Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Shoestring Dinner Challenge

Its 3 days to payday and you've got 100 pesos left on your wallet.
So how are you going to make your money last?

Here's a challenge to you guys.
Where in Manila can you find a legit dinner for less than 50 pesos?

The rules:
a) Must not be a turo-turo, jollijeep or carinderia
b) must be filling (dapat busog)
c) amount must not exceed 50 pesos
d) meal must be in one place only
e) not limited to rice meals

Let me start.

Jollibee -- 39ers meals 4 meals to choose from, 39 pesos only
burger steak one piece with rice 37 pesos

KFC -- chicken steak meal with 12oz drink 49 pesos
-- chicken steak only plus extra rice 37 pesos + 12 pesos = 49 pesos
-- spaghetti plus rice 35 pesos + 12 pesos = 47 pesos

McDo -- 2 burger mcdos (@25 each) P 50
-- chicken fillet with drink P 49

Paotsin (SM Foodcourts)

-- Siomai (fried or steamed) with Hainanese rice P 42

Cucina Reposo (Makati near J Romero)
-- 2 Grilled Hotdogs (18 each), 2 rice (7 each) = P50
-- 2 Pork Barbecues (20 each) rice (7) = 47

Lopez Canteen (UST P. Noval Gate)
-- palabok 25 pesos (back then it was only 15)
-- coke sakto 10 pesos
-- free hepa

Got anything to add?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I remember a time when a P50 meal at Cusina Reposo (loveling tagged as "chicken ess") included 2 hotdogs, 1 rice, fried egg (scrambled or sunny), and coke sakto. Now that was a good deal!