For this Weekend Adventure, we visit Johnny Rockets in Edsa Shangrila to try out their American style burgers.

This is my first time to try out food here at Johnny Rockets, and I'm not really expecting anything. The place is pretty cool tho. Reminds you of diner style booths like the ones you see in old American movies.

Thanks to a voucher from Ensogo, I got to buy a voucher worth P773 for just P95. It's actually supposed to cost P295, but I got another discount from a promo code Ensogo sent me worth 200.
That's almost 90% discount in total!

This is it! The whole shibang. The Half Pound Grand Canyon Burger with Fries and Iced Tea. 

 

This burger has 2 quarter pound imported burger patties, 2 caramelized buns, 2 slices of imported American cheese, crispy strips of bacon, 4 pieces of big onion rings, delicious BBQ Ranch as its main sauce and a dash of Johnny Rockets Secret Seasoning. This burger is awesome sauce. It's amazing. I loved just how juicy the entire thing is. Oil is just oozing out from it's sides and I absolutely loved it. Now I want to try all their other burgers!

The fries are thick cut potatoes with their skin on. They were okay but they were a tad too soft. They weren't crispy. It's like they were an old batch and just refried. A bit disappointing but hey, it's cheap!

Overall, the meal was pretty good. I just wish I can get another voucher like this so I can go back to Johnny Rockets. Otherwise, the burgers are a bit too pricey for a cheapskate like me.

I would love to try the other burgers and the smoothies next time!


Johnny Rockets
Shangri-La Branch
Level 6 Shangri-la Plaza
Edsa cor. Shaw Blvd.
Mandaluyong City
942-0871

Explorer: +Ana Carla Pagulayan
Visited: August 29, 2015

For this Weekend Adventure, the Food Explorers visit Publiko: Eat + Drink in Eastwood City to check out their burgers and other fare.

Publiko is a bar and restaurant that serves American food like burgers but along with all kinds of other fare. They are located along Eastwood City Walk just next to Pho Hoa.

I was feeling all detective-ey. I thought this cap resembled Sherlock's hat a lot. hahaha XD

The usual suspects: Me and my sister. :)

I found a voucher from Cash Cash Pinoy that is just P399 for P800 worth of food from here. So I bought two of those and went to the restaurant after making a reservation. ^_^

We got to order quite a lot with our P1600 worth voucher.

Crispy Calamari Rings P195 and Potato Wedges with Sweet Chilli P135

Chips and Salsa P120

Margherita Pizza P325

Baked Lasagna P265

Bacon Cheeseburger P235

Publiko S'mores Cake P195

That's a total of 7 items from the menu!!!

Of course, don't forget to take photos with the food. We are officially FOODtographers. wahahaha

Publiko is one of those cool restaurants where you can drink booze and just hang out. We didn't drink any booze tho. The place was dimly lit, they had tables for large groups, and couch booths for a more intimate setting. They had almost everything from basketball to football on their big tvs.
The downside, it's a pub, it gets noisy. It's expected of course, drunk people get rowdy. :)

The best thing for me in the entire meal was the S'mores Cake. It's pretty much an ice cream cake since it had vanilla ice cream in between the graham layers. It was absolutely delicious! I really liked the dessert! The pizza and the burger were pretty good. They were both nice and juicy. The other items were mediocre at best.

Overall the food and the service is okay. The price isn't too bad too. Our total was just P1617 including service charge but look at all the food we got and we didn't even get to finish all of them in one sitting. (and aside from that I only paid P798 for the P1600 voucher ) We had so much leftovers, we still had food for the next day!

If you're in Eastwood and you want to hang out at a cool resto, Publiko wouldn't be a bad choice. :D

Publiko Eat + Drink
Eastwood City Libis
2/F Eastwood City Walk 1,
Eastwood City, Q.C.

Explorers: +Ana Carla Pagulayan +Ma.Elissa Pagulayan
Visited: October 12, 2013

For this Weekend Adventure, the explorers try out the infamous Charlie's Grind and Grill at their branch in Greenbelt Radissons.

Charlie's isn't new to me. I've heard of my officemates going to the Charlie's time and time again and they have nothing but praise for the food. This time, I can taste it for myself. :)

I got a discount voucher from +Deal Grocer for Charlie's in their lesser known branch I guess. I've always heard of Charlie's in Kapitolyo but not in Greenbelt. I've been going to Greenbelt for years and I never heard of a Charlie's Grind and Grill there. Apparently, the Charlie's we were looking for was not in the Greenbelt Mall. It was in a different location just named similar to Greenbelt, which is Greenbelt Radissons Condominium.

Gus, My sister Elissa and Me! :D

You can sort of watch them prepare the food from here, otherwise just watch the movie :)

Aaaahh! A King Kong Burger!

Once we got there, the place was empty. save for 2 people who were just leaving. I thought this place was the bomb when it came to burgers so why was it empty? Anyway, we ordered the following items from their menu. The voucher is P600 for P1000 worth of food.

Sticky Buffalo Wings - Half dozen P265

Chilli and Cheese Fries P165

The Wagyu Sliders P280

Black Angus with Shrooms P415

The food costs P1125 in total, so I just paid for the amount in excess, P125 :D

The sticky wings was awesome. It's sweet, sticky and garlicky and I love garlic! The wagyu sliders were also awesome. I always add a bit more ketchup because I love ketchup. But it has to be tomato ketchup. The chili fries were the best! Thick cut potato fries smothered with melted cheese and chili! It was so spicy my nose was running all over the place.

Look at that Chilli!

The bestest best part ever of the meal was the angus burger with portobello mushroom. To be honest, I didn't even know how to start eating the thing. It was so thick that they needed to insert skewers to keep the burger's form. Anyway, I disassembled it and tried the breaded and cheese stuffed mushroom first, it was amazing! The cheese perfectly compliments the taste of the mushroom. And the burger along with all the fix'ins was also uhmaeizing. Gosh. That meal was soo worth it. :)

The staff were really friendly too. We went there around 9pm, and they close by 10pm. So we were the only customers left. They give you everything you need. Water, tissue, utensils, bottle of ketchup, mayo and mustard. They even overheard us talking about Clash of Clans and offered some tips in game. So nice of them. :)

After eating, we walked back towards Greenbelt (the mall) where I set the location for our Uber pickup. I was thinking that it should be easier for the driver to find us if we're in front of the mall. The location isn't really at the mall, but more like the mall is just across the street from us. While we were waiting there, a bunch of street children started asking us for money/food or selling us flowers. It was so friggin scary. There were only three of them but I was afraid they'd grab our phones and run off. We still had to wait maybe 5 minutes for the Uber car to arrive and the kids were berating us for money/food the entire time. This is one major con in my opinion, if Charlie's was inside the mall where there's security we didn't need to be bothered by street children. But hey, at least they didn't steal anything from us right?

Pros:
Delicious burgers and fries and chicken!
Nobody else is there, staff can cater to your every whim, sortof
Reasonable price
Minimal wait time
Hefty servings, good for sharing

Cons:
Location is out of way, no security at night

Overall: Great
I'm definitely gonna go back here.
I'm just gonna change a few things like, go there at an earlier time and get a different burger. :)

Charlie's Grind and Grill
Greenbelt Radissons, 107 Aguirre St
Legazpi Village, Makati
(02) 831-5112

Explorers: +Ana Carla Pagulayan +Ma.Elissa Pagulayan
Visited January 17, 2015