If there's anything about Boracay that we love more than the hot chicks and tanned dudes, it has got to be the food. Although we weren't able to walk past through station 2 (heck, we barely even made it to station 2!), station 1 has its own food heaven for the tourists to enjoy.
In fact, we didn't even have to go outside our hotel because Sur offers its guests sumptuous food from breakfast to late night snack. The complimentary ala carte breakfast we had after the first night was simple but very fulfilling.
We were even lucky enough to experience Sur's breakfast buffet, which they don't offer on a regular basis. Lugi lahat ng buffet sa 'min!! :)
Boracay also has daily happy hour promos. In Sur, happy hour starts at 5pm and ends at 10pm. Buy 1 take 1 on beer! While Toto and ate Pong feasted on several bottles of Red Horse, I besotted myself on glass after glass of ripe mango shake :p
Although I would have personally wanted to stay in Sur all day long, the three of us agreed that we all needed to try other food. So off we went to D'Mall and boy were we so delighted to find a Mexican restaurant in the area! We were automatically drawn to Ole Boracay Restaurant's interiors and scantily-clad waitresses :D
Ole is a little bit heavy on the pocket (P300+/ item) but their sizzling beef fajita was so tasty we actually forgot about the other food that we ordered. Their fajita is I think P395 but it's already good for 2-3 persons. It is a must-try! You can leave the burger out though. It's unforgettable and we wished we didn't order it :c
And who could forget Jonah's fruit shakes when every other friend on your Facebook newsfeed would post about how good they are, right? So I tried the Banana-Peanut butter shake that tasted like bad medicine and I so wanted to puke if not for the staff who outnumbered the tourists that day. I guess it wouldn't be that bad if not for my high expectations (everybody was raging about it on Facebook and I wanted to try it myself) but I just wanted a glass of fresh shake to fight off the afternoon heat. Guess I should have just ordered the good ol' mango shake. But hey, at least we tried! :) It's like going to Puerto Princesa without trying the underground river tour, or going to Coron without snorkeling, or going to Davao without eating durian if you go to Boracay without trying Jonah's fruit shakes!! Nah, I'm just exaggerating :)) But then again, at least the shakes are not that expensive! Ninety-pesos for a big glass of fruit shake is peanuts when you're in Boracay - a place where they sell Cornetto for P100 apiece! (at least in Station 1).
While we were on our way to D'Mall we passed by Astoria Boracay where some people were happily giving away stubs for free buffet dinner. FREE. BUFFET. DINNER. Ding! Ding! Ding! If it's free and it's unlimited, count us in! Of course we knew there was going to be something in exchange but it wouldn't be that bad, right? Riiiiiiight. We just spent HOURS listening to a lousy sales woman giving us a scripted lecture about the benefits of buying their vacation package thingy. I actually can't remember everything that she said but it was about spending seven freaking days in any member hotel in the world for P850,000 a year. Duh. Like I would spend a week inside a friggin' hotel when I'm in Paris or New York. And double duh. Like I have that amount of money in my bank account. But we wouldn't really be spending that long inside Astoria's cramped function room (where it felt like a market place because there were a lot of people talking all at the same time) if not for me who challenged every single word that ate salesperson said. Sorry, my bad. So anyway, the food, uhm, it's alright. But at least they're photogenic :))
In search of cheap but different food (we got tired of Sur's offering by the end of second day), we stumbled upon a crowd of bystanders cheering for fire dancers. We were eventually drawn to the crowd and the fire and the P295/person consumable entrance fee to The Sand Bar Boracay. The place was already beaming with studs and chicks when we arrived so we suited ourselves in a small table near the performers. At least we could see them shaking their bom boms while playing with fire in just a stone's throw distance. The food, well, what can I say? We only had a bottle of beer each (a fruit shake for me), french fries, and onion rings. But it's okay! At least our eyes feasted on them flexible fire dancers...wait, I don't sound like a perv now, do I? X)
Now onto the farther side of the island... Puka Beach also has it's own restaurant. The Puka Grande offers normal-tasting grilled food served in an average of two hours. Kidding, though service was definitely NOT fast. But we couldn't complain because we were already starving and it was the only eatery around. Price is around P150 per order.
So at the end of our stay in Boracay we realized one thing - we can't survive without money. I mean, yeah you can't survive anywhere when you don't have money but in the country's number one tourist destination, you've got to be loaded. It probably comes with the best-beach-in-the-world tag or maybe because we weren't patient enough to look for low-budget carenderias (wait that's redundant) but my opinion is just based on my personal experience. I know some people who went to Boracay with only P5000 (all-in!) but we couldn't bring ourselves to eat in Mang Inasal or Andok's every single day.
Although it was heartbreaking to part with our hard-earned money, we still left for Manila with happy tummies. Besides, we wouldn't trade our Ole or The Sand Bar experience for anything! :D
I know we haven't explored much of Boracay in terms of good but more affordable food so we want to hear from you! :) Where's the best place/s to eat in Boracay?
Although it was heartbreaking to part with our hard-earned money, we still left for Manila with happy tummies. Besides, we wouldn't trade our Ole or The Sand Bar experience for anything! :D
I know we haven't explored much of Boracay in terms of good but more affordable food so we want to hear from you! :) Where's the best place/s to eat in Boracay?