This past month I was finally able to go back to the Philippines after 22 years. My first visit was way back in 1990 when I was six years old for a family reunion on my dad’s side. This time, the main purpose was to visit my grandma who just turned 96.
Pambiche is a Cuban restaurant in Portland, that opens late on Friday and Saturdays. It was perfect for us to visit simply because we arrived Portland pretty late and we were looking for a place for dinner at 10pm.
You know you’re in America when there’s a 24 hour doughnut shop. I guess when you own Voodoo Doughnuts, it’s a smart thing to open 24 hours, to cater all the tourists like us. We arrive just a little before midnight, and there was about a 10 minute line up stretching out of the shop. Crazy.
I first learned about Bunk Sandwiches on Diners Drive-Ins and Dives on the food channel. Guy Fieri makes an excellent sandwich salesman.
Like always, when I’m excited about eating at a new restaurant, I wanted to try everything. I got 2 sandwiches for myself, and they were the Local Tomato, and Meatball Parmigiano Hero. Dee and our friend got the Pork Belly Cubano and Tuna Melt.
My friends and I stopped by Serendipity 3 just right before we head out to the airport for home. Serendipity 3 is located on The Strip right beside Caesar’s Palace.
We visited Pink’s Hot dogs after a long date night with alcohol in Las Vegas. Pink’s is located at Planet Hollywood on the strip, it was just a short walk from our hotel.
My friend and I discovered Bourgeois Pig by accident when we were on our way to the Fullerton train station in Lincoln Park, Chicago. We didn’t have much time to eat or look for breakfast, and a pair passing by heartily recommended it so we popped in.
I went to Harry Caray’s Tavern for dinner when I visited Navy Pier in Chicago. It was one of the places I ate at while in Chiacgo purely because of its convenience. I was at Navy Pier for a least a couple hours, and this place seemed busy the whole time we were there so we took that as a good sign.
First time visiting Chicago, I was super excited about trying those deep dish pizzas. Giordano’s Pizza is probably the most well known place for deep dish pies in Chicago. I thought Giordano’s was just 1 particular restaurant, but it turned out that it’s quite a franchise within downtown Chicago. I saw about 4 Giordano restaurants in downtown Chicago alone.
We went to Smuggler’s Inn on the recommendation on a couple people we know in Calgary as a good place to go for good Alberta Beef. We got there and were seated instantly. The decor is very dark, and they had what a called “King” chairs because it was really thick-heavy wood chairs.
Carnegie Deli was the first restaurant I visited when my friends and I were in Las Vegas. We arrived at nearly midnight, and this was the only place we could find that was open 24 hours.
The Calgary Stamede was getting a bit boring, so we decided to go back to the Red Mile (17th Ave) to look for a cool place to eat and drink. We wanted Pub Food and beer. Our first choice, Ship & Anchor Pub, was unfortunately packed with nowhere to sit.
