Filipino McDonald's

The McDonald's of Tacloban overlooks the bay area (glass windows behind the building). On clear days, you can even see the San Juanico Bridge, but you've to strain real hard. In the 80s, McDo (as we call them here) served only the regular American menu of burgers, attracting only the upper middle class. But they found out that they were losing a lot of customers to Jollibee (local fastfood rival) which served rice, spaghetti, and fried chicken. They soon changed their menu to adapt to the Filipino taste.

Combo meals.

(Remembering 9/11 by posting something American.)

Adobong kangkong at Gerry's Grill

This is sauteed water spinach with oyster sauce and topped with roasted minced garlic. Very common dish over here. (I just learned from Wiki that in the US --esp in Florida and Texas--this is considered a weed because of its harmfulness to other plants. Hahaha.. really Lois?) But weed or not, it's delicious.

Rafael Farm

Restaurant and farm at Babatngon.

(Photo by Nino)