Taste of Manilla

During our trip back from Coco Beach, we stayed in Manilla for a night. Our hotel was called "the Copa Cabana" an it was next door to a casino and across the street from two more casinos. Enough said.

We had two delightful experiences to chat about: fast food and fireworks.

The fast food in Manilla includes the obvious (McDonalds, KFC, etc...), the local (Chowking, Jolibee's, Mang Nasala etc...) and the questionable (Kenny Rogers Roast House). Jolibee's and Mang Nasala were both highly recommended for their grilled chicken and unlimited rice. We really enjoyed the Chowking for their awesome spicy rice and iced teas. However, our real experience was the Kenny Rogers fast food place complete with space for kids' birthday parties, silver records (for selling 500k albums like the Kenny Rogers Christmas album) on the wall and plenty of soul food! What a great experience! The food sucked, but who goes to a restaurant for that?

On our way back, we noticed that the Mall of Asia, the largest mall in Asia, was holding a fireworks battle between The Netherlands and China. We were extremely impressed by the sweet fireworks display, but we were far more impressed by the sheer length of the competition (~2hrs). The fact that the battle happens once a week only makes it that much more of an impressive expenditure.

Cheers!

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