Robinsons Place Foodcourt

List of tenants at the foodcourt of Robinsons Place Dumaguete:

1. Taco Joe Amigos
2. Kimkiana's Lechon
3. Sherz Coffee
4. Zagu
5. Sam's Everything on Sticks
6. Thirsty
7. Bacolod Lechon Hauz
8. Casa Ilongga
9. CB Grill
10. Alex Pizzeria
11. Scooby's
12. Leylam Shawarma
13. Sisig in the City

Mang Inasal Robinsons

       This is the first branch of Mang Inasal in Dumaguete and like the other branch, it's very profitable as locals seem to love their recipe big time; it's now even more popular than homegrown barbeque chains like Jo's Inato, Chicken Atiatihan and CB Grill.

Prima Donna

          Prima Donna, a retailer of women's shoes and bags, is now open at Robinsons Place, located between Watsons and G by Guess.

Oriental Residence Subdivision

      In 2012, Dumaguete and the surrounding towns saw a boom in housing construction that is likely to continue in the next few years. Many of the new villages, apartments and subdivisions are located in the uptown barangays and in the largely residential areas of Piapi, Bantayan, Banilad, Bagacay, etc., far from the main roads so many are not aware that they're mushrooming all over the place. This one is Oriental Residence Subdivision in Cadawinonan (photos taken from their FB account).

The Daily Grind

        A late afternoon snack at The Daily Grind, a coffee shop at LP Hypermart. I had a cup of Irish cream coffee and a cheesy tuna sandwich.

McDonald's Perdices

     This is Dumaguete's cool new McDonald's store along Perdices St. (the city's second), one of their biggest outlets in the Visayas. Took these photos just a few days after it opened.

Teppanyaki Grill at El Dorado

Pork tenderloin in tomato-mushroom sauce

4-station pizza

       Teppanyaki Grill is the restaurant of El Dorado resort in Dauin. They offer a wide range of dishes mostly European and Asian. 

Orient Cove

          Orient Cove is the in-house restaurant of Hotel Essencia. It specializes in Filipino/Asian cuisine and seafood and is operated by the same group that runs the Majestic restaurant chain in Cebu. Servings are for at least 2 people so expect hefty portions although the prices are fair. Here I had tilapia in spicy sambal sauce.

Likha

      Likha is a gourmet restaurant located at South Sea Resort and Hotel in Brgy. Bantayan, just a short distance from Hibbard Avenue. The restaurant offers the same menu as Kri - both are owned and operated by a US-trained chef (the family also owns the hotel and other resorts in the greater Dumaguete area). The photos above are all from their official blog: http://southseahotel.wordpress.com/likha-restaurant/.

Ana Maria

Queen Elizabeth cake

     Ana Maria is one of the oldest pastry shops in Dumaguete; their caramel brownies, silvanas and Queen Elizabeth cakes are the tastiest in my book. They also serve light meals like pasta and chili con carne. They have the 2 stores, this one is at Silliman Avenue, the other one is at EJ Blanco Drive, Brgy. Piapi.

Cafe Mamia

nice and cozy, very much the typical Dumaguete patisserie

they're still on dry run, the menu boards as you can see are still empty

cherry cheesecake and cream puff

       Cafe Mamia is a patisserie and coffee shop originally located in an refurbished sugar mansion along Rizal Blvd. They closed early this year after the building was sold to one of the biggest business families in the city. They reopened today at a location not far from the boulevard - the Perdices residence at the corner of San Jose and Sta. Catalina Sts.

Allied Bank South

    Allied Bank's second branch now open at Manhattan Suites Inn, South Road, Calindagan. It is the city's 38th banking office.

Scooby's Main

      This is the newly-renovated Scooby's restaurant at San Jose St., the first store of this homegrown fastfood chain. In place of the old bright red colors, the restaurant is now painted in earth tones and sports an artsy, funky look.

Scooby's Silliman

         Scooby's is the city's first fastfood chain and it dominated the market before the 'big-ass bee' came in 1996. I've not eaten here in years so I forgot how their food tastes. Their burger patty actually tastes a lot like Jollibee's albeit thicker. This branch is at Portal West, one of 4 stores in Dumaguete (2 full-sized restaurants, a kiosk at Robinsons Place foodcourt, a snack bar cum internet cafe fronting NORECO plus a 5th one in Tanjay). 

Dumaguete Terminal

        On dry run is the city's new integrated terminal for public utility vehicles located at the back of Robinsons Place. This will be the new home of multicabs and jeepneys bound for both the northern and southern parts of the province.