Comments on: The Boracay Eating Marathon a la Marketman & Family

By: Sheena

Sheena — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:52:56 +0000

Speaking of, I just want to share this: I have a contact in Boracay who is a freelance travel agent and gives cheap rates for as low as 1k/night. Even her ATV rates are cheap, Php500/hr =) Those who might want her service can just leave their email at my blog’s tagboard for her contact number.

By: Sheena

Sheena — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:28:47 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot of good reviews with Sands (Discovery Shores’ buffet) but I have yet to try it for myself first to give a better judgement.

You should try eating at Talipapa next time you go there. It’s a pig out session for me and my bf everytime we eat here. Good food yet cheap. We usually buy crabs (cooked as chili crab), prawns (for garlic butter shrimp), green mango and other greens for salad/veggie dish complete with drinks and rich and we only shell out around Php500++ most of the time. Cebu’s sutukil is nothing compared to Boracay’s talipapa IMO =)

I suddenly miss Aria’s gravlax served with salad greens!

By: acidboy

acidboy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:24:58 +0000

Oh, and that didn’t include fries, which were soggy, few and costs over P300.

By: acidboy

acidboy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:21:11 +0000

You’re too kind with Discovery Shores, MM. They have an item in their menu called something like “The Island’s best burgers” or something like that at over P400.00 And the patty was pre-packed frozen grocery burger patty!

I should have walked all the way to Station 2 and bought Choriburgers.

By: Maria Clara

Maria Clara — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:17:25 +0000

Thanks for the recap of your Boracay food journey!

By: goodtimer

goodtimer — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:48:39 +0000

I missed the good ole days when a plate of 3 huge grilled butterflied prawns with lemon-butter sauce, garlic rice and mixed veggies, brought to our table by the beach, cost P75!

By: Fabian Mangahas

Fabian Mangahas — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:03:05 +0000

Hi Marketman,

It’s nice to read that someone else found Boracay food expensive; and I don’t consider myself the type who wouldn’t pay extra for a good meal. Greenbelt prices on the beach.

thanks for the post! was glad to read the rating of Mrs. Marketman and the Kid’s ratings as well.

By: Katrina

Katrina — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:14:49 +0000

Wow, that’s quite a lot for 50 hours! I agree with Wysgal — I generally don’t expect great service anywhere in the Phils. outside Manila (and even here, we all know it’s usually bad). When I’m outside the city, I just accept that life is slower. ;-) I think your reviews are spot-on. And I’m relieved to see that you liked Banza’s food. The fact that you walked all the way there from Friday’s (How long did that take you?! It takes at least 15 minutes from Station 2!), yet still found it worth it is a big deal.

So, apart from the food, did you enjoy Boracay? Did it live up to the hype?

By: Candygirl

Candygirl — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:31:08 +0000

Ahhh Boracay…..great beach, dining, and nightlife. I also like Bohol for the great beach and diving but no nightlife.

By: wysgal

wysgal — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:18:33 +0000

Service is generally quite horrid in Boracay restaurants (especially if you’re there during peak seasons like we often are) … once you make peace with that and accept it as a fact of Boracay, things become easier to enjoy though. Good to know you got a lot of eating done. =)