Manila: 10 Things to Do

The food at Café Juanita, tel: (63-2) 632 0357, is as close to Filipino home cooking as you can get, with great takes on pork adobo, angel-hair pasta with aligue (crab fat) sauce and deep-fried asohos (whiting), and laing (taro leaves in coconut milk). The character-steeped décor is a plus.

• 1. Café Juanita
  Kapitolyo, Pasig City, Manila, Philippines; (63-2) 632 0357 14.57284121.06014