Sunday, July 12, 2015

Philippines: Lunch and Shopping at Greenhills, Metro Manila

l-r: Guia Lim, Araceli Lorayes, Cecilia Brainard

Sunday, I had lunch with Theresian friends, Guia Lim and Araceli Lorayes, at Brasserie CiCou, 55 Annapolis Street, San Juan, Greenhills, Metro Manila. 

The day, Sunday, had been deliberately selected because traffic is light at that time. Greenhills isn’t really that far from Makati, but when traffic is bad, the trip can be like purgatory. Sunday, we sailed down EDSA to Greenhills.


For lunch we had steak with fried potatoes and salad, which doesn’t sound very imaginative, but the restaurant didn’t have our other choices. The food was fine, especially their signature dessert, a roll (they call it donut but it's more like a cinnamon roll) with ice cream.



Lunch was followed by a trip to nearby Greenhills Mall (Vira Mall I believe) to the Pearl Section. The Mall is huge with sections that sell affordable purses, electronics, clothes, food, and so on. The Pearl Section has numerous booths selling fresh water pearls as well as South Sea Pearls. This place is popular with tourists, although you must buy at your own risk. You may end up with a bargain or a fake. 

We picked up some pretty necklaces, bracelets, and earrings, and altogether had a wonderful afternoon.

I'm winding down my Manila visit, folks, so stay tuned for the next leg of this trip.

And good news --- THE SUN IS UP THIS MONDAY MORNING!

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