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Ochi In The City: The Maginhawa Diaries
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The Piggery : Unleash Your Inner Pig!

With the numerous choices you'd have to deal with when going to Maginhawa, sometimes you can't help but look for something relatively close to home. And when it comes to food that's close to home, nothing beats pork. It's as good as it gets. When we got invited to try One-Fifty Food Place's The Piggery, I was a bit skeptical since I'm already...

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The Maginhawa Diaries | Artsy Café

I haven’t had the chance to update my Maginhawa Diaries blog series in a while because going to the food strip has been taxing as of late. I only have the time to go to QC during the weekends since we can all agree that traffic is a bitch on weekdays. Whenever I do get a chance to dine at Maginhawa on a...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : RBCTY (Rib City)

I've been trying to eat at all the restaurants in Maginhawa. I don't know why I came up with that goal, which is proving to be quite difficult since I now live in Mandaluyong, but I'm having a lot of fun doing it! I'm lucky to have a supportive boyfriend who doesn't mind driving me to my destination despite the horrendous traffic.  Over...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : Me Love You Long Time

I'm a sucker for Asian food, every one knows that. And no, I'm not just talking about Filipino and Japanese, although I must say I have a huge bias on the two, hehe. During one of our Maginhawa expeditions, we were trying to avoid StrEAT Food Park as much as possible because I've seen the amount of people that flock the place and...

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Abdul The Cool

The Maginhawa Diaries : Abdul The Cool

I am an exceptionally dramatic person. Case in point, I always get nostalgic when I go to QC. I lived and worked in QC for about 5 years and it's like my comfort zone in Manila. It's not in ANY way similar to Baguio, of course. But I get a comforting feeling of familiarity when I go there knowing most of my friends...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : Gerry's Jeepney

Moving to Maginhawa wasn't easy for me. Tomas Morato has been my home for 3 years and being surrounded by bars, pubs and restaurants that operate 24/7 isn't actually a bad thing. But whenever I remember all the times I had to feel like a survivor just to get home while battling the rain, moving makes sense all of a sudden.  Looking for...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : Wogo Ribs, Pasta And More

Food is my comfort zone. Whenever I feel sad or depressed, I cook or eat--or do both! I mean, who doesn't love food? I'm so fortunate to be surrounded by great restaurants, street food and what have you. Maginhawa indeed is a foodie's playground. Can I just say I love living here? My place is strategically near the Supermarket, the laundromat, the terminals...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : Jek's Ku-Bo Bulalo at Ulo-Ulo

I'd like to apologize to my small space in the intarwebz for constantly failing to post stuff on a regular basis. Things have been chaotic plus I've been spending most of my time at work. Changes, a lot of changes at work. Real life problems I had to deal with before making love with my tiny space on the web.  On to lighter...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : The Burger Project

I remember being so bored in the morning shift that I randomly asked people if they want to have dinner or drink with me or something that would make the loneliness of my nights go away! One of the things that I did when I was in the morning shift was eat out at night. I'm usually done at work by 5 or...

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The Maginhawa Diaries : Good Burgers

I'm supposed to be blogging about the food strip at Maginhawa St. but since I wasn't able to take a lot of photos when we went there, I'll blog about the dinner instead. Last Tuesday Paul, Len and I decided to have a food trip at Maginhawa St. We agreed upon things on Twitter and Boj decided to tag along as well. We were...

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