Xtremely Xpresso :@) :@) :@)

#1 Dewey Avenue

Subic Bay Freeport Zone

Olongapo City, Zambales

Horrible.... horrible... horrible service, but you will wait and stay for the food...

Papa John's :@)

53-B Annapolis St., Greenhills

San Juan City, Metro Manila

Philippines

Better ingredients???... Same pizza...

Gino's Brick Oven Pizza @) :@) :@)

2nd Floor K2 Building 341 Katipunan Avenue

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Philippines

It's not that often I'm totally happy with food... Today's an exception...

Tokyo Cafe :@)

G/Lvl. South Wing, Main Mall Bldg.

Pasay City, Metro Manila

Philippines

2/Lvl. SM North The Block

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Philippines

The Venice Piazza, Mckinley Hill

Taguig City, Metro Manila

Philippines

Western Cuisine and Service Meets Eastern Food Artistry

Bistro Napa (Formerly known as Aresi) :@) :@)

IL Terrazzo Mall

35 Tomas Morato Ave. 

cor. Scout Madrinan St. 

Quezon City

332-1941

great Italian...great price...

Uncle Cheffy :@) :@)

2F Eastwood Mall Veranda, Eastwood City

Libis, Quezon City

(02)3837215

So we were around Eastwood city and craved for some pizza. Since I pretty much had enough of Yellowcab Pizza for an entire lifetime we decided to try some other place out. That's how me and my friends landed in Uncle Cheffy. First impressions were good. Personally I liked how the place looked and the staff was pretty hospitable.

Uncle Cheffy gives me sort of a comfy vibe which is great if you want to chill out with friends and have a few beers, or just eat out with your family. This gives it bonus points in the rating system :).

Onto the food then...

For the pizza part we got

East Meets West Panizza P495 ($12)

A Veneto Napoli Pizzeria Ristorante :@)

SM Megamall, Pasig City

Lower Ground Floor Building A

(where the skating rink used to be/near food court)

So I finally ate at A Veneto again, which made me giddy. For me A Veneto is the best pasta place around in the Philippines that is pretty affordable. They also serve good pizza which is an added bonus for this restaurant.

Honestly though to us Filipinos, Italian food is basically Pizza and Pasta. What sets A Veneto apart from the rest is they serve the most authentic pasta and pizza dishes around for this price range. Most restaurants that actually serve authentic stuff will charge you as much as P500 up for a dish. The terribly cheap stuff though gets extremely localized in flavor which deviates entirely from the dish being considered "Italian".

There are pros and cons to localizations of certain dishes. Some of these localizations have led to great and not so bad pizza parlors such as Handuraw Pizza, Sandy's Pizza, 3M pizza and the like. It also led to such horror stories such as the infamous "Spagetchup" and the decent Old Spaghetti House. A Veneto's other selling point for me is the servings. Honestly even I'm extremely full after one full serving of their pasta dish.

Chicken Cutlet Parmigiana P240 (5$)

Handuraw Pizza :@) :@)

Varsity Hills, Quezon City near Church of the Pentacost

(Near Katipunan Ave.)

Tel # (02)926-0415

Ladies and gentlemen and pigs of all ages. Meet Cebu's #1 Pizza Brand Handuraw Pizza. Currently this is probably the best example of a hole-in-the wall food establishment that we have found ever. Check it out:

Yellow Cab :@) :@)

Yellowcab Pizza

Julia Vargas cor. Meralco Ave, Pasig

636-1111 Free Delivery

Open 24 Hours

for more branches: http://www.yellowcabpizza.com

Yellowcab has been around for a pretty long time now. As the name suggests, it is

supposed to be this pizza parlor new york style. Does it live to its name? To find out

I decided to order two of the most "new yorkish" pizzas.... The Pepperoni and Four

Cheese!