Prepare yourself to drool over these 41 meals, each featuring mouthwatering photos, details, and where you can eat it.
I've also included some of my personal travel eating tips and answered some of your top questions... like "Mark, how do you make money to travel?".
The world’s first China Town, located in Manila, the Philippines is a maze of hustle and bustle, tradition, food, vendors, and businesses by people in all walks of life. Established in 1594 Chinatown is a cultural throwback with the mixture…
The jaunt from Batad to Mayoyao took nearly eight hours and included hiking, walking down completely barren mud roads, keeping my footing while crawling over fresh landslides, swinging back and forth on creeping jeeps, and clenching on to highly unstable…
The overnight bus was slightly glacial (the aircon), the sharp winding curves were dizzying, but the morning sunshine that awakened me wriggling its rays through the green mountains was breathtaking. I was aboard a Florida Liner bus from Manila to…
Though I have been to only a fraction of Gawad Kalinga (GK) villages (if you are not sure what GK is check out Building Houses With Hope)(GK builds homes for the poorest of the poor in the Philippines giving people…
One hour, or three hours, depending on traffic conditions, and where from Metro Manila one is starting from, there is a small volcano, the smallest active volcano in the world known as Mt. Taal (slightly ironic as the world’s smallest…
“If you can smell the garbage, you are entering Payatas,” said Tita Silver, the mother of my host family. Our jeepney crackled through the streets amidst the hustle and bustle of vendors and commuters. The stank of garbage was in…
Gawad Kalinga, known as GK, strives to create a Philippines and world with no more slums, no more violence, and no more poverty. With dignity and honesty, GK and volunteers build homes, aiming to create sustainable villages, and forming…
Over a week had passed since my arrival in Manila, the Philippines, and I had eaten countless plates of Bicol Express, pork and chicken adobo, and deep fried “1 day old chickens.” There was however one notoriously weird, some call…
My first day walking around Manila, the Philippines and I happen to stumble upon a food item that I simply could not possibly pass by. I took one look at the pile of “1 day old” chickens and decided I…
Step 1: Flight from Manila to Busuanga Board a Zest Air flight from the congested city of Manila, Luzon to Busuanga, Palawan in the Philippines for PHP 488 (Philippine Pesos). Note: Cebu Pacific Airlines also offers affordable flights and some…
One of Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia’s favorite late night food groups is “Satay Celup.” A restaurant offering satay celup skewers up a large and random assortment of edible bite size things, creating a new definition of what it means to eat…
I found the answer to Hawaii’s very own Shave Ice while walking around Melaka (Malacca), Malaysia (same city where Migration Mark tackled the Durian) one hot afternoon with a friend. The line was out the door at Jonker 88 with…
Throughout my brief stay in Singapore, I willingly indulged in various famed Hainanese style chicken rice platters. Chicken rice is rather famous in Singapore for being a food to rely upon, something that is made with simple ingredients, but made…
I had no idea Clark Manila airport was so far away from Manila city itself when I flew into the Philippines. Luckily, I had arranged to meet some friends on Potipot Island in Zambales, which was already in that direction…
After devouring 3 meals I asked a lady what the name of this magnificent two story buffet mall was named. “Oden hawker center,” she replied, and briskly walked away. I wasn’t satisfied. I walked around, circulating the premises a number…
