FIRST TIME In The Philippines 🇵🇭 Manila was NOT What We Expected… (we were SHOCKED!)

9 places in this vlog

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1. 1:29

   Commune Café + Bar

   ☕ Cafe · Poblacion, Makati

   The pandan coffee is creamy and coffee-forward; the house Commune iced tea is lemony and not very sweet.

2. 2:27

   Poblacion

   🏘️ Neighborhood · Makati

   Coffee shops are everywhere here, a good base for cafe-hopping.

3. 5:07

   Kanto Freestyle Breakfast

   🍴 Restaurant · Poblacion, Makati

   Vigan longganisa is chunky and garlicky; champorado is very sweet, and the tuyo it normally comes with can sell out.

4. 9:57

   Saints Peter and Paul Parish Church

   ⛩️ Temple · Poblacion, Makati

   The interior feels like a church in Spain, a striking contrast with the surrounding high-rises.

5. 11:31

   Legazpi Sunday Market

   🛒 Market · Legaspi Village, Makati

   Mostly international food; try the cucumber juice and the baked Filipino empanada with its carrot-meat filling.

6. 18:42

   Makati

   🏘️ Neighborhood · Makati

   Only a 5-minute drive from Poblacion, yet it looks completely different.

7. 19:42

   Greenbelt

   🛍️ Shopping · Makati

   Very posh and green, a side of Manila far from the slum-focused image online.

8. 22:14

   Manam

   🍴 Restaurant · Uptown Bonifacio, Taguig

   Standouts: sizzling sisig, sour sinigang, chicken-pork adobo and oxtail kare-kare; reservations are a good idea.

9. 33:44

   Mesa Filipino Moderne

   🍴 Restaurant · Metro Manila · brief mention