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Tatangs boneless lechon
Philippines, Where to Eat

Cebu Eats: Tatang’s Boneless Lechon

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / September 27, 2021

The original plan that evening was to do a quick run right after I pick up my takeaway at Tatang’s Boneless Lechon, a lechon place…

Panagatan Restaurant
Philippines, Where to Eat

At Panagatan Restaurant

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / September 20, 2021

There is that one restaurant you somehow grew up with. For me, that’s Panagatan Restaurant, an open-air seafood place propped along a coastal highway in…

Breathtaking Batanes
Blogger Exchange, Philippines

Breathtaking Batanes

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / September 16, 2021

Editor’s note: In this edition of Blogger Exchange, Abigail Felix-Plaza talks about their 2016 trip to Batanes, the smallest province in the Philippines.   I…

Here there and everywhere - Alegre Guitar Cebu
Personal Essay, Philippines

Here, There and Everywhere

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / September 11, 2021September 11, 2021

I think it was my mother who inadvertently taught me how to tune a guitar. This was a time when my fingers were too stubby…

Pochero Kinaraan - Cebu
Philippines, Where to Eat

Pochero, Bantayan crabs and two cups of rice

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / September 4, 2021September 14, 2021

It started to drizzle by the time our order of pochero, a Cebuano-style beef stew, was served. We were at Pochero Kinaraan, a hole-in-the-wall eatery…

The PH from a Malaysians Perspective
Blogger Exchange, Philippines, Travel Essay

The Philippines from a Malaysian’s perspective

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / April 22, 2019September 16, 2021

Editor’s note: In The Weekend Dispatch’s first installment of Blogger Exchange, Joshua Yam talks about his recent trip to the Philippines.   “It was like…

Bambike Ecotours
Philippines

A new way to explore old Manila

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / April 8, 2019April 9, 2019

Despite the heavy traffic en route to Intramuros, my buddy and I still managed to arrive at the Bambike Ecotours headquarters. a few minutes before…

Back in Manila - National Museum
Philippines, Travel Essay

Back in Manila: Spoliarium, Rizal and the Zero Kilometer Marker

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / March 10, 2019March 10, 2019

“This is my favorite spot in Manila,” I told my buddy as we stared at Juan Luna’s magnum opus, The Spoliarium. We were then at…

Toledo Cebu - copper city
Philippines

A weekend at Toledo, Cebu

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / July 31, 2018November 30, 2020

I visited Toledo, the only city located at the western coast of Cebu, with a story already in mind. Back then, I wanted to see…

Alcantara Cebu - San Agustin Parish
Philippines

Around Alcantara, Cebu

bren.mercado by Brennan Mercado / May 13, 2018May 13, 2018

It took me 3 hours from Santander to reach Alcantara, one of the lesser known municipalities located at the western coast of Cebu in Central…

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