msmitheman

Michael Smitheman

34 / Male

San Francisco, California, USA

About msmitheman

Budding Member | Member since 13th May 08

Citizenship: United Kingdom
Marital Status: De Facto

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Home Sweet Home

Posted by msmitheman | 12th February 2009

Well we had an uneventful stay in Manila...a terrible city really...we ate lots, shopped lots, and went to the cinema lots, but were ready to get out when we did.

Don't bother going to watch the movie called "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"...a good idea that has been produced and edited terribly. There's better ways to spend 3 hours of your life...even in Manila (yes it really is 3 hours...well almost).

Highlights of the city:

Mini Shabu Shabu restaurant - a Japanese meal involving cooking meet and veg yourself in a boiling bowl of broth and noodles fondue like...very tasty, we went lots....I'm not sure why it was mini...Kim's probably right...it was a small restaurant.

errr I'm struggling to think of a second highlight....actually they're all restaurant based...

Japanese restaurant in the Pan Pacific Shopping Mall in Malate - great tuna sashimi in chili sauce and good sake.

Chinese restaurant in the same mall - HUGE restaurant (seats 500!), HUGE dishes but rea

Continued | Mike & Kim's Trip