Budget Wise: Pinto Art Museum x DaeYang Korean Restaurant

If you are looking for a weekend gateway near Manila, Pinto Art Museum and a side trip to DaeYang Korean Restaurant is what I can recommend for you.

To start with, Pinto Art Museum is located at 1 Sierra Madre St. Grand Heights, Antipolo, Rizal while DaeYang Korean Restaurant is located at Vargas Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Central. It may seem that the two destinations are far from one another but there’s an easy route for that, so, don’t worry!

Pinto Art Museum is a 1.3 hectare property with both indoor and outdoor ambiance. (Perfect for awra pictures!) It can take at least 2 to 3-hour tour just to make sure to visit all the galleries in the museum. Yes, it is exhausting, not to mention that food and drinks are not allowed within the vicinity since they have their own cafeteria called Café Rizal. Well, that is the point of having a side trip to DaeYang Korean Restaurant where you can literally eat a whole cow (or a pig)! For as low as P333 per person, you can have unlimited plates of plain pork belly, unlimited side dishes, unlimited kimchi soup and unlimited rice. Samgyeopsal buffet it is!

Without further ado, here is the summary report of our travel. Kaja!

Travel time: 1-2 hours commute

How to get there: via public transportation
     P50     from Araneta (in front of Farmers Market), ride a van going to Antipolo Church
     P50     from Antipolo Church, ride a trike going to Pinto Art Museum (capacity of 4)
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     P50     from Pinto Art Museum, ride a trike going back Antipolo Church (capacity of 4)
     P50     from Antipolo Church, ride a van going back to Araneta. Drop off at Alimall
       P8     from Alimall, ride a jeep going to Fairview, Lagro or Francisco. Drop off at Kalayaan Plaza
                 and just look for DaeYang Korean Restaurant across the street, just right beside the highway

PINTO ART MUSEUM
Address: 1 Sierra Madre St. Grand Heights, Antipolo, Rizal

Operational Hours: Tues-Sun, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Contact Info: (02) 697 1015
Email Address: pintoartmuseum@yahoo.com

Admission Fees: as of February 2017
     P200 - regular ticket
     P180 - senior citizens and PWD with valid IDs
     P100 - children and students with proper school IDs
     Free for children below 3 years old

Guided Tour Schedule:
     09:00 am - 11:00 am
     12:00 nn - 02:00 pm
     02:00 pm - 04:00 pm
     04:30 pm - 06:00 pm

Need to Know:
     ·  No food and drinks allowed
     ·  Camera flash not allowed
     ·  Bag packs are not allowed but there is a baggage counter
     ·  Washrooms are available but no changing of clothes/costumes
     ·  No props allowed 
     ·  They accept photo-shoots, just call the hotline above for booking and more info
     ·  Approximately 2-3 hours tour, a map will be provided

DAEYANG KOREAN RESTAURANT
Address: Vargas Building, Kalayaan Avenue, Central

Operational Hours: Mon-Sun, 10 am to 9 pm

Menu:
     P333 - plain pork (samgyeopsal)
     P399 - plain pork and marinated pork (samgyeopsal and galbi)
     (We were unable to take a photo of the menu)

Need to Know:
     ·  Each member of a group must have the same order.
     ·  Unli rice, side dishes and kimchi soup
     ·  Perfect para sa madaming gutom

Just to share, my elementary friends and I gathered at 10 am and dispersed at 8 pm. Ahahaha! It’s been almost 4 years since we met and just recently, one of my friends came back from abroad, the reason why we thoroughly planned this reunion. As for our meals, we had our light breakfast in Dunkin' Donuts, Araneta Center-Cubao Station. After hours of  roaming around the museum, we decided to have our late light lunch in Cafe Rizal (Pantawid gutom-we ate 12 small slices of pizza) before we leave and head to the Korean restaurant for the early dinner. It’s up to you on how you’ll budget your time. In our case, we managed to get to DaeYang Korean Restaurant at around 4 pm just to make sure we wouldn’t go home late. As per expenses, I, myself spent less than P800 for the trip. Happy feet and tummy! I believe we could save more if we took jeep instead of van. In any way, it’s still recommended for first timers. (We also had to make sure that we arrive fresh at the museum kase. Ahahaha!)

The following are some pictures taken at Pinto Art Museum. Not much because it's never my intention to spoil everyone. See the beauty of the art works and experience the nature yourselves. 

Unfortunately, I can only share one picture of DaeYang Korean Restaurant because we were starving to death when we came. We even forgot to take pictures of the menu and the foods to make everyone drool. I wonder, I've been visiting the restaurant since 2014 but it's just my first picture having the restaurant as my background (Chura! I was caught off guard. At least, perfect ang Korean heart sign. Ahahaha!)

The prices posted in front of the restaurant are outdated.
See the prices above.

Overall, we were able to enjoy our day together even though we were at the melting point. (Mainit bes! Ahahaha!) And yes, it was successful and I would like to share this to everyone. I hope this would help. Looking forward for more fun and tipid adventures.