Hey there! I'll be sharing my food trips all over Cubao in a series that I'll be calling Eats in Cubao. 

For this first installment, I went to Zark's Burgers in Shopwise to try out their burgers along with my friends, Sleepy, Kat and JR.

First Burger: The Jawbreaker.
This burger has spam, bacon and three burger patties, oozing with cheese sauce on top and some lettuce and tomato at the bottom. It also comes with fries and bottomless drink. Choice of blue lemonade or iced tea. Suggest that you get the blue lemonade, it tastes better.

Second Burger: Deep Fried Burger.
Pretty obvious right? It's a burger with the usual, burger patty, bed of lettuce and tomato, then battered and deep fried. Also comes with french fries and a drink. You can also choose what sauce to get with this burger. Jay ar chose a Rum Bbq sauce. It was pretty Rummy. wahaha

Third Burger: Zark's Ultimate Burger.
This burger has sauteed mushrooms and bacon with cheese sauce on top. mmm. Look at all the cheese!! I can't see the bacon tho. Bwahaha. This one is 150 on it's own, you have to add 35 to get the fries and drink.

There's four of us in the first pic but we got three burgers. Sleepy and I split the Jawbreaker burger coz I know I just can't finish it on my own. XD

Jay ar was very happy with his choice.

Sleepy wasn't so sleepy with the Jawbreaker. Yup, the burger was almost as tall as the glass. XD 

It was absolutely delicious too. 

Pros:

Food tastes great

Trendy resto design

Burgers price range from 150 - 500

Cons:

Service is a little slow

Overall: Good!

If you want delicious and juicy burgers at a pretty good price then drop by Zark's. Just make sure you're not famished when you go here or impatient. These burgers don't get cooked in just a minute. Another good tip is to go to the restaurant at non peak hours. Before or after lunch/dinner rush, just to make sure there are seats. Also try to bring at least Php 400 per head just to be sure. The prices on the menu change depending on the branch so I decided not to post a price here. 

Interesting story that day: there were foreigners who came in the resto and sat at a table next to us, you'll see them behind Sleepy's photo above. So the crew asked for their order in English, expecting that they will respond in English too. But they spoke in Filipino!!

Wahaha XD Just surprising to hear straight Tagalog from a Foreigner, but it's cool!

If you liked this post, watch out for other Eats in Cubao posts on the blog soon!

Shopwise Cubao
Shopwise Arcade, Gen Aguinaldo Ave
Cubao, Quezon City
+63 9054931016

Visited April 30, 2016
+Ana Carla Pagulayan

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

This is another #MarkYourCalendarEvent! Burger King has a new burger and it's reaally really long!

Burger King Philippines will giveaway the new Xtra Long Chicken Burger at 6 participating Burger King Branches in Manila on May 6.

That's right! On May 6, the first 162 customers from 2 pm onwards in a participating store will get a FREE XTRA LONG CHICKEN BURGER!!!!

Update:
Here are the BK branches that will be giving away the 6 inch Chicken burger!

1. Emerald
2. Frontera Verde
3. Fairview Commonwealth
4. Two E-Com
5. Welcome Rotonda
6. EVIA Daang Hari

Follow the Burger King Philippines page to get updates!

https://www.facebook.com/burgerkingph?pnref=story

+BURGER KING

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

For this special Weekend Adventure, The entire Gulay Gang goes to SM Mall of Asia. This time, we're going to cut the Adventure in three parts. Part 2 will cover our awesome dinner at Burgoo.

Thanks to +MetroDeal Philippines we got to eat here at a discount! I found the deal of P600 for P1000 worth of food and got three vouchers.

Burgoo serves American style food, so we saw burgers and steaks on their menu along with nachos and onion rings. so we pretty much ordered all those stuff. While waiting, we took some photos. But the best "feature" of Burgoo is that they give all their customers crayons and easel sheets to draw on. The easel sheets also double as placemats/tablecloths for easy cleanup. :D

A drawing of the entire family. :)

We got several items from their menu:

Supreme Sampler P425

Supreme Nachos P325

Steak with Onion and Mushroom P525

Porkchop Saltimboca P425

Bacon Cheeseburger P395

I've always liked Burgoo's ambiance. It's a cool spot to hangout in, with walls plastered with quirky random stuff and flat screen tvs showing football or basketball games. Totally worth every penny to eat here. My favorite among all the awesome food we ordered was the nachos. Coz of the cheese! And the burger was awesome too! :D

Burgoo is on the second floor on the right side of the main mall, and is just a few meters from our next stop, Swensen's.

Burgoo

Second Floor, Main Mall
Mall of Asia Complex (MOA)
Pasay City

Visited: April 12, 2014