La Águila Negra
Pelican
The only intellectual conversation that I have ever had here was with a (full blooded) Chinese Filipino at the local Chinese temple.Seafoods should be gotten from the market .. as for male friendship its really hard as People are very simpletons. Some are xenophobic and small minded as well. Deep conversations are Hard to come by. Upper class filipinos are generally more easy to and open to foreigners as well. Sadly most of the lower class only see foreigners as a ATM
I am sure there are plenty Filipinos of native stock that are intelligent as well but you just won't find them. They stay in their guarded subdivisions, go to their societies and mingle with the similar top 5 percent crowd at work or at exclusive gatherings
Maybe you can try the student crowd in Manila although I wouldn't get my hopes up