Poblacion Bar Crawl With LOCALLY Charged Cocktails: Ish Drinks Manila
Metro Manila is a f—ing inferno this summer! Pardon my French but if you live here, you would be cursing this heat to the high heavens too.
Luckily, there are some ways to ease the burning pain. Apart from getting on a plane to move to cooler places, the second best thing is to have an ice cold drink in your hand.
A few weeks ago, LOCALLY fruit juice by Nutri-Asia and Zomato Philippines hosted a pub crawl around the Poblacion area in Makati. We were treated to several creative cocktails mixed with tropical fruit flavored juices. Here’s a quick video of the highlights:
LOCALLY features flavors based on popular fruits found in the Philippines. Some of the flavors that we tried are Tamarind, Mangosteen, Guyabano, Calamansi, Dalandan and Kamias. With the wide variety of flavors, the bartender in each stop was faced with the challenge of creating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.
1ST STOP: WICKED DOGS
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS: Step On It (Calamansi) Joy Ride (Tamarind) Slippery When Wet (Kamias)
After a hearty meal and a few cocktails, we took a small break on the food. The group only managed to chow down on some nachos but we continued to chug some drinks at the Jose Cuervo Tequileria.
ALCOHOLIC/NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS:
Tamarind Cosmopolitan
Kamias Mojito
Calamansi Margarita
Guyabano Sex on the Beach
3RD STOP: A’TODA MADRE
At this point, we were right smack in the middle of the pub crawl. You can say that we were pacing ourselves up to this point. While some of the previous drinks were mild, A’toda Madre gave us some real tequila based treats.
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
Sweet and Sour (Kamias)
Vitamin Sea (Calamansi)
Tamarita Guyabano (Tamarind)
Island Fever (Guyabano)
I know I said that we just had some hotdogs and nachos. However, it was already about 4:00 pm and we were ready for some merienda. Read all about the amazing street tacos and all the other snacks that we had at A’toda Madre here:
So we”ve had some drinks and some food. What’s next? Do it all over again of course! This time, we did it with an amazing view.
The group piled into the elevators of the City Garden Grand Hotel and emerged at the roof deck. Here, we enjoyed 360 degree views of the Makati skyline while sipping our cocktails.
ALCOHOLIC DRINKS:
Dalandan Sangria
Kamias Mojito
Mangosteen with Mint and Honey
Apart from the drink enjoyed with a view, the chef here also decided that it was time for a mini-fiesta and an early dinner. He stuffed our faces silly with a barrage of amazing food. read all about it here:
By the time we reached Pura Vida, we were close to a food coma. However, there was still room for more drinks. They mixed up several refreshing cocktails with the now very familiar taste of Locally Fruit Juices.
Apart from the new creations, they generously mixed up batches of their signature drinks.
SIGNATURE DRINKS:
Tico Rasta Mary
Healthy Rasta
No-Army
What a way to end the evening! Oh wait, did I mention that after our EARLY dinner at Firefly, we also had a LATE dinner at Pura Vida? Yes. We sure did! How can we resist the traditional Costa Rican dishes that are difficult to find elsewhere in the country?
