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THE YARD, at Xavierville

January 2, 2017

The Yard is a popular Food Park located at Xavierville Avenue along Katipunan. It is one of the best one-stop eating place, where you can eat variety of yummy food. Mediterranean cuisine. Comfort foods—nachos, tempura. Drinks on a fish bowl. Nitrogen ice-cream (the bomb!!!). Burritos. Churros. God, I can still remember all those yummy food.

We went there with all my cousins. Of course, we wont skip to visit this food park. What's also nice with this place? There's an acoustic band inside the park! They play good music that made everything just perfect.

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The Yard

A few days ago, a friend invited me to go to this famous food park in Xavierville called “The Yard”. I’ve been wanting to check this place out for a few months now but I was too lazy to actually go and experience the fuss myself; so when Jen asked me if I wanna go or not, I immediately rescheduled my plans for the day and accepted the invite! 

It was approximately a one and a half (1.5hr) car ride from UST to Xavierville. We arrived at 3:30 and there were already a lot of people waiting outside the food park (well it was a holiday after all). We waited for 30 more minutes before we got in since The Yard opens at 4pm.

The place was really small compared to what I had in mind so I was quite disappointed. It was really hot too. 

We roamed around and I noticed that The Yard has more cuisines to offer compared to other food parks in Manila. They have Japanese, Korean, HK, Mexican, and many more! 

Here’s what we ordered:

1. Prawn Star - 1 bucket of shrimp (6pcs/150php)

2. El Chapo’s - Onion Rings and Nachos

3. Gulp Station - Raspberry Juice (35php)

4. Cajita’s - Matcha Churro 

5. Mac ‘n’ Chicks - Buffalo Wings with fries (160php)

Tips:

1. You should arrive before 4pm so that you can immediately go in and secure a table! At 5pm, there was already a very long queue outside so I suggest you to go as early as possible!

2.  Bring your pocket fans coz it’s really hot -- since the place’s jam packed.

3. Bring your own bottled waters / canned sodas if you dont have any plans in trying out Epicure and Gulp Station’s juice and alcoholic beverages. Water and sodas are a bit overpriced inside the park.

Rating: 2/5

To be honest, I didn’t really like the food offerings in this park. Yes, it had a wide variety of food selections but it was so-so. I think you can buy the same food with a better taste/flavor in other restaurants for a cheaper price.The churros was good but La Lola’s and Cafe Churros (Asturias, Dapitan) is better. My friend was actually disappointed with her Matcha Churro. It’s either she’s full or it didnt really taste as good as she expected. If asked if I still want to go back, my answer would be no. But if you want to try the food and hang out or enjoy a Friday night with your friends in a new and unique environment then you can go and check out The Yard.