You don't have to travel too far within our gorgeous country to find a good place to get lost in. The CUBAO EXPO is experiencing a resurgence, a renaissance, if you will, what with its heady mix of old and new, kitschy and cool, relaxing and thrilling, laid-back, organic, and downright lovely little places where time just stops, and you can stare all you want, and no one will stare back at you with a look of consternation.
Here in CUBAO EXPO you will find restaurants worth their salt - each little (or big, depending on how you see it) eatery is worthy of visiting and revisiting over and over again. Bellini's has been around for the past 8 years plus plus, and it's known as being the best Italian restaurant that's been every faithful customer's pleasure to keep a secret to themselves. Alan's Grill is fast becoming known for the excellence of its Filipino dishes (you HAVE to try the Beef & Chicken Pochero - unforgettably lovely!). Mogwai, is a restaurant on the open-air ground floor, wide-screen cinema & a bean-bagged "no shoes on the carpet please" indie-film lover's haven on the 2nd floor. Halo Cafe serves scrumptious ORGANIC foods, and at night the cocktail gourmands flock there for their now-getting-too-famous Helo-Helo (a dizzyingly delicious version of the Weng-weng!) Oohwables' Shop is the cutest, quirkiest boutique featuring local fashions by Tricia Data .Then, of course, there is Ho-Land Hopia, where by 5pm the scrumptious Chicken Pie is sold out, because it's just too delicious to keep stocked too long!
For the art lover, Cubao X is pleasure incarnate, what with the galleries of Breathing Space, White Box, Black Soup, and LOMOMANILA's Kollektib sprinkled like so much culture-candy in the heaven that is Cubao X.
For the discerning shopper, Cubao Expo is waaaay better than ANY mall in the country - The READING ROOM (you have to go there to find out why it's called that...), Grand Thrift Shop, Vintage Pop, Heritage art&antiques gallery, Valentino's, Janylin's, and 2 well-stocked ukay-ukay (yep, vintage clothing, momma!!!) - these shops are enough to let the afternoon fly straight into the evening if shopping is your goal! If you're worried about getting cash-strapped, 2 banks are right outside the Cubao Expo entrance waiting to dole out more moolah from their always-online ATMs.
Come over to Cubao Expo - it's one of the few places you'll rate as WORTH COMING BACK TO OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
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here's a link to the map of CUBAO EXPO:
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