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Knox Balbastro
Having grown up outside the Philippines, Knox was raised on a diet of Macaulay Culkin movies, Barbie dreams, and the sounds of MTV. When she returned to the Philippines during her teens, she began to…
Having grown up outside the Philippines, Knox was raised on a diet of Macaulay Culkin movies, Barbie dreams, and the sounds of MTV. When she returned to the Philippines during her teens, she began to seek out a distinctly Pinoy culture. So far, she loves what she’s seeing. Manila for her is a fertile ground for art, music, fashion, and fun. Living in a little known, third world country definitely has its perks. Adventures are affordable and discovery doesn’t come in the usual package.
Her best advice for travellers new to the Philippines is to go out on the streets where faces, traffic, and landscape can create a collage of experiences that’s gritty and real.
Knox is a 24 year-old dreamer who also happens to be an advertising copywriter. She loves to travel and dreams of bag packing throughout the entire Philippine Archipelago. She hopes that through this blog, people from all over the world will find a reason to drop by.
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Mickey's Delicatessen. Sausages and so Much More.
Refined rowdiness. Pub pleasant. Civilized drunkenness. All these are oxymorons that can describe a night out at Mickey’s Delicatessen.
Stepping into Mickey’s you’d never think that it was a German pub/deli. The place exudes incredible warmth with its brick walls and wood flooring. It’s got an open kitchen that showcases what you should order one hundred times better than any menu. Add to this the wood-burning oven that fills the air with smells of their famed Nurnberger Pork Sausages fill the air. Order that or the grilled sausage sampler to get a taste of their specialties.
Attached right beside it is the Lartizan bakery where they make glorious ciabatta bread, the crust for their Quattro Formaggio, simply divine for a basic four-cheese pizza. Another Ciabatta bread creation is the Mickey’s Super Sandwich monstrosity. Rumored to be the longest sandwich in town, it has an assortment of meats and will serve over six people.
Michael, the owner and head chef, a boisterous German man who prefers to be outside with his customers rather than cooped up in the kitchen will no doubt be able to recommend the right beer to go with your meal. Chat him up before his wife and business partner shoos him back in to where he belongs.
There are times when you want to drink beer and just get lost in sexy albeit civilized conversation. If you are in that state of mind, then consider going to Mickey’s. It’s got a homey almost feminine ambience with food that’s anything but. The place seems to attract a lot of cute white guys making Mickey’s, literally and figuratively, a sausage fest.