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When we think of Filipino food, adobo instantly comes to mind. Even with countless of variations, adobo is still the ultimate Pinoy comfort food. “Adobo connects us all,” don’t you agree?

This is what the founders of Adobo Connection believe. They have designed Adobo Connection to be a place where friends and family connect over adobo and other home-cooked meals.

From it’s first-ever branch in Dela Rosa, Makati, Adobo Connection has grown to be a franchise of nine branches, the latest of which is this one at World Corporate Center, Shaw Boulevard (near EDSA). New ones are opening soon at One Archer’s Place in Taft Avenue, Manila, at SM City Fairview, and at Valero, Makati.

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Internationally acclaimed food expert, Anthony Bourdain, called it the “best pig, ever!” I couldn’t agree more.

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We just had a short vacation in Cebu City a week after my Rap’s school ended. We were all first-timers and all I knew about Cebu were the things I read from the Internet. Thankfully, Cebu Pacific’s Smile Magazine for March featured top dining spots in Cebu. That’s how we got to read about Kuya J Restaurant.

Kuya J Restaurant is one of the many small restaurants that sits among the residential units along Orchid St. near the city’s capitol. It’s only a block away from Gran Tierra Suites where we were billeted so we just walked to reach the place. It’s also directly in front of STK Ta Bay, another popular seafood grill resto in the area (we also had dinner there but that would be for a separate post).

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We read that Binondo is a Chinese food trip haven but, among the restaurant reviews that we checked out, Wai Ying Fastfood stood out. So we went there to see what the buzz was all about. And what a better time to visit Manila’s Chinatown than on the eve of Chinese New Year itself!

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