A Burgundy Colored VW Beetle

An unexpected, localized brownout drove me out of my apartment and over to City Mall, where I came upon this burgundy colored VW. I checked my photos, and I haven't photographed this one before......making it #54.

Neva's Mango Shakes

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I had originally planned on posting a review of the mango shake I had at Neva's Pizza  until an unexpected trip to Don Roberto's Bar and Restaurant caused me to discard my original review and write a new one.

In my now discarded review, I wrote that the mango shakes at Neva's had replaced the shakes at Gabby's as the sine qua non of mango shakes. The shake I had at Neva's was excellent, but after going back to Don Roberto's, I can't honestly say that Neva's is number one.

It could be said that the shakes at Neva's and Don Roberto's are in a tie for first place, and some might even put one slightly above the other. The deciding factor for me is the difference is price.

At 80 pesos, the shake from Neva's costs 20 pesos more than the ones found at Don Robertos. Neva's shakes are 10 pesos higher than Gabby's - but, they might easily be worth the extra 10 pesos, but I'm sorry, there is no way Neva's could be worth 20 pesos more than the Don Roberto's mango shake.

Neva's pizzas aren't bad, and if I were there having a pizza, I might order their delicious mango shake - however, if I merely wanted a mango shake, I would much rather go to Don Roberto's.

The (Almost) Forgotten Mango Shake

I had gone far too long between visits to Don Roberto's Bar and Restaurant for a mango shake. It had been so long, in fact that when a friend recently posted a photo of one of their shakes onto my Facebook page, I failed to immediately recognize the tables and chairs of the restaurant.

Upon seeing that photo, I put Don Roberto's to the front of the review queue.

One of the reasons for my having failed to visit Don Roberto's since I first started these mango shake reviews, was that the shakes there are so good, any other review following a review of Don Roberto's might be superfluous. That fear became realized, somewhat, when after visiting Don Roberto's on Friday, I found I had to postpone the review I had originally planned to post today in order to do a complete rewrite.

The mango shakes at Don Roberto's are a little sweeter than the ones from the Gabby's Bisro located on the 2nd floor of the Paseo Perdices building on Rizal blvd, and thick enough to satisfy even me.

To my tastes, Don Robertos have the edge over Gabby's and at 60 pesos, they are also 10 pesos cheaper.

A Mango Shake from Another Foodnet Location

Finding myself not far from the Foodnet located on Perdices, just across the Banica bridge I saw an opportunity to answer a question from yesterday's post, namely, are the mango shakes found at other Foodnet locations as tiny as the ones from the tiny Foodnet restaurant located on Hibbard Avenue near Silliman ?

The answer is no.

The mango shake that I bought at this location was much bigger. Naturally the price was bigger as well - 45 pesos, compared to 30 pesos at the Hibbard Ave location.

Like it's tiny counterpart, this larger shake was delicious, with a sweet mango taste. Also, like the tiny shake, this one isn't quite as thick as the ones from the Gabby's Bistro in the Paseo Perdices building on Rizal blvd.

Sure, this shake could have been a little bit thicker for my tastes, but at 45 pesos, it hits the spot.

Cafe of Tiny Shakes

The phrase big things come in small packages could very well apply to the mango shakes sold at the tiny Foodnet restaurant located on Hibbard Avenue near Silliman. The mango shake I had there recently has to be the smallest mango shake sold anywhere, although it's quite possible that smaller ones might be found in Zappa's City of Tiny Lights. Tiny is as Tiny do.

It's understandable that these shakes would be small and incredibly cheap (only 30 php). The restaurant is practically located on campus, well within walking distance of the college, elementary, Jr. high and high schools. Most of their customers are going to be students.

There are other Foodnet locations in the city, although I don't know (yet) if the mango shakes are as tiny as the ones found at the Hibbard Avenue location.

Although tiny, the shake is delicious - not as good as the ones found at Gabby's - but certainly worth the price.