Badjao Seafront Restaurant - Puerto Princesa

Our final dinner in Puerto Princesa was at Badjao Seafront Restaurant. Located just a few minutes away from the main part of town. Situated on the oceanfront and surrounded by the mangroves, this seemed like the perfect place to be as the sun went down. Word to the wise... if you are taking a tricycle to this place, be sure to pay them extra to wait for you to finish dinner. It is almost impossible to get a tricycle passing by this area.

Crablets - deep fried little crabs eaten with the shell on. This is perfect pulutan to go with your beer.

Deep fried okra - panko battered. 

Spicy crab. This crab was cooked just right, not overcooked like other places we have been. Still tender and juicy.

I would absolutely recommend this place. Usually oceanfront type restaurants deliver a good view but sometimes fail on the food. This one did not fail. We were kind of disappointed because we wanted oysters and prawns but they were out of season and unavailable. Next time nalang.

La Terrasse - Puerto Princesa

Tripadvisor had La Terrasse as the highest ranked restaurant in Puerto Princesa, so we had to see what it is all about. After a morning city tour, we asked the tour van to drop us off at La Terrasse rather than the hotel for lunch. This was about 11:30am on a saturday, we were the only people there. Most of the restaurants in Puerto Princessa that people recommend can be classified as restobars so it was nice to walk into a real restaurant space.

After sitting down and taking our order the waitress brought us some complimentary bread sticks with a pesto dipping sauce.


Our appetizer course was smoked duck pate with blini (little russian pancakes). I was really happy with this dish, pretty large serving of pate'. The smoked duck kind of smelled like a Slim Jim, but the flavor was fabulous.

Main #1 - Papatim over rice w/ mushroom and baby corn pork demi. This papatim was moist, flavorful, and super tender. Great dish. But the gravy/demi that came on the side (not pictured) was like crack.. highly addictive except it makes you fat instead of skinny.


Main #2 - Baked squid stuffed with spinach and feta. Perfectly cooked squid, not rubbery. We should have ordered 2 of these.

I must say, tripadvisor reviews were spot on about this place. I don't know if it is the best restaurant in Puerto Princesa, but it was definitely my favorite.

Palawan

We went to Palawan. Here are some pictures.


Cowrie Island, Honda Bay

Cowrie Island nap time.
 

 We ate Crocodile Sisig, this was not the Croc we ate.
 

 Elephant Rock

Honda Bay

Pandang Beach


Boat ride to Underground River


Underground River parking lot

Self explanatory


Mouth of the cave

Into the dark

 Avoiding bats

  

Our home for 4 nights (Subli Guest Cabins)

WW2 Memorial.

That is all.