Woodstone Kitchen & Bar

Naga City - Woodstone Kitchen has been one of our all time favorites when it comes to a twist in Bicol culinary. From its humble beginning back in 2013 in Bora Hut Food Temple as it's first location and as the last resto standing in the food complex, Woodstone Kitchen now has joined the entertainment and dining strip of Magsaysay Avenue. All your favorites are now in a bigger kitchen and place plus a bar. Everything has just gotten better and we have personally witnessed its growth in the industry.

Photo by Nick Astig

Woodstone Kitchen & Bar is now located along Balatas Road, in front of DWLV, Magsaysay Avenue Naga City. Customers with cars need not worry on where to park since the front yard can accommodate around 6 to 8 depending on the kind. As you enter, an open bar will welcome you. Though this is an open bar, access to the place is safe and secured.

Photo by Nick Astig

With enough lighting on the table for your food and drinks, the lights from the main bar will definitely set your mood accompanied by chill house music or a live acoustic performance every Wednesdays to Sundays from 9pm to 1am. Beside the main bar is spacious garden with tables. 

Photo by Nick Astig

Because Woodstone is more than just a kitchen, they now have a BAR. Many if not most of the drinks are definitely new in the menu and you will never run out of options. They have cocktails, beer, mocktails (non-alcoholic), shakes, hot drinks and a lot more!

Photo by Nick Astig

The bar's design is a mixture of wood and metallic displays.

Photo by Nick Astig

A sight of miniature bottles. This made me smile, because we also have a few at home. 

Photos by Nick Astig

For me, this lamp has been very symbolic for Woodstone.
It somehow reminds me of Woodstone's humble beginnings back in Bora Hut Food Temple. 

Around January of this year, Woodstone has finally opened the newest wing of the restaurant. A fully air-conditioned dining area cozy enough for family gatherings. On the right wing is a function room are three long tables, suited for corporate and office meetings with a sliding wooden door for exclusivity. You don't have to worry about the music outside the bar because it's actually sound proofed and all you can hear is a little of the beat of the music. 

Woodstone's Function Room

And now the latest facility is the private Videoke Room! If you're lucky enough that the room is available, then enjoy your food with your own type of music that you can sing out loud.

Photo by Stay, Stray, Play & Feast

It's not anymore a debate that Woodstone has grown so well into a food destination here in Naga City. Back when Woodstone was just a smaller kitchen, my first impression was "sayang ng menu nila, bagay ang food sa isang FULL restaurant". I'm glad that this has become a reality. This is because Chef Ton of Woodstone has been very witty when it comes to creation of new dishes and expansion has been a breeze. 

Who will ever forget the first ever Crispy Pinangat in Bicol? 

Woodstone has indeed went beyond the "Pizza, Pasta, & Meals" tagline.

Woodstone's version of Paella. Huge serving indeed! Sulit na sulit sa presyo!

Bicol Express Pizza!! You should try this!
Photo by Nick Astig

Photo by Nick Astig

Antonio's El Diablo Grilled Pizza
(Spicy bbq sauce, cheese, ground angus beef, black olives, bell pepper, onions and anchovies)

Pork Sisig

Their Nachos has been my favorite appetizer!

Aglio Olio would be my favorite pasta in Woodstone. 

The Cripy Tuna Tail and Lechon Belly has been gaining popularity too.

Woodstone is definitely one of the best in Naga. If you haven't tried it, it''s never too late, 

visit Woodstone Kitchen & Bar with your friends or family. 

Other Woodstone Kitchen blog posts:

CLICK HERE Humble beginnings of Woodstone Kitchen

CLICK HERE A Testament to the "Little Kitchen, Big Taste"

Woodstone Kitchen & Bar

In front of DWLV, Balatas Road

Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City

STORE HOURS 

Monday-Thursday, Sunday - 8:00 am to 12:00 am

Friday & Saturday - 8:00 am to 2:00 am

Live Acoustic Performances every Wednesdays to Saturdays - 9:00 pm to 1:00 am.

Facebook Page: Woodstone Kitchen & Bar

For regular updates add Woodstone on FB: CLICK HERE

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Slimmers World Miss Bikini Philippines Naga Screening

Slimmers World International would be having its annual Miss Bikini Philippines Pageant this May 21, 2015 at Resorts World Manila. The Legazpi screening will be on March 27 (10 am to 6pm) and 28 (10 am to 2 pm) at The Oriental Legazpi Hotel. The Naga Screening will be on March 29 (10 am to 6 pm) and 30 (10 am to 3 pm) at The Avenue Plaza Hotel.

SLIMMERS WORLD MISS BIKINI PHILIPPINES GOES TO NAGA!

THE SEARCH IS ON FOR THE NEXT 

MISS BIKINI PHILIPPINES BEAUTY!

YOU COULD BE THE NEXT TO TAKE HOME PHP 300,000 WORTH OF CASH AND PRIZES

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Between 17-25 years of age

• At least 5'6 tall

• Beautiful and Sexy

• Single, never been married nor given birth

• Filipino Citizen

• Of good moral character 

• Willing to stay in Manila for the duration of her reign & to work with Slimmers World as an ambassador of Slimming, Health, Fitness, & Beauty

REQUIREMENTS:

• Accomplished official application form of the Miss Bikini Philippines

• Recent close-up and full body photo in swimwear (5R in size)

For more details: 0917-5521298 / 0917-3222929 look for Neil or Norman | www.missbikiniphilippines.com.ph | www.slimmersworld.com.ph

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Schedule of Games: Mayor's Cup Basketball Championship 2015

Mayor's Cup Basketball Championship 2015

March 16, 2015 to April 12, 2015

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The Coffee Pod Cafe

Naga City - How many homegrown coffee shops do we have in Naga? Quite a lot now. Aside from mushrooming banks, coffee shops has recently mushroomed in every nook of the city. All of these coffee shops have unique flavors and stylish interiors. Perhaps the common denominator of these coffee shops are coffee, pasta and or pastries. Prices vary across different coffee shops and serving size is always a consideration. Well, tastes will be always subjective for every customer. Let me take you to a pod like you've never seen before.

Location: In front of Tapsi Terminal along Magsaysay Avenue, Naga City.
Front door, Unit H, DSI bldg., Magsaysay Ave., Naga City

Young Blood Bicolana Entrepreneur. The Coffee Pod is owned by a 22 year old lady named Shai Bolvar. Bicolano entrepreneurs is become younger and younger these days and just look how amazing is the turnout. She loves to cook and bake for her friends and she decided to venture into her own business after establishing first Spices and Cream as their family business. Yup you read it right, Spices and Cream is their family business, The Coffee Pod is her own brand. Both the recipes from Spices and Cream and The Coffee Pod is Shai's ingenuity but they do not overlap when it comes to the kind of food. It just shows how creative she is in making her own recipes from coffee down to pastries and pasta.

Use the hastag #CoffeePodPh and tag @TheCoffeePod on Instagram

Morning Person. Café Hours is from 8am to 11pm. Yey for coffeeholics looking for coffee shops in the morning.

"Instagrammable". The Coffee Pod is where your food is not just a new fad but a daily companion. The food being reasonably priced but not sacrificing the taste will keep you coming back for more. The place is simple but hip and oh so "instagrammable".

Emerging artist MarianneYvette Rodriguez Ducut, painted this huge mural on the wall of the café and other artworks that you can find in there. She is also an online social media influencer to thousands of netizens. 

Happy and satisfied customers. 

Don't forget to write yours too during your visit and don't forget to tag @NagaCityDeck on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Now consider this, if your cafe offers board games and cards as one their service, you should be thankful, they want you to stay longer! Nice, isn't it? 

Reasonably priced. Student-friendly priced but the food does come with a professional taste especially on the pasta. Hot drinks starts at P30 to P60, cold ones at P50 to P100. Sandwiches from P80 to P90 and pasta from P95 to P115. Surprisingly low but amazingly delicious. Budget conscious people will surely enjoy this cafe. 

*Prices are subject to change without prior notice*

DRINKS: Coffee based and Non-coffee based
black coffee 30/40, coffee cream 40/50, latte 50/60, mocha 60/70, chocolate 50/60,
butter beer 90/100, cookie crumble 90, frozen monkey 90, mocha 80, caramel 80, choco chip 80

iced tea 50, strawberry lemonade 60

taro 80, vanilla 80, watermelon 80

PASTA: pesto pasta 95, tuna setti 95, aglio olio 105, lasagna style 95, arrabiata 95, specialchicken 105

chicken carbonara 105, white seafood pasta 115

SANDWICHES and PANCAKES:  special chilidog 90, ham and cheese 90, clubhouse 90, banana and nutella 80, peanut butter and jelly 80, blueberry pancakes 90, rainbow candy pancakes 80, chocolate chip pancakes 90.

Coffee Pod also serves Pizza Bread P30 and Muffin Cups  P30 (in Blueberry and Choco Chip)

Cookie Crumble P90 and Choco Chip Pancake P80

Up: Cookie Crumble for only P90
Down: talk of the town "Butter Beer" served hot or cold for P90/P100

RG @iamlittlemissswimmer: The Coffee Pod's famous ButterBeer.🍺 #vsco #vscocam #thecoffeepod #butterbeer #tgif #regramapp #nagacity #nagacitydeck #magsaysayavenue @thecoffeepod #coffeepodph

A photo posted by nagacitydeck.com / joDLT (@nagacitydeck) on Mar 20, 2015 at 5:46am PDT

Loved the Special Chilidog!

The Ham and Cheese P90
Photo by Black and White Scribbles

Clubhouse P90
Photo by Black and White Scribbles

 Though the pasta is for a single order, the price is right for the serving size. There are other coffee shops in Naga having serving size as these or even lesser but with a higher price tag.

Aglio Olio P105 and Peso Pasta P95

Spicy Chicken P105
Photo by Black and White Scribbles

Lasagna Style P95
Photo by Black and White Scribbles

NagaCityDeck's favorites #NcDfaves are: 

Drinks: Butter Beer and Frozen Monkey

Pasta: Aglio Olio and White Seafood Pasta

Sandwich: Special Chilidog

I must admit though, I haven't tried everything during our taste testing event, that's why I still have to go back.

Arrabiata P95, Aglio Olio P105, Blueberry Pancake P90
Chocolate Chip Pancake P90, White Seafood Pasta (with Tahong on top) P115
Violet Drink is the Taro and pinkish one is Watermerlon

There you have it guys, another coffee shop is now along Magsaysay Avenue that you can try. 

Loyalty Card: Free coffee on your 6th visit! IG Photo by @yvetteducut

The taste testing at The Coffee Pod happened to be on the day of my birthday and a Bicol Bloggers event at the same time. I could not thank everyone enough. I am truly touched by the surprise of #BicolBloggers. Thank you for the balloons, the song, The Coffee Pod Muffins Cups and the effort especially Nick Astig!! And of course Ms. Shai of the Coffee Pod because I instantly had a birthday party. Dios Mabalos!

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Earth Hour 2015 Advocacy Walk & Bike

Earth Hour 2015
Advocacy Walk & Bike
March 28, 2015

Join the Advocacy Walk & Bike on March 28, 2015! No registration fee, just bring your BLACK SHIRT to Lingkod barangay Office, City Hall Compound and avail of the FREE PRINTING! Glow in the dark gadgets will be distributed during the registration for bike participants.

Start of the advocacy walk starts at Plaza Quezon, will pass CBD 1 area (Centro), going to Kinastilyuhan, passing to Crown Hotel going to Panganiban Drive and end at SM City Naga for SM Earth Hour Opening program.

After the Ceremonial Switch Off - Nigh Bike will commence which will start from Panganiban Drive Rotondo-Magsaysay Avenue - Peñafrancia Avenue to Elias Angeles Street to Downtown Centro Passing to Roxas Diversion Raod, corner  Purgold, St. Joseph return to SM for Closing Program. 

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Palarong Bicol 2015

Dropped by at the Freedom Sports Complex today, March 19, 2015

Current medal tally of Naga City

As of March 20, 2015 10AM

Photo by SSC CamSur

As of March 19, 2015

Photo by SSC CamSur

CLICK HERE for photos during the Opening Program

CLICK HERE for photos during the Opening Program

CLICK HERE for photos during the Opening Program

CLICK HERE for photos during the Opening Program

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Happy Finds in Naga: Ice Cream sa Arana

Hello again for our #HappyFindsInNaga! Sabi ninda ang kaogmahan dai nababakal, pero ang ice cream nababakal, halos parehas naman sana iyan. Da best ang Dizon's ice cream dyan sa Arana! Kung dai ka pa nakakamit ice cream ninda, ay maluya! Sa halagang 9 pesos, maogma ka na!

This is one local favorite that not everybody knows about, especially the young generations of today. 

Dizon's ice cream are sold in cups and in gallons or in ice cream containers for big events and gatherings. 

Only Php 9.00 each!

Location: Arana Street

The store is actually an apartment type along the road (Ice cream icon on the photo not the pin) 

sa tapat po niya may mga bilyaran. 

Other Happy Finds in Naga

Bulastog

Toasted Siopao and Mami

Putong Bagas

Biniribid
Tsokolate at Panlegaspi sa Quality

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Dunkin Donuts: D'Coffee Card

Don't you just love donuts?! Dunkin Donuts has a special offer this month! Get a FREE D'Coffee Card when you buy one dozen of donuts which is only P199 instead of the usual P240. You will be able to enjoy Dunkin Donuts Coffee for only P25 if you have D'Coffee Card until December 2015! Plus, D'Coffee Card can be used by two holders!

Plus! You can to enjoy discount coupons like these! Just look at the 50% of for the Dunkcoctions!

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