Cafe food for the day...

Manila - As we had to leave early in the morning for meetings, we met for breakfast downstairs at Paseo.   I had a different variety for breakfast but in fact it was the same as yesterday.   I had 2 eggs fried sunny side up - ate the white only, tried their noddle soup (nice) and also the spread of fruits.  My favourite was the passion fruit - wow, so sweet unlike what I had ever tasted.   The best ever...I need to find some to bring back home.

Lunch was at a cafe in Ayala called Momo Cafe. We had 3 plates of food to share amongst the 3 of us dinning there.  A brightly led, fun and friendly atmosphere for dining with a loft. 

We had..
Old Fashioned Beer Battered Fish and Chips
Sweet and Smoky Hickory BBQ Rib-lets - Pork ribs in Hickory sauce
San Francisco styled Seafood Pesto style cream linguine

Overall, the food was good with a nice dinning experience.

Behind the park are the rows of restaurants & cafe - Momo Cafe is one of them

Another nice view

After a customer meeting at Mandaluyong city, we had dinner at cafe called 'Tokyo Cafe'.  This cafe is theme after a Japanese style of fusion family restaurant.   They seem to have many branches in Philippines.  This cafe seems to go by the theme of the urban yuppies, and had an ambiance of coziness and trendiness.   The food cannot be classified as your typical Japanese cuisine but Fusion with Western dishes.   Amongst the 5 of us - we ordered a wide variety of dishes with some dishes flowing off the table. 

I am more of a traditionalist and thus it was not exactly my cup of tea.   The best was the Japanese cheese cake.   I ordered Katsu (Pork cutlet) and it as tough and dry on the inside unlike the ones I had in Tokyo which much care were taken to prepare one Katsu meal. 

We came back to the Hotel to rest and at about 6pm decided to visit the Largest Mall in Asia called the Mall of Asia owned by SM Malls. 

Taxis in Manila is a big problem - they will always will try to size you up by chatting wiht you.  Some will tell you sob stories of their poverty, some will try to offer cheap transportation around Manila, others will offer a fixed price without meter - ALWAYS DECLINE - as 9 of 10 are cheats. 

When we board one taxi at the hotel, the taxi driver does not want to do turn on the meter and charge us 300 pesos (which is the distance to the airport) so we walk out.  As it was traffic jam it took closed to 45 minutes to reach our destination.    The Mall is huge and there were many people everwhere - the prices are much cheaper than in Makati.   After walking for a while, we decided to watch a movie at 9.05pm - Transformers - the Dark Side of the Moon.  Lesley accompanied me even though he had watch it - cost 185 pesos about S$6 - $2 cheaper than in Singapore. 

It was an entertaining movie but the picture quality was not as good as Singapore cinemas.

Opening my room door, I smelt smoke and was told that mine is a non-smoking room but downstairs is a pub.  I complaint and was told that they will change my room tommorrow at 10am.
This will be my 2nd bad experience at this Hotel.