Malabon Food Trip Special: Malabon's Very First Tricycle Food Tour

When you hear about Malabon, the first thing that pops on your mind is food right?  Then, hold that thought cause I'll be sharing with you my recent Malabon Food Trip Special experience.

For only 600 php per person, you can try the six most prestigious food stops in Malabon.

Food Stop #1: Lugaw Express

Lugaw Express has been around since 1984.  The store opens at 9 pm and closes around 11 pm.  It's a shabby place with a few tables and plastic chairs but customers are dropping by non-stop.  It serves only one dish and that is as the name implies lugaw made with chicken broth.

Lugaw with Kidney and Liver (40 php)

Your coupon can be used to claim 1 bowl of Lugaw with your choice of chicken part: legs, wings, kidney and liver or chicken feet.  Each bowl costs 40 php.  The plain lugaw costs 10 php.  All the chicken parts costs an additional 30 php except for the chicken feet which costs 9 php each.

Food Stop #2: Hazel's Bakery

Hazel's Bakery is the home of the purest white Puto and Puto Pao.

We had the chance to view their squeaky clean kitchen with huge steamers.

Puto (13 php)

Puto Pao (15 php)

We got a single serving Puto and Puto Pao n exchange of our  coupons.

Food Stop #3: Nanay's Pancit Malabon

Nanay's Pancit Malabon has a humble home-like facade.  It has a small almost unnoticeable sign.

 Walking in, you can already smell the enticing smell of Pancit Malabon.

It has a very busy kitchen with big pans and toppings are laid out.

Pancit Malabon

Our coupons entitled us to a single serving of their Pancit Malabon.  Never had I seen a plateful of Pancit Malabon topped generously with so many toppings.  It had slices of egg, shrimp, pork, celery and greens.  While I usually eat Pancit Malabon with a squeeze of calamansi, I found this to be heavenly without it. 

Food Stop #4: Jamico's Restaurant

The highlight of our food tour is Jamico's Restaurant which is the home of Judy Ann Crispy Pata.  

Judy Ann Crispy Pata has won the hearts of diners since 1974. 

While they take pride of the Judy Ann Crispy Pata, they have more to offer.  Our coupons granted us the opportunity to taste a plateful of their best-sellers.  It has sample servings of the Judy Ann Crispy Pata,  Torta Alimasag, Shrimp Embotido, Chicken Pandan and Jamico's Fried Rice.  The Judy Ann Crispy Pata has a sweet coating.  The Torta Alimasag also had a sweet thick sauce that's similar to my favorite Fookien fried rice.  The Shrimp Embotido is so flavorful.  And, lastly, the Chicken Pandan offers a great twist to the usual fried chicken.

Food Stop #5: Dolor's Kakanin

Every since I was young, Dolor's Kakanin Sapin-Sapin has been present in every occasion and on random casual days.

I'm so glad to visit it's original home where I got to capture how it is made.

Check out the video below.

We exchanged our coupons for a small plate of Sapin-Sapin.

I also bought an assorted plate for 65 php.  It has a Bibingkang Malagkit in the center, 3 pieces of Kuchinta, 3 pieces if Pichi-pichi and 3 pieces of Puto.  The family loved the Kuchinta.  The Puto was good enough for me too.

They also had delicious Breadsticks and Macarons that's makes a good gift item.

Food Stop #6: Betsy's Cakes

Our last stop is Betsy's Cakes where we exchanged our coupons for 4 pieces of their specialty Broas.

Broas (17 php) and Ube Macapuno Broas (30 php)

It's not the typical lady fingers that you expect.  The Broas I've been accustomed to is toasted, crunchy and crumby.while this one was soft, moist and fluffy like a mamon.  The classic plain one is good but I prefer the  Ube Macapuno Broas more.  It is a bit more pricey at 30 php for a small size though.  They also have a wide variety of budget-friendly cakes.  But, I found them to be inferior to their Broas.

Overall, we Travel Tripsters had a fun and one-of-a-kind experience in touring around Malabon for interesting food stops in  tricycle.  The serving sizes were just right.  You're sure to get your money's worth and have a belly-filled by the end of the Malabon Food Trip Special.

For more information call the Malabon Tourism Office: 281-4999 Loc. 1003 or call/text the Malabon TODA Association at (0918) 651-7343 | (0922) 950-1500 | (0922) 809-3010

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InfinitePh: Beyond Possibilities For Philippine Booking

InfinitePh is out to make hotel booking socialized!  The first time I heard about InfinitePh, I mixed it up with the Korean K-pop band Infinite. Turns out its actually a very useful hotel booking app that's available in both Apple IOS and Android.


Using InfinitePh
I'll be guiding you on how to maximize the usage of the InfinitePh app.


Step 1: Download
*Will post the download link when the app is released on March 15, 2015.

Step 2: Sign up

This is what you'll see upon installing the app.  You can just simply sign up with Facebook for an easy sign up...

or manually register.

Step 3: Enter Your Destination and Choose Your Hotel

Enter your destination and choose from its extensive hotel listings.

Step 4: Select the Date

Select the arrival and departure date of your stay.

Step 5: Reserve Your Room

Select the room of your liking and the number of person who will stay there.  The description as well as the price is indicated therein.

Payment System
Every convenient payment gateway for the average Filipino.  It accepts Paypal, Asiapay, Globe/Smart, 711 Connect and Bank Payments.

Budget Analysis - Users End

As an end-user, you can view your bookings, discounts  you've accumulated as well as your budget analysis.

Hotel Representative Dashboard

Since the goal of the app is to connect customers and hotels, it also has a Hotel Representative Dashboard that shows them analytics of the users activities.

Social Media Review
By using various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Foursquare and adding hashtags, users can share their reviews, photos, videos of each hotel and transient.

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