Think of ‘La Vie En Rose’, ’Un Homme et Un Femme, and ‘Dream a Little Dream.’ Ultimately, the […]

One Sunday, our family decided to go off our usual options when it comes to what we want to eat, and was game for a little adventure when it came to our taste buds. It’s a good thing that Jupiter St. in Bel Air does not seem to run out of something really interesting, as […]

Themed restaurants and bars are increasingly becoming a fad in Metro Manila. Somewhere in Quezon City, we hear about a restaurant that offers board games. It is called Ludo, but we have yet to write about it when we actually visit the place. Meanwhile, there’s finally a place for basketball afficionados of this game. At […]

When eating out becomes a way of life that is no longer limited to the upper echelon of society, restaurants, fastfood and other eating places now find themselves in a vast opportunity to grab the largest possible share of the stomach. If the eating establishment is serious about this, then it will also seriously rethink […]

What happens when Mexicali sizzles into a taco street food, with an ambience of Malate on a Saturday night? The result is El Chupacabra, Mexical’s  new dining concept located along Felipe St. in Bel-Air Makati. I first came to know about this hang-out place through my cousin James, who also happens to be managing this […]

The local supermarket I love to visit frequently has this written all over the vegetable section ceiling: “Our lifespan would stretch in leaps and bounds if only vegetables tasted like bacon.” Moreover, a celebrity whose name slipped my mind right now once said that whenever his mom said “Eat this, it’s good for you,” it […]

After a round of coffee that goes with my lunch (on a habitual basis), I was ready to pull the drawer of my desk where I’ve been keeping tons on chocolates of various kinds. Today I felt like munching on choc nut. Hmmm… the thought of how good it tasted makes me forget how much […]

  We always visit Tagaytay to make the most of its cool air especially during hot seasons such as these days. But it was our first time to visit Taaleña Restaurant. After trying nearly all restaurants along the main highway or barangay San Jose, we thought it’s time to give Taaleña a try. The place […]

If travel is the ‘best medicine for the heart’,* then for me, side trips are secret ingredients to the most memorable travels and other events that can happen in between or off the main route of one’s itineraries.
Welcome to Side Tripper, a collection of photographs and blogs about the many side trip adventures of our family and friends.