The Year of Eating Dangerously

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Feb 16, Breakfast. Some fruit. Aboard flight from Singapore to Manila

Feb 16, Lunch. Chicken Rice, a Singaporean favorite. Aboard flight from Singapore to Manila

Feb 16, Snack. A Starbucks Frappucino, on the road from Manila to Batangas

Feb 16, Snack. At the bar, Puerto Galera Atlantis Dive Resort. Some nuts. There's a beer back there, but you can't see it.

Feb 16, dinner. This was buffet night, so I had some squid, some fresh tuna, a bit of bread, and some vegetables at the Atlantis Puerto Galera.

Feb 17, Breakfast. At the Atlantis Puerto Galera. A roll and some fruit. And cofee.

Feb 17, Snack. A Longan fruit. Somewhere in the Philippines.

Feb 17, Lunch. This is fresh tuna served over fried potatoes. The potatoes were not crispy, but the tuna was very good with a bit of fruit chutney on top.

Feb 17, Happy Hour. A San Miguel draft beer and some nuts.

Feb 17, happy hour. Oh, my. These are called chicharon in Tagalog, which is not unlike the chicharonnes they are closely related to. Bar food.

Feb 17th, dinner. Pork and rice. A Philippine classic. Very good.

Feb 18th, breakfast. A cappuccino (I forgot they had a machine!) at the Atlantis Puerto Galera, some fruit and a roll.

Feb 18, lunch. Fish (tuna) with an Asian ginger sauce. Very nice, over rice. Toko's restaurant, Atlantis Puerto Galera

Feb 18th, happy hour. Beer & chicharon.

Feb 18th, dinner. At Toko's restaurant again, a nice soup, cream-based, with some sour tamarind in it.

Feb 18, dinner. Tenderloin, done very well. It's easy to do it wrong, and hard to do it right, and this one was way right.

Feb 19, breakfast. Capuccino, roll. Puerto Galera

Feb 19, lunch. My last lunch at Atlantis Puerto Galera. Traditional Philippine beef dish (which I didn't write the name of down, damn me) with a spicy sauce.

Feb 19, dinner. Fish and chips at a mall in the Philippines, Manila. Not too bad. The chips were lame, but the fish was good.

Feb 20, Breakfast. Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Manila, The Philippines. Eggs, pork products, potatoes. And a cappuccino, of course. Grapefruit juice.

Feb 20, lunch. The Manila team took me out for lunch for a traditional Philippine-style picnic. Served on banana leaves, there are too many foods to list here. Crab, chicken, fish, pork, squid...

Feb 20, lunch. Chicken feet!

Feb 20, dinner. We went out for Chinese food in Manila. Mostly dim-sum, but some rice, vegetables, and other dishes as well.

Feb 21, Breakfast. Cappuccino.

Feb 21, breakfast. Eggs, pork products, toast, and jam.

Feb 21, late morning snack. A cappuccino.

Feb 21, aboard flight from Manila to Taipei. A Godiva 72% Dark Chocolate bar. Expensive at $4 US, but worth it.

Feb 21, late snack. This was waiting for me in Tai-pei when I checked in at the San Want Hotel. I didn't eat the kiwi (not ripe yet) or the Coke (ick)

Feb 22, breakfast. Cappuccino. Pork products, fruit. They were kind of out of most things. San Want Hotel, Tai-Pei, Taiwan

Feb 22, snack. A Starbucks Latte from one of the Tai-Pei Starbucks.

Feb 16, Breakfast. Some fruit. Aboard flight from Singapore to Manila	Feb 16, Lunch. Chicken Rice, a Singaporean favorite. Aboard flight from Singapore to Manila	Feb 16, Snack. A Starbucks Frappucino, on the road from Manila to Batangas
Feb 16, Snack. At the bar, Puerto Galera Atlantis Dive Resort. Some nuts. There's a beer back there, but you can't see it.	Feb 16, dinner. This was buffet night, so I had some squid, some fresh tuna, a bit of bread, and some vegetables at the Atlantis Puerto Galera.	Feb 17, Breakfast. At the Atlantis Puerto Galera. A roll and some fruit. And cofee.
Feb 17, Snack. A Longan fruit. Somewhere in the Philippines.	Feb 17, Lunch. This is fresh tuna served over fried potatoes. The potatoes were not crispy, but the tuna was very good with a bit of fruit chutney on top.	Feb 17, Happy Hour. A San Miguel draft beer and some nuts.
Feb 17, happy hour. Oh, my. These are called chicharon in Tagalog, which is not unlike the chicharonnes they are closely related to. Bar food.	Feb 17th, dinner. Pork and rice. A Philippine classic. Very good.	Feb 18th, breakfast. A cappuccino (I forgot they had a machine!) at the Atlantis Puerto Galera, some fruit and a roll.
Feb 18, lunch. Fish (tuna) with an Asian ginger sauce. Very nice, over rice. Toko's restaurant, Atlantis Puerto Galera	Feb 18th, happy hour. Beer & chicharon.	Feb 18th, dinner. At Toko's restaurant again, a nice soup, cream-based, with some sour tamarind in it.
Feb 18, dinner. Tenderloin, done very well. It's easy to do it wrong, and hard to do it right, and this one was way right.	Feb 19, breakfast. Capuccino, roll. Puerto Galera	Feb 19, lunch. My last lunch at Atlantis Puerto Galera. Traditional Philippine beef dish (which I didn't write the name of down, damn me) with a spicy sauce.
Feb 19, dinner. Fish and chips at a mall in the Philippines, Manila. Not too bad. The chips were lame, but the fish was good.	Feb 20, Breakfast. Edsa Shangri-La Hotel, Manila, The Philippines. Eggs, pork products, potatoes. And a cappuccino, of course. Grapefruit juice.	Feb 20, lunch. The Manila team took me out for lunch for a traditional Philippine-style picnic. Served on banana leaves, there are too many foods to list here. Crab, chicken, fish, pork, squid...
Feb 20, lunch. Chicken feet!	Feb 20, dinner. We went out for Chinese food in Manila. Mostly dim-sum, but some rice, vegetables, and other dishes as well.	Feb 21, Breakfast. Cappuccino.
Feb 21, breakfast. Eggs, pork products, toast, and jam.	Feb 21, late morning snack. A cappuccino.	Feb 21, aboard flight from Manila to Taipei. A Godiva 72% Dark Chocolate bar. Expensive at $4 US, but worth it.
Feb 21, late snack. This was waiting for me in Tai-pei when I checked in at the San Want Hotel. I didn't eat the kiwi (not ripe yet) or the Coke (ick)	Feb 22, breakfast. Cappuccino. Pork products, fruit. They were kind of out of most things. San Want Hotel, Tai-Pei, Taiwan	Feb 22, snack. A Starbucks Latte from one of the Tai-Pei Starbucks.