To be updated
The listing is in an experimental alphabetical order of the provinces.
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Aurora province
Baler
Baler (pronounce as if Spanish: Balér; with an English "B", not a Spanish V/B) is one of the perfect surf spots in the Philippines - not that I know anything about surfing. They also seem to have the biggest skate park in the Philippines. There seems to be only one restaurant that serves vegan food:The Shack (aka The Shack by Old Parola Seaside Inn; at Sabang Beach). The Shack is the restaurant accompanying the hostel in the same building and right across the street. There are several vegetarian things on the menu, also some vegetarian options outside of the menu's vegetarian section. Most vegetarian items "seem" vegan or like they could be vegan, and the owner, right when we arrived, without us saying that we are vegan or vegetarian, told us about the vegetarian options and that they can be veganized. Note that the restaurant and kitchen staff do not seem to really be aware what vegan means or they do not care at all ... or they do not care at all what customers say in general. Nevertheless, the food is quite good, quite a few vegan options, AND quite cheap - although portions are quite small (for my appetite, see photos). On Happycow, there were several other vegan-friendly places listed in Baler, but none of them seem to be in business anymore. So, here's the vegan food we found in Baler:
The Shack: Chana masala, katchumber salad, tofu masala (if I remember correctly)
... more photos to come ...
There's a Puregold supermarket (Puregold Baler) about 3 km (2 miles) from the beach - well, depends on where you are. The Puregold sells Soyfresh soya milk (I think they did not have plain, but only cappucino and chocolate) and Quaker oats ... also almond milk, but not much else.
There's a 7 Eleven near The Shack. It doesn't have much, but it does have some edibles: Vitamilk chocolate (soya milk), Vitamilk plain (slightly sweetened soya milk); Pinoy Tasty (crappy England-style white bread; the only vegan commonly available supermarket bread in the Philippines), Oatside drinks in small packs (oat milk); Dutchmill Soy Secretz in small packs (flavoured soya milk), flavoured cashew nuts, ...
We also bout some sweet snacks from some young street vendor girls at the main square, diagonally opposite the Museo de Baler (which I did not visit).
Top (wrapped in banana leaves?): suman (coconut and sugar) - no matter what the vendors say, it does not last longer than a day without refrigeration. So, eat them all at once or hand them out to others on the day you buy them. The next day, they will already be semi-fermented and taste a bit off, and you'll see strings like with natto.
Middle (the round discs): sugared and flavoured coconut (flavoured with some leaves [green] or ube [purple]) - the one that look like flat noodles; and peanuts and brown sugar - the one that looks like peanuts with sugar. (These were not very good by the way, and they get a bit soggy too.)
Top left you see a block of tofu, which we bought at the central market. It only cost 35 PHP, but it was totally rotten, the worst kind of rotten imaginable. The central market may be the only place to by tofu in Baler. There were two vendors. Better smell the tofu when or directly after buying it.
Suman
The beach in Baler always seems to be wavy - perfect for surfing and swimming but not snorkeling. You can ask a tricycle rider to take you to the "rock formations" (see photo). There's a beach; left of the left rock) that I would imaging is great for snorkeling. You walk in on rocks, and then there is a sharp cliff-like drop (not sure how deep, several metres probably, not hundreds).
At the "hanging bridge". One one side (the one allegedly close to the central market) I bought some great and cheap local chopping boards.
Chopping boards made from "sopa" wood, an indigenous hardwood. They also had kitchen utensils made of "kamagong" wood.
Update: This type of wood (kamagong) isn't typically used for kitchen utensils. After the spoon fell onto the edge of a bowl - which I wouldn't have expected to cause any damage at all - a piece of the spoon broke off.
Side note: If you want to take a direct bus from Manila (Cubao) to Baler, you can choose the more luxurious "Joybus" or the more standard "Genesis" long-distance bus (coach, as they say in England). On the way to Baler, we to the Joybus (~900 PHP per person), and on the way from Baler to Cobao (Manila), we took the Genesis (645 PHP per person). But companies belong together and both have different times of day when they depart. On the way towards Manila, the Genesis bus first stopped at a roadstop restaurant/shop. They had plain rice (basically always vegan in the Philippines) and mung bean (munggo) sprouts with tofu (tokwa). The vendor said there was no meat etc. in it, but there ended up being small pieces of meat in it - the dogs who roamed around happily ate it.
Not vegan in this case: mung bean sprouts and tofu (contains meat)
Then, on the same bus trip there was a second stop at another roadstop restaurant/shop. There did not seem to be anything vegan there but there was a stall at the left side of that "square" (where the restaurant was), called "Traveller's Food Hub" (open 24 hours, it says; see photo below, where the guy with the white baseball cap is walking, the photo with the tricycle in the front). They had (all vegan) cassava balls with sugar (on the skewer), vegetable lumpia (in the plastic cup, with vinegar), and turon (fried plain dough wrapped around a saba banana; in the plastic bag). Each costs 10 PHP (!).
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Guimaras province
If you go to Guimaras island, I do not recommend taking any of the tourist trips (tricycle, van, etc.), even though the tricycle ride is quite fun. The stops of the tour are pretty boring. The famous "mango pizza" may be vegan, but as you may expect, no one knows the ingredients of the dough (crust). If you bring your own food and find a place to cook for yourself and then go to the beaches, it's probably good. Side note (Alubihod Beach): If you find a fish entangled in a fishing net - let's say mesh size about 4 or 5 cm - the best way to free the fish is to try to pull the net near to mesh that the fish is trapped in in order to enlarge that mesh. Trying to push the fish backwards doesn't work well because the fish may keep swimming forward.
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Iloilo province
Iloilo City
To start with a side note: If you end up in Iloilo City and look for cheap hotels, you may find places in the "old city" (near the harbor) - this is a mostly terrible area with horrible air pollution. It may be better to stay north of the river, near "Esplanade" in one of the AirB***#!/!%$$ places. Iloilo City has many different faces.
Side note 2: A local has told me ... avoid Esplanade (walking paths across the river/s) after dark. Three guys tried to mug him.
Mestizo: A non-vegetarian place with "plant-based" (vegetarian) options that, according to the staff, can be veganized. Be very explicit about every possible non-vegan ingredient and explain everything three times - reject the food if they get it wrong. The place is next to a monstrous main road, but it actually looks a bit fancy (for that area) and is cool (air conditioning), friendly and quiet inside. Maybe the only vegan options restaurant in the old city of Iloilo City. Insider knowlegde: Mestizo is owned by the "JD" company (or whatever it is called). You can see many "JD" places all over Iloilo City, apparently one the richest guys (named JD?) in town. Right next to Mestizo (to the left) is "JD Burger Project" - online you can see a vegan burger they seem to have had. But as of December 2024, they do NOT have any vegan (or vegetarian) burger at all and no vegan food whatsoever.
Mestizo
Also in the old city:
Harmony Vegetarian Health Foods, a vegetarian shop (not a restaurant) with a very limited selection of foods and practically no drinks (apart from very small bottles of Coca Cola - or similar). They have dried large soya chunks, dried mushrooms, MSG, some frozen foods, etc.
Also in the old city:
Some vegan products at SM Delgado mall supermarket (note again: not all Veega products are vegan)
Also in the old city:
Pan de Manila: they have vegan bread and peanut butter etc.:
North of the river (not in the old city):
Green Pantry
This place looked very closed but there was some fresh garlic on the shelf inside. I asked a woman in the laundrette (laundromat) next door, and she said that Green Pantry is not permanently closed but will be open "tomorrow" (Saturday). It wasn't open on Friday afternoon when I was there.
Photo taken through the window:
Simple & Whole: a fancy (and mostly pricey) "health food" and specialty foods store (non-vegetarian) with many vegan options that you cannot find elsewhere, e.g., the local Buhay Ermitanyo brand.
Simple & Whole
Vegan protein powder
Vegan Society certified, straight from the Czech Republic: Life Bar
Alt Pops ice cream (vegan)
Buhay Ermitanyo vegan meat alternatives (but also some real meat next to the vegan products)
Alt Scoops vegan ice cream
Vegan Buhay Ermitanyo products
There is also a Max's inside SM City mall - non-vegetarian chain with some good vegan options, especially the "Sizzling tofu a la carte" (not the sizzling tofu rice meal with fried egg).
Max's
Monkey Grounds
Maximized density vegan brownie - not bad (all other cakes/sweets/desserts are non-vegan).
Side note: Near SM City mall you'll find "K Town" and the Museum of Contemporary Arts (small but nice; regular entry fee 150 PHP):
The Marketplace (inside Festive Walk Mall):
Durians
Nuttelex vegan margarine
Veega products (only some are vegan) and UnMeat products (all are vegan):
Made the purchase.
Vegan (but owned by Unilever) "Magnum" ice cream:
Dear nuts and seeds
Large plant milk selection
View from above:
Dunkin' (formerly known as Dunkin' Donuts), at Festive Walk Mall, that actually had the plant-based (which are said to be vegan - see below) options available.
Mango shake (it doesn't have milk by default)
Walk a little further, from Healthy Kitchen Cafe, and you'll get to "Cheat Buddies" ("Cheat Buddies - For Plant-Based Foodies" according to Google maps), but that place looked terminally closed. The sign doesn't look too old though.
Nearby: a very friendly fruit and vegetable stall (at the north end of Libertad Street):
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Leyte province
Tacloban
Buutan: all vegan café in Tacloban, must visit in Tacloban!
"Coco Ice Cream" stall at Save More (shopping centre), Tacloban
Randomly saw this vegan coconut ice cream stall. Piolo Pascual (Philippine ultra-popular famous guy and coconut heartthrob. 
Plant-based doughnut-related sweets at Dunkin' Donuts at Save More in Tacloban. These plant-based options are rumoured to be vegan. Someone confirmed the rumour yesterday (but no official info yet). I've already seen these plant-based options adverstised at quite a few Dunkin' Donuts stores - which seem to be everywhere in the more central locations of the NCR. Many are no just called "Dunkin' ", rather than "Dunkin' Donuts".
Some vegan edibles from the breakfast buffet at meat-centric Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban
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Metro Manila (NCR)
Blissful Belly
Apparently all vegan restaurant near Ateneo and Miriam universities (and Ateneo Art Gallery). The restaurant is on the first floor (one up from the ground floor, i.e., second floor in Amerikkan or Filipino), above the Blissful Belly sign. The entrance is on the left side of the building, where you can see the security guard standing - he might actually show you the stairs if you just stand there confused like me. If not, just walk a few metres and there are stairs on your right. Very friendly and chatty staff. Food in the photos: Vegan "salmon", mango shake, guyabana shake, kare kare (with peanut sauce - I always eat kare kare), red rice, banana blossom patties, some soup.
Cosmic
100% vegan restaurant in Makati.
Philippine favourite: fried "chicken"
Ensalada (with smokey aubergine and plenty of raw onions)
Pancit (Philippine noodles)
I would recommend ordering the kare-kare.
Daily Veggie (Santo Domingo Ave, Quezon City)
Ovo-lacto vegetarian restaurant with many vegan options. They have another "picture book" style menu. They also sell some dry good (e.g., soya chunks, soya mince, etc.) and frozen food. Make sure to check the ingriedients or ask as not everything is vegan - some of the grain milk powders may contain cow's milk. Some drinks contain honey. Walking distance (I would say) from Santo Domingo church.
Ever Gotesco Mall, Quezon City
Also called "Ever Gotesco Mall Commonwealth Center", Commonwealth Avenue (north of Quezon Memorial Circle)Fake "Vans" from a stall downstairs at the mall; price: 500 PHP (real Filipino price is probably 300 PHP). No leather, of course: upper barely resembling suede. (I saw Vans "Authentic", with an all-canvas upper, for about 5,500 PHP at the Vans store at SM City North mall.) They also sell fake Adidas "Samba", which are very popular right now in Manila (November/December 2024). Outside of Ever Gotesco there are also shoe and clothing stalls, where they sell, for example, the "original" (but fake) "suede" Puma "Clyde" (popular in around 1992; Beastie Boys "Check Your Head" era). Downstairs there are also T-shirt stalls, including some stalls that sell so-called "overruns", i.e., T-shirts that did not pass quality control, including some music shirts (Beatles, Snoop Dogg, etc.) and certain popular brands (Vans, Stüssy, etc.) - it always changes a little (price: 100-250 PHP per shirt) - I have not seen this at other malls.
Intramuros
Horses are still being used in Intramuros to cruise tourists around the old city in extremely polluted air and tropical heat.
NAIA = Manila airport (MNL), Terminal 3 "Arrivals", i.e., ground floor
Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Terminal 3. Caffé-Té-Ree-Ya. They have several vegan savoury (fake meat) options by (all vegan company) Greenery Kitchen. Great for when you arrive at the airport "starving".
Next to Café-Té-Ree-Ya (to its right) is a Dunkin' ("Dunkin' Donuts"), which also had the three newly launched plant-based options. These plant-based options are probably vegan - see above.
NAIA = Manila airport (MNL), Terminal 3 "Departures", i.e., upstairs (before security check)
Max's (the only decent vegan options at NAIA terminal 3 departures)
Sizzling tofu "a la carte" (not the rice meal, which comes with fried egg, see poster below)
Another view
Vegetable kare-kare, "no mayo!"
Mango shake (both ripe mango and green mango shakes are vegan - but it's best to ask to confirm). "Shakes" in the Philippines sometimes contain no milk at all (like in this case) ... other times they contain milk - don't ask me how one would know.
The non-vegan sizzling tofu rice meal (not "a la carte")
Max's one "Worcester sauce" (Pinoys are "Yankees" after all).
Banana ketchup, vegan Worcester sauce, hot sauce (all vegan)
The vegan sizzling tofu:
Vegetable kare-kare (the best!)
It's ironic that this horrible place is one of the best places to get fresh, good quality, freshly cooked (expect to wait 15 to 20 min) AND tasty vegan food: a Philippine tragedy (but quite practical - as Max's is everywhere, at least in major cities).
The vegan sizzling tofu:
National Museum of Fine Arts
Paco Park, City of Manila
A small green space/park. It was full of high school students when I was there. The park also has free toilets. "Beware of falling bridges".
Pan de Manila
"Pan de Manila" is a bakery chain in Manila/NCR. They have several vegan (labelled "vegan") breads, soya milk, soya ice cream, and decent peanut butter (something that supermarkets generally do not have in the Philippines), including peanut butter without added sugar. I've never seen one without added salt though, but at least no hydrogenated fats, etc.
Pan de Manila- Commonwealth Ave, Quezon City: 44 Commonwealth Ave
The large no-added-sugars peanut butter (it's not always in stock though).
vegan ice cream
Pan de Manila - Kalayaan: 65 Kalayaan Ave, Diliman, Quezon City, 1100 Metro Manila ... There's also another Pan de Manila nearby, closer to Quezon Memorial Circle, but it's on a side street off of Kalayaan Avenue (Unit 69, Margarita Bldg, 28 Matalino St, Central, Quezon City, 1100 Metro Manila).
Pan de Manila - Kalayaan Ave:
Puregold Jr. supermarkert (268 Commonwealth Ave, Quezon City)
Puregold is a common supermarket chain in the Philippines (or at least some parts of the Philippines?). If there's a "Jr." at the end, it means it's a smaller supermarket, and it's tempting to call it a food desert. They really don't have many great things on offer, but they do have some basics, which can be essential (oats, soya milk), depending on where you are.
They've placed plant-based milks in at least three different places. So, it's best to look around.
"Pinoy Pandesal" is vegan. It doesn't taste very good and the one I bought smelled a bit like washing powder (maybe it was transported together with washing powder).
"Pinoy" "normal" bread is also vegan.
Olive oil
Vegan "Magnum" ice cream (made by Unilever though)
Coconut vinegar. The one with the red label inlcudes Mangrove tree bark as an ingredient, giving it a mild coconut wine (tuba) taste. Both the bark and the tree (Ceriops tagal) are called tungog.
Banana ketchup
"Home Soy" soya milk from Malaysia
Tomate paste
Quezon Memorial Circle (public park)
One of the few green and (more or less) quiet spaces in Manila/NCR. In the centre, you can find the Quezon Memorial Shrine monument (the tall pillars), which houses the Manuel Quezon Museum (Museo ni Manuel Quezon). Entry is free. Apparently, Quezon had hats made of pumpkin:
Available inside the Quezon Memorial Circle, where all the food stalls are: black gulaman (water, sugar, ice, artificial black dye, lots of artificial vanilla flavouring, and agar agar)
Sandigan market (Commonwealth Ave, Quezon City)
November is not durian season anymore, but by a stroke of luck and friendly market vendors, a delectable durian still materialized. Price: about 600 pesos (about 10 Euros).
I also saw durians today (22 November 2024) at the street market behind Binondo Church.
Also from Sandigan market:
Soursop, called guyabana in the Philippines
Calamansi
Shaka, BGC (Burgos Circle, Forbes Town Center, Taguig, Metro Manila)
100% vegan. In my ignorant foreigner opinion, the best vegan restaurant in Metro Manila (or the best I know).
Shopwise - Commonwealth supermarket
Vegan protein powder at "Herbs of the Earth" (in the Shopwise building, opposite the cash register/till)
Seitan powder: "Red Mill" vital wheat gluten. Note: you can get seitan for a lower price at The Vegan Grocer: 280 PHP for 1 kg. The lowest price I've seen was about 270 PHP per 1 kg on Shopee.
The Red Mill gluten powder even has a vegan recipe for seitan on the back of the packaging. 
"Oatside" oat milk
Tahini (quite pricey)
"Unmeat" products
Chia seeds, quinoa, etc. (quite pricey)
One freezer full of meat alternatives
"Nuttelex" vegan margarines from Australia
"Super Scoop" vegan ice cream
"Magnum" vegan ice cream - note: only the one labelled "vegan" is vegan, of course; also note that "Magnum" belongs to Unilever, who conduct invasive animal experiments.
Durians
Dried fruit are not very cheap in the Philippines and often imported. These seem to be local (Mindanao) raisins (?) ... or they might be from California.
Shopwise did not have any wholemeal (wholegrain) flour, but at least they had unbleached white flour.
SM City Manila mall
There is a vegetarian (all vegan?) Chinese style buffet at SM City Manila. It's called Bodhi Vegetarian, and it's in the food court (lower ground, i.e., one level down from the ground floor). There's also a supermarket next to the food court (inside the mall), which I did not check out. I was told that all the food is vegan, no dairy, no eggs, "all vegetables", and I did not see anything that looked non-vegan. They asked if coconut milk is OK (as I asked about milk and dairy products). I said yes, but did not see anything that looked like it had coconut milk. I had sime seitan-like mock meat, tofu, and rice, and a free ice tea. That meal, rice plus two "viands" of choice, are 139 PHP (about 2.20 Euros). It's great to have vegan food available in this location, near the national museums, Rizal Park, and Intramuros. SM City Manila is right next to the Bonifacio and the Katipunan Revolution Monument (with the big KKK letters).
Bodhi Vegetarian
SM City North EDSA mall (aka SM North)
Ovo-vegetarian buffet restaurant Harvesters Vegetarian at the Food Court at SM City North. As far as I understand, all the "viands" (Philippine English for savoury side dish that accompanies rice) - which are tofu/seitan and/or vegetables - are vegan (that's what the staff said). Apart from rice (vegan), they have two types of "pasta" (noodles), one of which is vegan (rice noodles, I think). The other type of noodles (I think, the thicker looking ones) contain egg. The staff all seem to be well-aware what vegan means and which dishes are vegan (everything except those egg-noodles). The typical way to order is to choose a set meal of either rice + 2 viands (139 PHP) or rice + noodles + 2 viands + free ice tea or soup (159 PHP). You can also order things separately ("a la carte") but this is considerably more expensive.
Japanese sweet bread/pastry ("vegan melon pan") at Kumori (near/on the outskirts of the Food Court)
There was also an ice cream stall with one "dairy-free" ice cream ("Mocha Oatmilk"). But the staff did not know the ingredients or whether this ice cream was vegan or contained egg. Many traditional Italian ice creams contain small amounts of egg. Whether this is common in the Philippines, I don't know.
Mango Tree Cafe at SM North, quite expensive, but they have several explicitly vegan options on their menu and several additional vegetarian one which might (?) be veganizable.
And there's a fairly large Lush bathroom products stall - it's just outside Mango Tree Cafe. Most Lush products are vegan and they do not do animal testing.
There's also a Pan de Manila at SM North:
Evil pet shop that sells animals as slaves (and an apparently particularly malignant pet shop)
SM City San Mateo mall, technically in Rizal province, not the NCR
Several Airwalk shoes, all synthetic. I had not seen this brand around in decades.
The 2024 version of the Tony Hawk (around 1990) logo
Australian soya milk in the supermarket at SM San Mateo
Beware: NOT VEGAN, not all tableya is vegan, apparently - check the ingredients. The supermarket at SM San Mateo only had these two non-vegan brands.
Soy & Bean
A vegetarian soya foods chain store in Manila (NCR). I have seen these stores mostly in Quezon City, but this one is in the City of Manila (see photo above; it's on San Gregorio Street; technically, the address is 1374 Paz St, Paco, Manila, Metro Manila). There is also an Indian store/supermarket (called "Anmol") about 100 metres to the left of of this Soy & Bean - but I didn't check it out. There is also a small park (Paco Park) nearby, a rarity in Manila. It's about 800 metres away, on General Luna Street.
Vegan Options (Cubao, Quezon City)
Great little Hare Krishna restaurant and food shop, all vegan. Seitan tocino, soya (I think) "a la cubana", banana blossom fritters, rice, soup.
You can also order from the, with free delivery in Metro Manila.
Moringa (malunggay) powder
Coconut sugar
Vegfest Pilipinas 2024
The Spine, Blue Bay Walk, Pasay City, Metro Manila
16-17 November 2024, 9 am to 10 pm
One of the OG vegans in the Philippines, Nanay Nona, giving a talk. She's been vegan since 1991, originally motivated (as far as I understood) by health reasons to stop consuming dairy and eggs. She said the term "vegan" only started being used in the Philippines from aroun 2011.
Vegan for the animals
Animal Rights March, Manila:
Taft Avenue to Roxas Boulevard; Saturday, 7 December 2024, 2 to 5 pm
Vegan para sa mga hayop (Vegan for the animals/Vegan FTA)
AKLAS
PeTA: Consider adopting or fostering a rescued animal.
Master Cheng Yen's wise words
Vegan kwek-kwek
Stray cat eating vegan cat food
Coconut yoghurt drink
N4S is a Hare Krishna community and band (?). They started their set with chanting the "maha mantra", Srila Prabhupada's name, etc. From my understanding, this Hare Krishna community is promoting vegan eating, rather than the traditional lacto-vegetarian practices associated with the "Krishna" movement. They also seem to have regular vegan (!) Vegfests with free food at the "Krishna Balaram Ashram - Manila East".
N4S
Shockpoint
Green Rebel
"𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 for the benefit of the Support Your Navy Foundation" (by ELPI Veg Haus) ... and some other delectables.
Taco (by WILD Plant Based Café Bar)
Sisig (by Shirley's Kitchen)
Spicy laing (by Green Meat Hub)
Chickpea tempeh (by Tempeh King)
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Negros Occidental province
Bacolod
The entirely vegan restaurant Veego in Bacolod is worth visiting. The staff is really attentive and the food is probably one of the best in the Philippines. Many dishes contain mushrooms (great!). Note that the restaurant is closed for the "Sabbath" (Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday) as the owner is a Seventh Day Adventist. (They do not have WiFi.) Side note for history nerds: Veego seems to have opened in August 2023.Shiitake miso noodle soup (Christmas special)
Green smoothie
Mushroom fries with vinegar
Chickpea sandwich
Tom Kha Gai
Rainbow crunch salad (sesame dressing not shown)
Fiber boost smoothie
Menu
December specials
What Veego looks like in the morning, when it's closed:
Sian Tian Food Center
A very basic (or typically "Chinese Buddhist") Buddhist vegan (!) restaurant not too far from Veego. This place is already open in the morning, it's a bit removed from the main street (great!), it's quite spacious (great), and cool (air con) and quiet.
Walk in here ...
It's a buffet. The staff was OK-friendly. Each plate costs 50 PHP; not sure how much the rice was; the soya milk (blue bottle) was a bit watery and bitter (but safe to drink) and was about 40 PHP. (They do not have WiFi.)
They also sell some dry foods (including raw peanuts) and quite a few frozen foods (which I did not check out in detail).
Veggie Bites ... there reportedly used to be a vegetarian "fast food" place, with many vegan options, called Veggie Bites, also run by Seventh Day Adventists (I think), at Robinson's mall on Lacson Street. On Google maps, it still seems to be open, but on HappyCow it is reported to be closed since at least April 2023. I did not check because when I walked past Robinson's mall the whole mall looked a bit closed (under construction), but apparently the mall still seems to be open (althought there are refurbishments going on - as of December 2024). If I had paid any attention ... check the huge banners: "We are open".
Robinson's mall (Lacson Street) ... no more Veggie Bites (?)
Save More supermarket at City Mall, Bacolod. This mall is small but it already opens at 9 am (unlike all the other malls which open at 10 am). The supermarket only has the most basic Philippines vegan "staples" that you can find almost everywhere (based on what I have seen): Quaker oats, soya milk, oat milk, Veega tocino, Sky Flakes, ... I did not even see tofu.
Moises Padilla
Moises Padilla (Negros Occidental) is a very small place, in the middle of nowhere, a bit gruesome too. It's in "hearing distance" of Kanlaon volcano. If you walk around, the first thing you may notice is that there is one bakery next to each other (why?) - bakeries usually do not have a single vegan thing in the Philippines. On Google maps, you can find major places in town: cockfighting ring ... and ... livestock market. In the early morning you can see animals being carted off. After dusk, you might find yourself next to rusty iron street stalls displaying pig heads (that look recently severed) and skinned pig heads (with the eyes still looking at you). ... So, it was a bit surprising to find a 7-Eleven there, which sold some vegan basic survival foods, including chocolate Vitamilk, some Oatside drinks, vegan (Vegan Society-certified) cup noodles, and some roasted nuts and seeds (I think oats too?).
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Rizal province
Antipolo
Pinto Art Museum and Arboretum
