Dive-Monster Rhoody

It’s been a year or so since Kim and Tom left Dumaguete City due to some ISP problems an some other reasons. After more than 12 month Kim packed Tom in his hand-luggage and carried him down to Hotel Palwa. They were in company with Mike (my Typhoon-diver) Lyka and Big C (who’s real name should not be mentioned).  

The first evening we met at “the fat austrians” place named Casablanca where we discussed the plans for the next 4 days. The problem was to squeeze in some diving between dining and drinking. As it was thursday night we decided to have a few cold ones at Why Not, where we got kicked out around 3 in the morning.

Girls just wanna have fun

Hungry again we went to Mama Marias Pizza and ordered 2 pizzas. It was probably the worst thing the boys and me ever tasted in Dumaguete. The cheeze they are using is one of the worst things you can imagine and kills the rest, whatever things you want on the Pizza. That in combination with soaky warm beer and noisy Philippino Drama from the Television….

Mama Maria… a absolute double NoNo !!!

Some good hours of sleep and late lunch at Coco Amigos. Kims typical order a Jalapeno soup and a Cordon Bleu.

Waitress : the soup first?
Kim: Yes,please.
Result: the soup came first and the Cordon Bleu not even 10 seconds later… next time he better orders with a time to deliver…

On the way there we met Will and Maureen, also two of my Open Water Students who joined us for a great night out. The 4 girls went to Why Not to have some fun without us old, fat, drinking guys. We remained at Mikes Waterfront Cafe and managed to drink all his SML.

 Around 2 am we joined the Girls in Why Not and had a few last ones before we all went home to get some good hours of sleep as diving is on the program for tomorrow…

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Hayahay is a very famous Open Air Restaurant in Dumaguete. The variety of food reaches from fresh sea-food to different local dishes and good Pizza. They have three -. If you wanna use them, better give them a call and make a reservation. The baked Talaba (Oyster) for 120 Peso is a must-try. The beer-prices are around 30 peso and the food has a good value for the price. Pizza is in the range 180 – 260 Peso. All fish and seafood is fresh and you can choose your crabs and lobster from the tank.

Hayahay is also well known for good life music. Wednesday is the day where all Dumaguete Rastafari go to listen to some bands including the local heroes ENCHI. Thursday is acoustic night with Allen who also plays some sets on friday in exchange with a band where i forgot the name. It is the day for smooth jazzy pop. Saturday are some louder tunes around when there is the Rock night.

One thing I recognized at the last visit is that Hayahay seems to charge a kind of foreigner or longnose tax of 4 %. I mentioned it to the waitress and asked what it is and she said government tax. As there are NO 4% government tax in the Philippines I asked again. She blushed (what is very rare in  the PI) and walked away. Another waiter came and said I don’t have to pay it !?! Also funny that the day before I was visiting Hayahay and had 3 beer at the bar and paid 90 peso. There was no government or long-nose tax on that. It is also not mentioned anywhere in the menu that there is a government tax ox service charge. … Or it is just a price-rise for foreigners ??? 

 It is not about the 4 %, I just don’t like if guys who eat and drink a lot, get charged extra on top of it. Maybe we should also occupy 2 big tables with 8 people and drink 2 Red Horse grande in 5 hours, but order a bucket of ice each 15 minutes.  

Still a great Hang-Out, I will follow up with Sande the manager why, what and when this 4% are charged and when not…

 cheers

Rhoody

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