Barat Mode

Yesterday, on our way home, we were thinking of something to partner our home cooked fried chicken. Having veggies in mind, we opted to drop by at Bodhi Banawe to buy “pancit” and other interesting veggies available.

When we reached Bodhi the parking area is full as well as the dining area. To our surprise, the food display is almost empty. Lucky us, the “pancit” is still available so we ordered 2, the sweet and sour meatsa looks yummy so we ordered it too, everything’s for take home.

Upon reaching the cashier, we were shocked that our bill is only Ph 75.00 for a total of 3 orders. We were expecting for a Php 120-150 bill. When we asked the cashier how much per order, she answered “Everything’s Php 25.00 per order after 7pm”. Whow! That’s the perfect time to buy take home food.:)

So if you’ll be somewhere in Banawe (around that time), try dropping by at Bodhi.

Barat tip: If you plan to catch the promo, make sure you’ll be there between 7:00 - 7:10pm because if you reach there at 7:15pm you’ll have nothing to eat

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This is the last entry for our subic trip (June 23 and 24, 2007) and it wouldn’t be complete without a food entry.

We eat out twice while we were in Subic and funny that we ate at the same restaurant in both occassions… and that is Meat Plus!

Why? We actually didn’t know. Maybe we wanted to eat in a place that’s not available here in Manila? Or, we really love steaks and burgers? Or, it’s really yummy and budget friendly that we went back there twice!

This place is really not that “mura”, but if you try to read the Menu carefully and pick the right order you’ll both satisfy your hunger and your pocket! hehehe

Prices starts a Php 25 (for your extra side dish — generous serving size) to around Php 400 (for meals).

As for us, on the first night we ate there, we ordered for Tenderloin Meal (Php 225) and extra sidings and was shared by 2 people.

And Super Sarap! Banana Fritters (Php 100) for dessert.

On the second night we went there, we ordered for the official Barat Mode order

This is good for 2 people on a budget.

1 Cheeseburger with Potato Skin and drink (Php 115),

1 Cheeseburger (Php 75),

and 1 Siding (ranging from Php 25 to Php 60)… this one’s called “the bomb” we think this is best eaten with steak rather than with burger.

But if you are on a budget, you may remove the siding since you’ll be “busog” even without ordering one. ;P

menu front, menu back

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Jona’s Pares has been part of our list of comfort foods ever since we started operating our traditional business in 2003. Through the years of eating here we’ve come up with our super barat combo hahaha! that you should watch out for ;P

Jona’s is famous for their yummy pares, though this doesn’t come cheap compared to other pares house, but people continue to buy this and indulge.

Jona’s Pares Php 85 per order
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Tasty Dumpling is one of our favorite place to eat affordable but yummy food. :9 This place is popular to our chinese friends because of their big serving size and value for money.

Pork chop rice, Hongma and Dumplings are the house favorites. As for us, we always order Pork chop rice (Php 85) , extra cabbage (Php 30) and house tea (free).

When in total barat mode, we’ll ask the waiter to split our pork chop rice into two and order an additional cup of rice.

… this picture is already half-serving!

If you enjoy eating spicy food, try to combine their special sauce with a little chili! hmmm yummy! ;9

Here’s a copy of their Menu 1 , Menu 2

To get there:

#583 N.S. Amoranto (Retiro St.), QC

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Day TWO - Ibay’s Silver Shop

We visited Ibay’s Main branch and bought some silverworks. Being a certified barat, we went straight to their discounted rack and checked out for good finds. Lucky us, we were able to spot a heart shaped earrings with zirconian stones originally priced at Php 450 but since it’s discounted we only paid Php 270. You may also request them to replace your “pakaw” with a bigger one at a minimal fee, additional Php 20.

Barat tip: It’s better to drop by at their main branch because it’s cheaper compared to their other branches.

Ibay’s Main Branch:
2/F Lions Club Bldg., Gov. Pack Road, Baguio City

Day TWO - Baguio Market

Baguio market is the perfect place to go to, when it comes to buying your pasalubongs. From food items, foot rags for your home, crochet clothing, to blankets even ukay stuff it’s all available here.

When we arrived at the market, we first visited Tamtanco’s booth. This is our favorite UBE brand (Php 110/medium sized bottle), we love this over good sheperd’s version of Ube jam — not just because it’s way cheaper but because of it’s consistency and taste. Tamtanco’s also sells good peanut brittle (Php 75/medium sized bottle) and lengua.

We also grabbed a couple of bottles of Romana’s peanut brittle (Php 75/365g bottle; Php 110/530g bottle) and Mika’san’s chocoflakes (Php 70/bottle).

Strawberries were all over the place at Php 60-Php 80 per kilo. But for us, we opted to buy the Php 80/kilo since it’s of better quality. Pre-packed strawberries were also available — wise buyers don’t usually buy these, because often you don’t get your money’s worth. ;P

Barat Tip: Buy your strawberries on the day you’ll leave Baguio.

After buying all the food items that we want, we went up to the market’s second floor, a not so familiar place for tourists and bakasyonistas. This is the cheapest place to buy crochet items, foot rags and blankets. Single sized blankets for only Php 90, receiving blankets for babies at Php 50, plain queen sized blankets at Php 120 and printed queen sized blankets at Php 145 only.

Of course, our trip in Baguio wouldn’t be complete if we’ll not take home a couple of Baguio “walis tambo“.

Day TWO - Petron Service Station

Baguio is not a very big city but we noticed 3 Petron stations in the area and all jam packed. You might be wondering what’s so special about Petron stations to put it in our Baguio experience?

Well, at first there’s nothing special but after seeing a tarp posted inside one of these stations stating “Baguio Country Club (BCC) breads available here” changed everything!

We love BBC’s raisin and banana breads, although to buy those requires us to drag our relative to accompany us inside the country club. So, being able to get these breads in a gas station is so convenient for us!

Banana bread Php 135/loaf
Raisin bread Php 135/loaf and Php 65/half loaf

Barat tip: In buying your raisin bread, it’s actually cheaper to get 2 half loaves rather than getting 1 whole loaf. ;P

To get there:
D’ Motorists Pitstop, Inc. (Petron Service Station)
#146 Kisad rd. cor. Marcos Highway, Baguio City

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