For this week's Food Adventure, we tried out the different flavored chicken wings at Wing Stop in Glorietta 2, Makati.

Wing Stop has an ongoing promo called Flavor Invasion, you get to try a free chicken wing with a different flavor aside from the flavors that you will order. :D

We went to Wing Stop bearing coupons too. We used 2 different coupons from the Belle de Jour Power Planner. One for free Texas Style Fries and another for free Onion Rings.

The place was pretty empty save for 5 other people when we got there. It was spacious and well lit too. We settled in at a cool looking booth on the right side of the resto.

I ordered 5 pieces of wings in Honey Garlic flavor and a Free wing with Mild Buffalo flavor. With this order, I used the coupon for the free onion rings. Then I ordered 5 pieces of Garlic Parmesan wings with 1 free wing with Louisiana Rub flavor. Then used the coupon for the free fries.

Free Onion Rings and Texas Style Fries

Honey Garlic P195 for 5 pcs Battered Fried Wings

Garlic Parmesan P195 for 5 pcs Battered Fried Wings

Obligatory Groufie with the food. :D

Another obligatory Groufie with the food. :D

Wing Stop knows that eating wings is done better with your hands instead of with utensils. They provide plastic gloves so you won't need to wash your hands!

The food here is pretty good. The free sides, onion rings and fries, were quickly prepared and crispy and tasty. The chicken was cooked well and the flavors were pretty good. I loved the Honey Garlic flavor. But my least favorite was the Mild Buffalo one. Eughh It was too sour and neither of us liked it.

The service isn't bad but could be improved. They missed the second order by switching the flavors of the free wing and the actual order, so I had to take it back to the counter. Another thing that could be improved is their soap dispenser. When I tried to wash my hands the soap sprayed all over the place and went in my eyes. AAAAHHH

Overall, Wing Stop is a pretty good place to grab dinner and hangout. It's a sports bar mostly, since they are playing football and basketball channels on the TVs. Not really my thing but hey, if you like sports you might enjoy hanging out here. 

After eating til we're full, we still couldn't finish all the food we ordered so we still had take out for the next day. :D

Wing Stop
LG/F Glorietta 2, Palm Dr
Ayala Center, Makati
(02) 958-4656

Visited: June 25, 2016
Explorers: Ana Carla Pagulayan, Duane Carlo Pagulayan

For this Weekend Food Adventure, me, my mom Lita, and my sister Elissa visit the newest mall in Makati, Century City Mall.

I acquired a voucher from Deal Grocer for a discount at Pepper Lunch at that branch. So since we haven't tried Pepper Lunch before and we haven't visited Century City Mall yet, we got to do both at the same time.

On a side note, this is also the same day that I tried Uber for the first time and I was absolutely impressed with the experience. You can read more about my experience with Uber here:
http://carurachan.blogspot.com/2014/10/uber-rider-experience-my-experience.html

Century City Mall was pretty new when we visited it, and most of the stalls don't have shops in them yet. But it was quite fancy.

The city skyline is visible from the top floor of the mall, which also has an events hall.

There was an ongoing event when we dropped by. It was a small bazaar of local crafts.
There were free mini cupcakes too!


After walking around the mall, we went straight to Pepper Lunch at the Ground floor and ordered our lunch. :D

Pepper Lunch serves raw meat on hot plates that retain their heat and allows you to cook the meat right at your table. You have to make sure you cook the meat properly before you start eating. You're better off eating somewhere else if you're gonna eat the food immediately once served. At Pepper Lunch, a little bit of patience is needed. :D

These are all the items we ordered:

Teriyaki Beef Rice P325

Chicken Steak BBQ Beef Rice P320

Salmon Chicken Rice P335

Beef Pepper Rice P198

Choco Lava Cake P145 & Goma Ice Cream P55

Tuna Kani Salad

We got a total of 7 items from the menu for just P800 instead of P1500 thanks to the discount voucher from Deal Grocer!

We were not too hungry when we visited the restaurant so the food was cooked well within the advised time period before we started tasting everything. All the rice meals tasted great. Even better when you add the sauce from the condiments table that I totally forgot to take a picture of. But for me, the best thing from all the items we tried was the cheapest rice meal: The Beef Pepper Rice. It was just simple thinly sliced beef with corn and rice and a LOT of PEPPER. It really appealed to me more than the other dishes. So yeah, I'll be getting that one every time now.

Also something to not order ever is the Tuna Kani salad thingy. It didn't make sense. It was supposed to be a Shaked Salad and we shaked it! But it didn't taste good at all. Just avoid getting a salad here if you can.

Their desserts were pretty good tho. The lava cake was super moist and chocolatey and is a perfect match with the vanilla ice cream with Goma (aka roasted sesame) syrup. You can also order other flavors of the syrup but I really liked the goma flavor.

And that's it. We didn't get to finish everything since there were only three of us but we got to take out the rest. Definitely coming back to Pepper Lunch for the Beef Pepper Rice once I get a hankering for it.

Pepper Lunch
Lower Ground Floor,
Century City Mall,
Kalayaan Avenue,
Poblacion, Makati City
02 8901462

Explorers: +Ana Carla Pagulayan +Carmelita Pagulayan +Ma.Elissa Pagulayan
Visited: May 24, 2014

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 Weekend Adventure, the explorers visit Buffalo Wings n' Things in Glorietta 5.

Let's Eat!

I got the voucher for the discount from +ADeals. PH  :)

Now you know how Glorietta 5 looks like!

Before you get to the restaurant in Glorietta 5, you have to cross the street from Glorietta 4. You can do this in two ways, cross on the ground level and be hindered by stop lights or you can go through the underground passage, which is waaay cooler! It's also their parking area. :P

When we got to the place, it's quite small. We went in and got a table for two at the corner.

They have this cool "prank" where they embedded forks and knives in the cement floor. So when you look down, you'll think that you dropped it, and when you try to pick it up you'll realize it's IN THE FLOOR! Brilliant! :D Sorry for not posting a pic of the floor. :P

One cool thing to note is that they only cook the wings when you order so it's always hot and delicious when you get it.

So, what do you order at a restaurant named Buffalo Wings n' Things? Wings of course!
They serve one sauce for every 1 pound of wings you order. Each pound of wings costs P284.
As for which sauce, you have a bunch of sauces to choose from. They have Honey BBQ, Kpop, and a set of really spicy sauces where you would need to sign a waiver in order to try it.

The old Menu

Click this link to see their new menu:
https://www.zomato.com/manila/buffalos-wings-n-things-legaspi-village-makati-city/menu#tabtop

Talk about try at your own risk!

Since we don't want to sign any waiver, we just got the lower level of spice sauce, The Rookie and also got Garlic Parmesan.

The Rookie

Garlic Parmesan

We also got their dirty rice, which is part of the "Things" menu. haha And no pic, we sorta ate it before I remembered to take a photo. :) Also, when you order wings the dips are not free. But even if you have to pay for it, do get the honey mustard sauce. It's an absolutely perfect partner for the rookie flavored wings! :D

Before the food arrives

Pros:
Great food
Delish sauces
Quick Service
Affordable

Cons:
None really. :D

Overall: Awesome
Next time we're gonna try the other sauces. :)

Buffalo's Wings N' Things
2/F Glorietta 5, Office Dr
San Lorenzo, Makati


Explorers: +Ana Carla Pagulayan +Ma.Elissa Pagulayan
Visited March 29, 2014