For this installment of Eats in Cubao, my friend Andrei and I try out the food at Banapple at Gateway Mall. This was also my first time eating at Banapple so I didn't know what to get. hehe

We went here after our shift around 9 am, and nobody was around yet. Thankfully the branch is open from 8:00am until 10:00pm. The place was pretty cute. Each of their chandeliers were unique, but had similar styles, all had curly wire and red lamps on the end.

There's a huge mural of a meadow and trees on one wall. Then there were exploded sandwiches on another. The chairs are pretty simple, metal form and wooden seats. The table was adorable. It had like a million white thingies on it. Not so sure if they are marbles, more like round shaped white glass pebbles. hahaha

They will provide you with a menu upon entering the restaurant, but if you want to place your order you have to go to the counter and line up. They also had a bunch of pastries and cakes on display near the counter. Makes you want to try them all out!

We ordered 2 mains and 1 drink. All of which we split between the two of us. Then we also got a free Brownie Overload thanks to Smart's promotion. :) And then we proceed to wait for the food

We had to take a ton of photos while waiting... Of course.

We ordered three items that summed up to 596 and we also got the brownie which cost 75.

 Trio of Sausages Fettuccine P235

 Chicken Parmigiano P235

 Dark Chocolate Smoothie P125

Free Chocolate Chip Brownie Overload!!! (P75)

We were feeling pretty hungry when we came in the resto which is why we ordered two meals but the servings were pretty big so we didn't get to finish everything. We mopped up the chicken pretty quickly tho, down to the last morsel of rice. Both dishes were very good too! Loved the gooey mozzarella on the chicken and the sausages were amazing in the fettucine dish. The Dark Chocolate smoothie was to die for and the brownie was perfectly fudgy. It was soft and warm and not too sweet. Just perfect.

No qualms with the service too. We didn't wait too long for the food to be served and the waitress was nice enough to take our photo. Claiming the freebie wasn't a hassle.

Overall, Banapple is an awesome resto. It should be fine for 3 people to share the food we ordered. So it's pretty affordable as well. Definitely gonna bring my mom here soon. :D

Banapple
Ground Floor, Gateway Mall,
Araneta Center, Cubao,
Quezon City
02 4370204

Visited: September 10, 2016
Food Adventurers: Ana Carla Pagulayan, Andrei Lee

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