50 for 50 for CME Facebook Fans

Club Manila East 50 for 50 Ballers

We celebrated my son's 6th birthday at Club Manila East in Taytay last November 03 and again, let me share to you our experience there. When we went to the reception area, their customer service told us about their ongoing promo. Their 50 for 50 for CME Facebook Fans. She explained to us the mechanics and here it is:

1. CME Facebook Fans with CME Privilege Ballers are entitled to 50% off on Entrance Fee.

2. CME Privilege Ballers can be purchased at Club Manila East at Php50 each.

3. CME Privilege Ballers can be used until December 21, 2011.

That was a great deal actually. So we bought their ballers for Php50 and had our entrance fee cut off in half the price. We didn't rent a room that time like we used to do because we intend to be back home in the late afternoon. Here comes my review part:

We rented a cabana instead but boy we were disappointed at how it looked like. It looked untidy with dirty looking walls and floors. There were several mono block chairs we could use and the round table in the middle of the room. We just placed our bags and other things on top of it because their cabinets doesn't look clean too. I even heard my kids say "yuck" and they just stayed on the pool almost the whole afternoon. What's worse was their rest/shower room. It looked like a public toilet actually with their not working shower. You could just use of their faucet and a pail if you intend to take a shower inside the cabana. (Pardon me but I lost interest on taking pictures of the said ugly amenities).

That's the same reason we all just prefer to stay on the pool rather than inside our rented cabana. Our things we're all inside and their door lock don't even looked secure so we had our cellphones, wallets and Digicam with us. When hubby roam around to look for food because it was almost lunch time (bringing in of foods are not allowed at CME), he couldn't find any open food stand like Jollibee, Shakeys, Chowkings and others that we knew were there. We asked one staff and he said they were close during weekdays and if the resort have only few guests. Darn!

So hubby looked for their canteen and asked if they could just bring our food to our cabana. Unfortunately, they don't do that as per the canteen staff. So it's either we eat from there or we bring our foods ourselves to our cabana. Hubby was almost furious that I had to pacify him and convinced him to just relax. So with our ordered foods in several take-out boxes, we went back to our cabana and ate.

This was actually a long over due post and just to warn you all.. never go to Club Manila East on ordinary days because you will starve and you won't enjoy your meal especially with their canteen's tiny serving and pricey meals. The only consolation you could get is that you could have the pools all by yourself just like what happened to us. We had the kiddie pool all by ourselves the whole afternoon and that's what my kids enjoyed, the water!

Papa John's Pizza Experience

Last Friday was our 6th wedding anniversary and to celebrate it, we headed to Sta. Lucia East in Cainta to try the American Pizza house hubby and I saw few weeks ago. It was almost lunch time when we got to Papa John's Pizza located at the Brick Road Sta. Lucia. It was a two-storey establishment and as far as hub and I remembered, it's people upstairs that made us remembered the place. The night we passed by their store, there are plenty of customers both at the 1st and 2nd floor so we thought perhaps the food are great.

Papa John's Pizza @Brickroad Sta. Lucia East Grandmall

We also thought that maybe the view from the top is okay so we asked the attendant for a table upstairs. But she said the a/c was not working properly at that moment so we just settled from the first table we saw downstairs. As we checked on their menus, the kids got dismayed when we were told that they don't offer rice alone. They do have rice meals but it was something they would not want to eat together with chicken. They have Beef and Bacon which is actually a garlic pepper rice baked with a combination of ground beef, onions, green peppers, bacon bits and topped with mozzarella cheese and bolognaise sauce. Another one on their rice meal is their Mushroom and Chicken which is a garlic pepper rice baked with a combination of grilled chicken, fresh tomatoes and mushrooms topped with mozzarella cheese and carbonara sauce.

Our kiddos are not accustomed to these kind of rice meals so hubby decided to just order a large ("14) Hawaiian  pizza and transferred to other food restaurant. Their Hawaiian Pizza was loaded with ham, sweet and juicy pineapple with an extra helping of Mozzarella cheese. We brought it home for our snacks. When we arrived, the kids wanted to eat their pizza the moment they changed their clothes. When we opened the take-out box, we were surprised to see it's appearance.

Papa John's "14 Hawaiian Pizza (Php530)

It looked dry and boring on the outside,  different from Shakey's, Pizza Hut and Yellow Cab that we usually eat. And instead of hot sauce or ketchup inside the box, there were two cups of yellow sauce on top of it. When I opened it at first I thought it was margarine. But when I poured a little amount of it on my sliced pizza, it tasted good then I knew that it was their famous Special Garlic Dipping Sauce. Oh and can you see those two green little thingy on the side, they were green banana peppers (nobody dared to eat it though).


From the first up to my last bite, all I could say was "this is yummy!" It was very different from the pizza that I ate before. It was all juicy and tasty on the inside very opposite on the way it appeared on the outside. Even hubby and the rest of the family who tasted it agreed to my verdict. We will definitely going to try this one out again. I just don't know if they offer delivery on our area since they just recently opened their branch at Brickroad. Nevertheless, hubby and I agreed that we will go back to their store (just the two of us) and try their other meals and pizza.

Red Palace Sea Food Restaurant SM City Taytay: Reviewed

Dining at Red Palace for the second time was much better than the first one. The first time we dined in here was during their opening a year ago (I think) at SM Taytay and of course there are more people who wanted to try their food that time so we had to wait for our turn and it took longer than we expected.

Anyway, back to our current dining experience at Red Palace Seafood Restaurant. We were there around 11:30am and there were only few people dining considering that it is nearing lunch time. The waiter guided us to our table and since we have a two-year old baby, I asked if they have a high chair. The waiter said yes then he came back with one. It was made of wood and has no seat belt or anything that could protect the baby. It looked unsafe and uncomfortable to sit on so I just said never mind. I'll just have my daughter sit on my lap.

Hubby looked at their menu and placed our orders. He said to bring in our drinks later since the kids won't eat their meals the minute they saw those ice tea and soft drinks. And just few minutes, here comes those beverages. Perhaps the waiter didn't got what hubby said so he has to go back and returned where he got them.

Here's what we had:

Yang Chow Fried Rice Php200

Fish Fillet with Seasonal Vegetables Php240

Asado Pork BBQ Php240

2 sets of Siomai Php180 @80each

Beef with Brocolli Php300

Red Palace Birthday Noodles Php240

All of these meals are good for two to three people so the prices are affordable enough. The foods were all tasteful and we didn't regret dining here for the second time. Hubby asked for tea after we ate and they offer this for free. Actually you could ask for it before or after you eat.

We had left over so we decided to take them out. The waiter picked them all and brought inside their kitchen. He returned them in a take out box. One thing I've noticed was it was placed in a single take out box and the food were in separate small plastic bags. I considered it as economical but unsafe because they saved on take out boxes yet placing food in plastics is actually a no-no for me, you know what I mean.

Other than that it was another good dining experience for me and my family.

Inasal Chicken Bacolod: Reviewed

Inasal Chicken Bacolod located at Lower Ground Floor

of SM Taytay

I'm not sure if this was the third or fourth time that we dined here. Nevertheless, it's obvious that we liked it here because we come back once in a while. It's just now that I finally got the chance to tell you about our dining experience here.

It was a Sunday afternoon and both hubby and I had been long craving for any native vegetable dish. There's actually something with the weather why people (or is it just us?) love to eat during rainy days. So we ordered these:

Pork BBQ for the kids

My mom and me ordered the same Combo Dish

Boneless thigh with garlic rice and atchara

Hubby's order: Sisig na Pusit or is it Pusit na Sisig?? 

 As I said earlier, we craved for veggies that time so here they are:

Ensaladang Talong

Crispy Kangkong

Mangga at Bagoong with Onions and Fresh Tomato

As expected, the last dish were just ignored by the kids but they do enjoyed their pork barbeque. While hubby and I feasted on these veggies. Their crispy kang kong was tasteful and I love the way they made their ensaladang talong. Just like some food stores nowadays, you could also enjoy unlimited rice here but only for their combo meals. My mom and I asked for an extra rice (for free) while hubby asked for additional extra garlic rice. I'm not quite sure though if free drinks were included to their combo meals. I just knew hubby ordered coke in cans for our drinks. All the foods on our table were washed out there's no need for take out boxes for left overs lol!

We were so full after that lunch but we still got extra space for desserts at Dairy Queen Ice Cream House.