[Filipino Food] Newly renovated resto&bar or pub, 8.88

Hi !

Last week i visited 8.88 resto&bar with my friends and had some marienda ("snack" in filipino). This place is divided into two areas for karaoke bar and a retaurant. I had marienda in the karaoke bar area. The space was bigger than i thought outside the door and there was a wide bar at one corner and a dart playing area at another corner. The interior seemed conceptualize american style pub. They serve more of simple snacks for drinks. I think it's a perfect place to sit back and have some chilling time with friends and a bottle of cold beer after work.

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8.88 : 

It is a resto&bar or a pub.

Located in Vigan city, Philippines. (Im sorry. i dont know its specific address)

If you expect to have a proper meal, move to the other room on the right side. You can also have a cafe menu there.

🔺 This is Pancit canton. Most popular dish for marienda  among Filipinos. It tasted like an ordinary pancit canton that you can find in any restaurants.👍

Thia is Bacon and shrimp penne pasta. This was my order. It was the worst pasta i've ever tasted in my life. I dont know what the hell the chef added in the sauce, but it was too sweet as if it was served as a desert. very very super ultra disappointing taste it was.

This is Mushroom and bacon spaghetti with white sauce. This one was sweet too. I love pasta so much. I have some pasta recipe books and sometimes cook myself at home, but i 've never heard of a sweet pasta dish. I guess the pasta dishes here are more like a fusion dish that is an american dish cooked in a Filipinos style. The chef must have considered the favorite taste or flavor of Filipinos which is sweetness i guess, since the dominant customers coming to this restaurant are Filipinos.

My score :

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Pasta dish was not a good choice.  Next time i'll try beer and some dried snacks.

[Korean Food] Hanguk, one and only korean restaurant in Vigan city!

Hi !

Today, I'm gonna introduce the only Korean restaurant in Vigan city, Hanguk. As the only Korean resident here, when i heard about this restaurant opening in this city, it was more than welcome to me. I've always traveled far to Baguio and Laoag cities to buy some Korean groceries to cook myself though I can't tell that i cook very well my own country's dishes. I had no choice. I've been living in the Philippines over 4 years and I love Filipino dishes. Almost every day i eat them, but sometimes a part of my body still craves for the smell and the taste that i used to know. :( :( huhuhu...

PERO! I 've been spending happy time these days cuz i can eat now korean food anytime in Hanguk restaurant! :D 

Hanguk korean barbecue restaurant :
Opened few months ago.
Located across the road from NBI, Bantay, Vigan city.
Specialties are korean style barbecue of pork, beef, and chicken.
For those who think all korean dises are spicy, dont worry because Hanguk serves un-spicy dishes too.
The owner is a Korean, but the chef is a Filipino , koreans should not expect a home meal or mom's cook in this restaurant.

This is dish is called Ojingeo bokkeum, stir fied squid with little bit spicy sauce.

I think the chef used frozen squid or over cooked it. It was very hard to chew like i was eating rubber. 

 This dish is called Kimchi Jigae, Kimchi(permented spicy cabbage pickle) and pork stew.

Honestly it was very disappointing...  Too much water and too little kimch and pork. I tasted Kimchi and some pieces of pork swiming in the fresh water.  I couldnt taste any flavors from the soup.

One thing unique about this restaurant is this glass. When you order any drinks, they are served with a frozen glass of ice. Holding this cold glass, i feel already my brain getting frozen! 

My score :

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