Vikings Luxury Buffet At SM City Cebu

The Vikings Luxury Buffet at SM City Cebu is on the more expensive side when eat comes to all-you-can-eat buffets. We gave it a try and we were very satisfied.

Food Choices

They have a lot of food choices, too many to mention. I even tried to pace myself so I would be able to taste all. Even then, I still had no room left to eat it all. That's how many their food choices are. 

Taste

All the food tasted great, from their siomai to the steak. You also have a choice on how well you want it done. For me, I want it well done. 

Drinks

They have different drinks from coffee to beer. Their coffee machine also allows you to choose your amount of coffee and/or milk. This is good because some people want it bitter and some just want it to have a bit of a taste of coffee and a lot of milk (latte baby!).

Here are a few pictures that I took of our short stay there (2 hours LOL).

You may also want to check out the video:

Also check out their website as they post different promos there. That way, you can have all the fullness and goodness at a fraction of the cost.

Vikings Promos

Delicious Bibingka At Bibingkinitan

The delicious bibingka at Bibingkinitan will blow you away.

I've eaten bibingka in the past that I never took a second look at the bibingka sold at Bibingkinitan. When we went to SM Seaside recently, however, I gave their bibingka a try and I am hooked. The bibingka itself is soft, fluffy, and had the correct balance of sweetness and saltiness (with the little piece of itlog maalat and cheese on top).

Of course, you would also want to have a drink that would go well with your bibingka. Bibingkinitan also sells delicious barako coffee and hot chocolate. If you buy barako coffee or hot chocolate with 1 piece of bibingka, it costs Php 55. Which is a reasonable price.

Give them a visit and taste it for yourself.

Eating pungko-pungko is cheap but delicious

Eating pungko-pungko is cheap but delicious. You can literally get a full stomach for less than 60 pesos. Pungko-pungko has already evolved into something very far from its roots. Pungko is a Cebuano word for squat. It was named such because pungko-pungko vendors originally just brought a basket with their products and you literally squat (pungko) on the side of the road to eat.

Nowadays, they have evolved and not only do they offer a chair, table, but some of them are now even offering delicious desserts like mango float. Check out the video below and see for yourself.

Is PLDT DSL slowing down?

About a month ago, I posted an article praising the performance of our PLDT DSL connection. You can read more about that article here. In the speed test results that I have posted, the connection averaged about 4.9 Mbps. In the past few weeks, however, the connection can't seem to get to 4 Mbps. And, yes, I turned off Wi-Fi to the other connected devices and checked the PC was not running any updates. I have tested in a span of multiple days and the connection is now averaging 3.5 Mbps. Is PLDT DSL slowing down?

Here's the latest speed test that I performed. This is the best of 3 tests for today:

Are you guys experiencing the same?

Share your feedback using the comments below.

Cleaning out my office desk

As a follow up to a previous blog I posted, "A cluttered desk is a sign of.. bulsh_t!!!", I also made an attempt at cleaning out my office desk. This is a bit more difficult since I cannot properly route cables anywhere because the edge of the desk if flush with the cubicle's wall. But, it did not stop me from attempting.

First, I had to crimp my own network cables to ensure that it is just of the proper length with no slack.

Here's a close up of the desk after I "attempted to clean" it.

There are no items on the left and the right sides. I basically keep it empty. Except, of course, for a cup of coffee.

How about you? How do you keep your work desks clean and clutter-free?

Chowking's 100th branch in the Visayas

We've been working at the Cebu IT Park for 3 years now and we have asked ourselves, more than a couple times, "why is there no Chowking in IT Park?". That longing has been answered. Today, Chowking's 100th branch in the Visayas at the IT Park. Oh, it's not really part of the IT park but Filinvest's.

So, my friends and I decided to take our "lunch" there. Maybe, just maybe, their Chowfan tastes different. Joke :) 

They even have spin-a-prize for purchases Php250 and up. We won a ballpoint pen. Wow!

I'll post a video on my Youtube channel. You can access it via this link.

Bo's Coffee is celebrating 20 years of homegrown brew and they're selling their coffee at Php20!

I am a person who likes to have a cup of coffee daily. Scratch that, I need to have a cup of coffee to survive the day.The good news is, Bo's Coffee is celebrating 20 years of homegrown brew and they're selling their coffee at Php20!.

Quoting their Facebook page:

Celebrate 20 years of homegrown brew with us!

Visit our stores every Monday to Thursday (1pm - 3pm) from July 18 to 31, 2016 for --
P20 for Brewed Coffee
P100 for Froccino Primo

 

Source: https://www.facebook.com/boscoffee/

We got a cup of hot brewed coffee and a froccino today and, damn, they're good. Here's my cup.

Grab one now!