We had the chance to visit this gimmick place along Manila Bay during the conduct of refresher course on malaria microscopy last June 2010. We had a dinner at Dencio’s, one of the food and bar establishments located inside the place. Offering a student meal promo, we chose to eat there so that we can save our dinner allowances that night. But unfortunately, we were not able to avail the said budget meal because the waiter told us that the promo is for students only and we don’t have any student ID to show them. Some of us still tried to convince them that we were students. But we were not successful, may be because of our obvious greying hair and wrinkling face. So we looked and smiled at each other until finally deciding to stay just to show the people inside that we can afford such fine dining.
We all had the chance to browse the menu, and we looked at each other once again. May be you can imagine our reactions. A single meal would cost us one week of our allowance. We laughed and joked about it while inside. We planned to escape one by one but no one dared to initiate. So we just decided to order three dishes for the seven of us, a soup (with extra “sabaw”),” sisig na bangus”, and “kangkong” (which costs a bundle when bought from the market). And we just asked for the service water for our drinks. A big thanks to the rice and “sabaw” for our hunger was satisfied.
Nonetheless, we enjoyed our stay because we were laughing and joking all the time. It was a funny and unforgettable experience of the seven medical technologists who were trying to save but ended up spending more.
