KFC Cheese Top Burger

KFC's Streetwise value line seems to be churning out new ideas to draw new consumers to their affordable meals, but this one had me scratching my head. I mean, really? You put the cheese on top of your bread? My first impression was...

How the heck would you hold a burger with the cheese on top? It could be messy. Also, how different would it be if you just put the cheese INSIDE the burger itself.

After what seemingly an endless maelstrom of why oh whys, I settled down. Though I thought that for a cheeseburger, that seemed oh-kay. Pretty cheap considering it is packaged with a drink already. Also, as a way to encourage folks to buy it with the drink, this burger costs just a measly 2 pesos less than the value meal which includes the regular drink.

The cheese is standard fare, as with most burgers these days, which is just fine. There's also something markedly different with the sauce used with this burger. Instead of the traditional mayo they used with the Zinger, and Double Down sandwitches, this one sports a garlic parmesan sauce which gives it a slight cheesy garlic flavor, which for me is a good choice since I particularly dislike plain mayo.

Overall, it was a pleasant surprise, though I still feel that the cheese on top concept is ri-DARNIT-diculous. 

Empanada Avenue -

Last Saturday, while on the way home, I was feeling a bit hungry. Since it was a week before payday, my budget was trying to crawl . I was thinking of ignoring my grumbling tummy till I get home where I can mooch off the stocks at home, but this is something that needs to be addressed ASAP. My choices were a bunch of fastfood restos. I'm not eating there, because my budget would not let me. 

This store caught my eye, and the name seems familiar. I walked in and check what they have in store and if I can somehow fit it in my miniscule budget.

Oh-kay, it seems cheap and I can afford it. Whew!

Other variants/flavors are available.

 Just so that you can see the size as compared to my palm. It's quite small, but it was served hot, which is a big plus, and it doesn't have a lot of breading, which is a bigger plus. The flavor was good, and I appreciated it. Too bad, it's far and I'm not familiar if there are other branches.

Korean Yogurt from Bon Chon

Bon Chon Chicken has been known everywhere for their double-fried, paper-thin skin and delectable soy garlic and spicy chicken. That's a known fact. They are so popular, that there seems to be one within one public transportation ride to and from the next branch. Case in point, there's one in Eastwood Citiwalk, one just barely outside Eastwood, along C-5. There's going to be one in Cubao; Megamall and Robinson's Galleria have their own respective branches as well. I can go on, but that's not what you're here for anyway.

One lunch hour, me and my teammates decided to visit the Eastwood Bon Chon for some good eats. My teammates were intrigued with the long lines and the almost-always jampacked branch. I've been to Bon Chon many times before, but I was influenced by my former boss Bebot and I just fell for it from there.

I've detailed the awesomeness of the chicken in an earlier post, so I won't delve into that anymore. Out of curiosity, I decided to try out their Ko-Yo [Korean Yogurt] and see if it's any different from the typical frozen yogurt offered by other stores.

  

Being a fan of the Banoffee Pie, I tried their take on it to see how it stacks up. 

 

I shared this with my teammates to get their thoughts on it. We have the same thoughts on it: it's different from the regular frozen yogurt, as this seems to have no sugar in it, and have that sour taste that you normally get from regular yogurt. The caramel and banana seems to try and lessen that sour taste, but that's the prevailing thought. Then again, this IS yogurt and I can't knock it for tasting like a yogurt now, can I?

 Also, the crust at the bottom seems to be either old, or is really, really hard. The plastic spoon I used could not break it, and I had to eat it by chunks. I didn't particularly like that.

As much as I love Frozen Yogurts in general, I just could not recommend this. I'd stick to the chicken and the wonderful Chap-chae noodles when going to Bon Chon. I might reconsider but that would not be soon.

Mini Stop Strawberry Yogurt Sundae

Yesterday was a bummer day to say the least. I was hoping to eat out at my regular cheap eats place for dinner since I'm home alone for the evening with my dad out, but since it was a Sunday, they were all closed. Since I was already outside Eastwood, the only two choices were Jollibee, and Mini Stop, lest I want to walk back in and check options again inside. It was already 9PM, and didn't feel like trekking back in, so I settled with eating at Mini Stop's toppers [which is a hit or miss, depending on the branch, or day... or whatever factor there is, it seems]. While on queue, this caught my eye.

If any previous history is any indication, I just had to give it a go. The last offering I tried out was real good.

Mini Stop may be hit and miss with their rice meals [except Uncle John's chicken, which is mostly a hit], but their soft serve ice cream is always a hit if you ask me. Worth the 15Php, and more than made up for the sad, sad, "chicken teriyaki" rice toppers I had.

No, this isn't Selecta Magnum, but I just had to take the obligatory picture