TKGEats at Boracay Part 6

We're maximizing daughter's midterm break with a quick travel to our favorite island and travel is not complete without the wonderful filling meals and food discoveries. 

Gloria's Kitchen in Boracay

UPDATE: Closed

If you're craving for Filipino home-cooked food in Boracay that has a  lovely view of the sea, then I suggest Gloria's Kitchen located in Station 1. This is one of my nice 'foodie' discovery during our recent trip to Boracay. 

Michelin Star Cheung Hing Kee Shanghai Pan-fried Buns

Michelin Star are usually given to restaurants and chefs for their exemplary contribution to the food industry and being awarded with a "star" can have a dramatic effect on the awardee. What began as a motorist guide (yes, Michelin is the tire) in France, spread to its neighboring countries about a century ago, and is now a worldwide food (restaurant and chef) guide.

And the Michelin fever has reached the banks of Hong Kong a few years back and it has come up with a streetfood guide, can you believe that? From dumplings, noodles, to waffles, more than several streetfood stalls were awarded that much coveted Michelin star.

Mamitas Restaurant in Boracay

My first dinner in Boracay was at Mamitas along the beach front of Station 2. I find it amusing though because one of our fave restos in Baguio City is also called Mamitas. This is a different Mamitas though.

Introducing Naga eXcursions

Last May 31, 2013, the Metro Naga Development Council held a presscon at Barbara's Restaurant in Intramuros. Invited among the journalist and media men were bloggers from the Wazzup Pilipinas Group. MNDC which launced Naga eXcursions aims to bring Naga closer to the traveler's heart.


Metro-Naga engages private sector support for tourism development

Metro Naga Development Council (MNDC) has launched a new destination-marketing brand, NAGA eXcursions or Naga X to promote its packaged tour offerings in Camarines Sur. Fifity tourism establishments formed a marketing consortium to support MNDC. This is the first tourism consortium organized by an LGU, aimed at standardizing primary and secondary tourism ventures, cutting across all tourism services in the province that include accommodations, tour operations, transport, adventure parks, and eco-tourism.

The X in Naga X stands for Excursion, the local term for a leisure trip, referring to the different tour experiences developed by the Metro Naga Association of Travel and Tour Operators (MENATTO), like religious pilgrimages, eco-adventures that cater to domestic and foreign tourists as well as balikbayans. It is also reminiscent of the famous Bicol Express train from Manila to Naga.

MNDC is an alliance of 16 LGUs in Camarines Sur headed by Naga City Mayor John B. Bongat, which is aiming to make the province the premiere investment and tourism hub in the Bicol Region. Naga X and the formation of the Consortium are MNDC initiatives that form part of a two-year grant from the Local Economic Development (LED) program until 2014.  

Barbara's Restaurant in the fabled Intramuros was the dramatic backdrop of Metro Naga Development Council (MNDC) presscon launch of Naga eXcursions last May 31, 2013.