Trip Ko Lang

One weekend, we decided to travel and do something different as a group. Subic Tree Top Adventure was our choice of destination for our March getaway. We knew that we would wear harness, swing from trees, easy and fun as that, right?   But…uhhhmm… hanged and dropped 60ft high to the ground, soared from tree to tree up to 450 ft long and 100ft high and explored the forest sitting up to 100ft above the ground was definitely a thrilling, heart-stopping, challenging and one-of-a-kind adventure!

Tree Top Adventures

Tree Top Adventures offers 6 different activities namely, rappelling, canopy ride, trekking, interactive free fall, superman ride, and silver surfer. Interactive free fall is their newest ride but we were not able to try it, we just had their Package E adventure at 620php per person which includes rappelling or tree drop adventure, canopy ride and superman ride. We had so many pictures so I’ll be blogging each ride we had, a better and closer view of everything about it.

Harness Station

Above is a shot of the harness station for the tree drop and canopy ride adventure. Below is a shot of their main lounge/dining area/watching area; almost everyone there were waiting for their turn, taking pictures, resting or having lunch or snack.

We had our lunch arranged when we booked for our Package E adventure, set lunch meals for 175php… honestly, we were dismayed, food was so poor in taste and quality, they didn’t get our orders right, drink was just a small glass of iced tea but good thing their leche flan as dessert was okay.

Waiting Area

Here’s a shot of Tree Top’s house rules, have a look and get to know every detail before taking their adventures. You have been warned! Hehehe.

Tree Top House Rules

Feeling lost? Here’s some directions, know where to find each ride…

Tree Top Directions

Tree Top’s helmets, a must-wear for the canopy ride. Choose from red, green or pink.

Helmets

Tree drop adventure/rappelling main area… this is where you will be hanged from… Hehehe… more stories in my next posts…

Tree Drop Adventure

At the start of the canopy ride…whoooaaaa…are you sure, this is safe? Hehehe.

Canopy Ride

Superman ride main area, time to pull yourself up…

Superman Ride

Are you ready for the real excitement? Keep yourself posted and join us in our very unforgettable thrilling experience in Subic Tree Top Adventure…

Here’s another unexpected food discovery we recently had, Orchard Road… another Singaporean food stop next to our Makansutra in Manila Ocean Park. Orchard Road had its soft opening sometime on the last week of February 2010, so they still have these signs topped on their tables.

Orchard Road soft opening

Orchard Road and Makansutra have similarities like with their food, prices and interior shop design. But I can definitely say that Orchard Road is a lot better than Makansutra because (1) they have their own order style, (2) food tastes better, (3) they offer new dishes not available in Makansutra, (3) prices are more reasonable, (4) located in Mega Mall, very much accessible to anyone, (5) quick service, (6) friendly crew, and most important (7) taking pictures is allowed.

Here are some shots of Orchard Road’s entrance, open kitchen and pay counter.

Orchard Road in 2/f Bridgeway Mega Mall

Orchard Road Open Kitchen

Orchard Road Counter

Once you arrived, you will be given this order slip, you just have to select your desired foods and drinks then give it to the cashier when done. You will be given a number and have to wait for your order to be served. Waiting time was just fine; I can say that they are really effective even if they are still under training. Keep up the quick service, guys!

Orchard Road Menu and Order Form

So here we go again, seeing the menu with different types of food, we can’t easily decide on what to order and just ordered what we feel and think would be great for us… We were just 2 and our order was really too much for us and so we even had some take homes. Hehe.

Black Pepper Chicken Rice @ 145php

Black Pepper Chicken Rice, one of their most ordered dishes coming from the Mini Wok or Kuali set. It tasted really delicious and with good amount of serving.

Malaysian Nasi Goreng @ 135php

Here’s another dish, Malaysian Nasi Goreng, Malay fried rice topped with fried egg. There were a lot of ingredients included and chicken chunks were enough to complete the meal and make you really full. Rice can be good for 2 if you are like me…sometimes on a diet…Hehe.

Char Kway Teow @ 150php

We also had Char Kway Teow, my favorite stir-fry noodles, very tasty and we loved it!

Satay Chicken 4 sticks @ 110php

Another favorite food, Satay Chicken, Singapore’s barbecued style dish with peanut sauce. Flavor tasted strong and rich. Peanut sauce was a bit spicy.

Shrimp Dumplings 3 pcs @ 99php

We can’t eat without dimsum and so we ordered for their Shrimp Dumplings; tasted just the usual… Good!

Bandung @ 60php

As for our drinks, we had Bandung and Iced Teh Tarik. Bandung is a popular drink in Malaysia and Singapore made with milk and rose cordial, it’s like our own malamig drink, Gulaman. Teh Tarik is tea with condensed milk, you can have it hot or iced. Both drinks tasted good and reasonably priced.

Teh Tarik (Iced) @ 50php

Orchard Road is now my favorite food stop whenever I crave for Singaporean dishes. Everything is good – food, service, price and location. I hope they can maintain this positive look, good quality and service and not because they are just new in business.

Thanks Orchard Road for coming near us! By the way, Orchard Road is one popular road in Singapore that is known for the best shopping destination with all the popular malls and branded boutiques. While here in Manila, Orchard Road is a Singaporean food stop located inside Mega Mall and soon to have its next branch in Mall of Asia. Visit it now!

Since floss bread has been introduced by Bread Talk, I have always been an avid eater of their pork and cheese floss breads.  I have heard about Toast Box as a sister company of Bread Talk but it was just recently that I got a chance to visit the place.  Originated in Singapore, Toast Box has its main branch open in Trinoma, Quezon City…visited Toast Box for 2 reasons, (1) I love floss bread and want to try something new with floss and (2) I miss Singapore and visiting  Toast Box would help me reminisce my Singapore days.

Floss Clubhouse @ 169php

Toast Box’s Floss Clubhouse was first in our order list…food serving was just enough for 2. Clubhouse is a great afternoon snack and with Floss on it, it  just tasted superb! We really loved it.

Mee Siam @ 135php

We wanted to try something new and Mee Siam looked good in their menu, so we ordered for one. Taste was a bit tangy and spicy. We did not like it but it was just okay if you want to try a noodle soup with a distinct Asian taste.

Kopi

Kopi is the local name for coffee in Singapore and having different types like Kopi, Kopi-O, and Kopi-C. I had my Kopi-C (with sweetened milk) as add-on to our Floss Clubhouse. It was so good and I really missed the Kopi taste I had in Singapore.

Milo Dinosaur @ 89php

We had another drink, one of Toast Box’s featured drinks, the Milo Dinosaur. Most ordered drink especially by kids who just love drinking Milo and can’t get enough of Milo’s rich chocolate taste.

Toast Box is a good place to have a light afternoon snack with their featured breads like Kaya Toast or Floss Clubhouse and a hot cup of Kopi. Try it!