Fastfood not so fast…
Ever imagine life in UPLB without McDo, Jollibee, KFC or Pizza Hut? No Chowking or Mini-Stop or 7-11? Or no LB Square for that matter.
Yes, there was a time when they were not there.
When eating at Jollibee meant going to Calamba Crossing and something to really work forward to.
Petrino’s tapsilog is a favorite and the only franchised burger stands were Big Mak, Minute Burger and Burger Machine. Oh yes, there was Little Folks, too. My favorite at Petrino’s however, is not the tapsilog but the hotsilog because they use Purefoods TJ hotdog!
Fastfood meant Mother’s Best at Ilag’s or Grove and Ellen’s Fried Chicken before it became the “CR-like” building.
A piece of Ellen’s fried chicken costs only 7 pesos. 25 pesos na ngayon.
Lailani’s pan de sal (located in the KFC site) was Jericho’s competition.
Angelo’s (FO Santos cor Lopez Ave) served pizza and sizzling food.
Greenwich, before it became the big franchise restaurant, was located in the now Woodbridge Pizza parlor.
The SU coffee shop served the best pancakes, spaghetti and halo-halo.
Coop Canteen and LS (Langhap Sarap in Agrix) served the best arroz caldo. I remember my bestfriend and me going to LS after our 2pm class for a bowl of arroz caldo.
Cels was located at Demarses Subdivision.
Bug-ong (Agrix Complex) restaurant served Asian-inspired dishes. I miss their grilled chicken!
Café Amalia (also at Agrix) was the fine-dining restaurant in town.
How about you, any fond food memories of UPLB?
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September 4th, 2006 at 6:32 am
Yes, bug-ong - i miss the daing na bangus with bagoong.
miss ko rin lechon kawali ng batcave!
naabutan ko ang jollibee sa LB, pati na ang cr-like resto ng ellens.
sa bamboo grove, type ko yung tortang talong.
omg, i love your blog!
September 4th, 2006 at 6:35 am
Thanks 91-xxxxx! We probably have the same experiences about food at LB. Batch `91 din ako.
September 6th, 2006 at 7:45 am
Hi! Last time na nagpunta ako sa LB 2004 pa! At ang dami dami na ngang nagbago for almost ten years na grumaduate ako. Dami ng establishments!!! Nawala na ang una kong dorm na tinirahan - yung nasa tapat ng Admin, ang Elayda’s Dorm.
BS Math ako sis, student number 91-xxxxx.
Miss ko na LB!
September 9th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
i accidentally came across your blog and you had my cerebral cells racing down memory lane like ive just been given a shot of adrenalin.
nung panahon ko (76-80), buns, reno at coke family ang midnight snack na binibili namin sa tindahan ni sexy. puro maliliit na carinderia ala point point lang ang grove. And that my dear was the origin of fastfoods. Ituro mo, ihahain ko.
Walang jolibee nun, not even a bigmak. ang meron nun, turon at bananacue. talk about hygiene, patay lahat ng germs kasi straight from the frying pan ang bananacue.
September 9th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Inabot ko na rin yung Tindihan ni Mang Pogi at Aling Sexy. Sadly Sexy passed away several years. Andun pa rin ngayon ang tindahan ni Mang Pogi.
October 1st, 2006 at 2:35 am
Tanda ko yung Cafe Amalia! Sa may bowling alley yun, di ba?
Kami nun, Seksi’t Pogi pag merienda at pag-inuman na din nung nasa Arcade pa sila. Campus Inn pag dinner, sarap ng kare-kare! At kung walang pera, 3 cups ng rice (3 pesos ata yun) sabay libreng sabaw. Nagbukas din nun ang Mother’s Best at Ellen’s. At siyempre, pag uwian na after inuman sa field, dadaan sa Grove para bumili ng balut. Pag may kotse naman, pupunta ng Bahay Kubo sa papuntang Calamba para sa kanilang tapsilog, longsilog, o tosilog.
October 8th, 2006 at 11:23 am
Naabutan nyo ba Lala Palooza sa SEARCA? Minsan ko lang ata napasok yun ang mahal kasi.
What I really liked best was Ellens Fried Chicken or the Chicken BBQ of Lutong Bahay. Nung panahon namin may 7 pesos ka lang may lunch ka na. Batch 83 ako =-)
October 26th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
I remember looking forward to going to Calamba crossing for a Jollibee Chunky Chicken sandwich, they don’t serve that anymore… it’s the chicken salad (with mayo) sandwich… we do that on the way home on Saturday afternoons, after PalaCASan, CAS sportsfest every Saturday, first sem…
Campus Inn had two places then, the one along Grove (bamboo grove na), and the one in Demarses… used to call them Campus Inn IN (Demarses) and Campus Inn OUT (Grove)… hehe… loved their food, and loved their sounds, blasting new wave music all the way through lunch and dinner, NU107!!
Goto ni Lola, right outside Angelo’s… for after disco goto
Hot pandesal from Jericho’s, waiting in line at around 4:00 a.m., and ice cold coke from Pogi and Sexy… this was our Midnight(?) snack/breakfast right there at the carabao park… and we had 7:00 a.m. class the following day! Oh my! 5 units ba naman! but we still manage to attend the class, kasi may pustahan, kung sino absent, libre ice cream, sa ice cream house sa vega arcade, na naging pizza place, at xerox place na ata ngayon… BTW, does anyone know what the real name of Pogi&Sexy store is? I know it was called Pogi&Sexy because they referred to all male customers as Pogi and female, Sexy. But it’s not the name of their store.
For the real breakfast, if the disco (sa SU/Baker, sponsored by orgs/frat/soro) was a Friday night– walang klase nang 7 kinabukasan, choice between Mother’s Best and Ellen’s… tapatan lang sila nun ng pwesto.
October 26th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Type ko rin yung chunky chicken sandwich ng Jollibee, with lettuce yun di ba? I miss that one. Pati na rin yung beef stew meal nila.
February 3rd, 2007 at 5:32 am
cels in demarses was called campus inn during my time. batch 89 ako eh:-)
July 11th, 2007 at 3:18 am
I’m a true blue LBian, born, grew up and finished my studies in LB, kaya alam ko transformation ng mga kainan dyan. But since I work and live far from LB for 3 years na, I get so mesmerized with the sights I see everytime I go home, iba na ang LB, pero andun pa rin ang memories =)
October 6th, 2007 at 5:30 am
UPLB?
Micha’s Bakeshop. Micha’s Bakeshop.
Micha’s Bakeshop. Micha’s Bakeshop.
Micha’s Bakeshop. Micha’s Bakeshop.
Micha’s Bakeshop. Micha’s Bakeshop.
Micha’s Bakeshop. Micha’s
Bakeshop!!!
since 1989
October 6th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Wow, halatang fan ka ng Micha’s ah. It’s really great that they’re back. I missed their cookies for some years.
November 17th, 2007 at 10:20 am
Hi, batch 07 here, tanung lng sa inyo, anu po future ng BS math besides academic related ones. And is it better to shift to AMAT? heh thanks,,, oh yeah, Ever heard of Bordo’s burger? un ung nsa baba ng dorm nmn,, hehe
November 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Not sure about BS Math, bio kasi ako. I know of Bordo’s, malimit ako doon. Sarap din ng burgers nila.