Before travelling to another country I make it to the point to have an advance research about everything I need to know in that country. I already book a Angkor Wat with sunrise tour before the trip, I knew that I need to dress with such respect, meaning? No sleeveless, no shorts. On our 2nd day in HCM which is the shopping day for us, the only thing on my mind is to buy even 1 set of clothes for the Angkor Wat because I can buy another one in Siem Reap for Thailand. 

For the #ENNsemble, I have a slim fit sleeveless all black dress and cover it up with a crop top and knot the side to style it. Its also perfect for the sweaty and humid weather here. For my shoes, I use my white topsider with brown strings. Sunnies shouldn't be left out cause its very sunny that day. And I'm all set! 

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Dress and Cover Up : From Saigon Square

Shoes: Sperry

Sunnies: Top Shop

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Good food is good mood!

Indeed, its true, especially to the girls who loves to eat. 

Let's talk about the #ENNFOODHUNT at 3:16 Food and Chill Out Park that opened last December 9, 2017 located Diversion Road, Balagtas, Batangas City (behind Figaro Batangas). 

Food stalls are at the ground floor while KTV rooms at the second. You can choose a wide variety of food with the different cravings in your family and friends. 

*Shou out to the prints on their tshirts. It can be seen on the video I'll link below. 

GOBBLE UP is a family business. 

They want to let the customer have the original taste they invent. Actually they were inspired by the Taiwanese street food crispy chicken cutlet. By then they came to a really nice idea to have 4 kinds of meat (pork, beef, chicken, fish) and different sauce as well (chili cheese, garlic ranch, flaming red, hickory bbq). They have soft drinks, UPpetizers and beers too. 

While EGGCETERA are owned by a group of friends from Batangas and Manila. 

The Eggs Benedict was the bomb! It's filled with muffin bun, onions, canadian ham, egg, hollandaise sauce  just like the original benedict's only for 149 pesos. Loved the texture of the muffin, its perfect for my taste. 

While the other recipe is a scrambled egg, both cooked with Virgin Oil. 

BULDORI from the word BUL means FRIED and DORI means BLESSED. 

The reason for choosing the menu to offer is that they want to let the customers know that Korean Food doesn't have to be complicated. 

For the Bibimbap, I love how the original spiciness and the authentic Korean flavor is there. The only downside is the bones together with the meat into the ingredients. The wings is salty for me, I love the wing part but not the sauce. Ramyun? Thumbs up for the toppings for the very cheap price! Love its spiciness. 

KA MEO derived from the owner's father name offers PINOY foods. Its the best for all the balikbayan who missed these kind of foods abroad. And there Ensaladang Pipino? Its the best! 

Plus. More foods will be offered from them soon. 

BURGER-MANIA-TO-GO

Its their second branch here in Batangas, the main is at Lipa. Their best seller is the Beast Mode Burger which costs 290php good for 2-4 person. Consists of 1/4 kilo of patty and overall its a 17inches burger. They have a wide variety of Stigma burger you can pick. 

You can also choose their classic burger which is by one take one. 

The Extreme Milkshakes were inspired by a chemistry lab theme. And the milkshake is pure ice cream. 

COLD SNAP say hi to the ice cream lovers. 

I super love how creamy all of these are. The banana chocolate, strawberry and mango graham are all superb! I'm not a fun of strawberry but I fell in love with this one. Its super creamy! I can't explain how delicious these are but its a must try!

SKEWERS! For just 25php you can have 3 sticks of this streetfood that we, Filipino love! The reason why they choose to offer these kind of food because Pinoy love these as a "pulutan" and 3:16 stalls offers different kind of beers and drinks. So thumbs up for this idea! And their vinegar? Its sour, salty and sweet and spice in one! its 4S! 

Time for some sizzling from SIZ'L SIZ'L DU. Their Pork and Tofu combo is not salty and have a perfect taste for me. I also love their achara, it makes me eat more. While for the famous sisig, I'm not a fan but I tasted it. Can be a "pulutan also".

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That's all for the Food Review of the 3:16 Food and Chill Out Park. 

It still depends on your tastebud if it is likely for your own taste. 

All of these were from my POV.

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Open every Tuesday to Sunday

From 3pm to 12MN

Sunday up to 10pm

We arrived at Ho Chi Minh City around 1 in the morning because the flight from MNL to HCM were always at 10pm. We booked at Sunland Saigon Riverside Hotel 2 nights but had our early check-in that day. 

We took a nap (actually I'm not feeling well the whole flight, luckily I feel much better afterwards) and fixed ourselves around 6am. The whole purpose of this vacation is to visit our Vietnamese grandmother, uncles and cousins whom we haven't seen for the past 12 years. 

The view at the hotel's restaurant for breakfast was so amazing! It could fill you up already. 

The famous pho! This one was my favorite. You should not miss this for the world! Plus, its an authentic local food. Must try? The one on the streets. 

Travelling was not hard especially if you had an advance research for your vacation. Plus the fact that they also have Grab like in the Philippines. It was a lot easier and safer. 

Less than an hour of travel and we were so nervous. We only have the old letter that was sent from us tons of years ago from our grandmother that contains their address. Hoping that they still live there was our only wish. 

Giving glory to God that our Uncle and his family still lives at that address! The moment they saw us both of us got teary eyes! I can't believe we finally meet again and be with them again! 

The next local food I tasted was this Vietnamese coffee! They sell this around their neighbor and I was literally blown away by the taste! You know I live for caffeine right? 

And of course, to commemorate this happening we have to take pictures. Sadly, our grandma lives with her sister a long drive from the city so we can't see her but we will schedule another trip just to be with her. 

We head to eat lunch at Seoul Garden that houses cheap Korean style buffet with extra Vietnamese cuisines. Most of the group of people who eat here were families because of the cozy and friendly atmosphere. 

My mom told me that way back in 2005 Uncle Phi really protects her so much. Look at the both of them? I wished our grandfather can see this. 

After eating our lunch we need to seperate ways because this was an unexpected meeting and they also have work so we planned to meet at 6pm that day. 

Back at the hotel with Ate Beben (our oldest cousin) we were so bored that we wanted to head out for some bonding thru shopping! 

Along this street that we went around to shop lays this cafe called Paris Baguette. It was so cozy and I'm actually regretting not to take photos of the shop. I really love how the coffee tasted plus their pudding too! 

Presenting to you guys my #ENNsemble that costs 270,000VND a bit pricey but it was okay! I wanted to shop more! 

Two of the menus I love when we ate our first dinner as a fam here. We ordered many but then I had it filmed and not shot so I'm a bummer guys.  

You can't deny the fact that we're cousins right? Except for the two boys seated they're our cousins' husband. Anyway, we have the same eyes that were actually proud of. 

Our family picture. It was really a fun night. Language barrier is not a hindrance for us to communicate when our hearts were bind as one. 

For the next day, its time to tour the city by feet (not actually we took a cab). But what I meant was the tourist spots were close to each other at District 1. 

First destination, the Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica Saigon, no wonder its called the Paris of Asia. They hold mass every Sunday and first Friday of the month. Don't forget to take shots like the one we did. 

Our #AApose feat. The Saigon Post Office. The inside was actually giving me a melancholic vibe. I mean you can send post cards to anyone all over the world. I wish post cards last forever. 

Just a few steps and then you can find the Independence Palace, use google maps friends, its really useful. 

We just roam the place on our own, took shots everywhere. Actually my mom enjoyed this place and took lots of pictures. 

We went inside the Palace and I was in awe of the place. You can imagine the happenings and the people that went here. 

Lunch time came and we're super hungry. But before that we went to Ben Thanh market to check some souvenirs to bring back home. And just a few walking you'll end at Saigon Center and buy more more more cheap stuffs to buy.

We went to Saigon Plaza to eat lunch and choose a Chinese cuisine. The same taste as the one I've tasted in the Philippines but thumbs up for the noodles, its new to me. 

Lastly is the dinner with the whole fam, the only two missing is my two older boy cousins whose in Military and an Artist here in Vietnam, but all in all it was indeed a night of fun with tears cause we will miss each other again. 

The good thing is that there is social media now so we can talk with each other from time to time. 

Well, we will see each other soon! 

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