Not all toys are created equal—“a fact that, SPOT.ph found, also applies to the bedroom. A look around Manila's adult toy stores uncovered each city's favorite things:
PASIG
The Pleasure Place
Ground Floor, Metrowalk Complex, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Operating hours: 1 p.m. to midnight from Monday-Friday, 1 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturdays
Website: www.pleasureplace.com.ph
The favorite:
Stimulators and vibrators, as well as whips, paddles, nipple clamps, ball gags, hand and ankle cuffs, ropes, blindfolds, masks and candles—“even anal toys in every shape, and color.
The Pleasure Place carries several different types of the vibrator called The Rabbit—“just like the one Miranda introduced to the girls in Sex and the City. There's also the Hitachi Magic Wand, which has a reputation for being the Rolls Royce of vibrators.
The scene:
Clean and well-lit, The Pleasure Place's scantily clad mannequins are a tell-tale give-away that this is no ordinary lingerie shop.
Store attendants are very professionally dressed in uniforms (the store is stocked with shoes and designer bags, giving self-conscious shoppers a plausible alibi), and purchases are placed in discreet brown paper bags.
A little extra:
Store owner Eleanor Leung, offers informal tutorials on sex (for bacholerette parties or the just plain curious) at P5,000/hour.
