When you start asking around for restaurants to try local food in Rantepao and Toraja, there is one name that keeps coming up – and that is Warung Pong Buri. And this was coming from people I spoke to and continuously on TikTok. Therefore, when I went to check out the Rantepao street food scene,…
The Phoenix Hotel is the worst hotel in Goroka and I have been screwed over so many times by them I would rather stay anywhere else in Goroka. This includes Diwai Lodge, as well as pretty much anywhere else that is not a crack den. Yes, there are worse digs in Goroka, but at least…
While there are bugger all international franchises in PNG, such as KFC, there is at least one brand you will see across the nation and that is Big Rooster. Now while the default opinion would be to assume it is just a KFC knock-off, the history and indeed taste say otherwise. The brand itself actually…
In actuality Soundana Restorant in Rantepao is the kind of place tour guides take you because it is “safe” and they perhaps get a commission. This though does not mean it is all bad. The food is actually pretty decent, the location among paddy fields is breathtaking and it scores 4.5 on TripAdvisor. It is…
I like a good burger franchise, I love a well-made patty and of course I never shirk a challenge. And with Zarks Burgers I got all of the above today. I had been wanting to try this very Filipino franchise for a while, but being a Filipino franchise you tend to only see it in…
Port Moresby is one of those cities that can be a bit shit unless you find out where to go from locals. Case in point here being Alibi Bar and Grill, which I have somehow only just discovered. This being despite the fact expats have since told me it was the “default choice for dining”….
