Red Ribbon Tiramisu Meltdown

It is a Maundy Thursday. Most, if not all malls are closed. I'm at work. Under normal circumstances, it would be a regular grind, except that I would not have to deal with the heavy traffic [while riding buses due to the malls being closed] and the hordes of people at the MRT stations. 

My boss had a craving for cake, and thankfully, Red Ribbon was open and was ready to deliver, and she treated our team to some cake. Tiramisu meltdown galore, and before the cake was consumed by the team, a picture was taken to prove its existence before it becomes a memory.

With the absence of a knife, we had to improvise and use plastic forks to cut into the cake, and as such, the slices are imperfect, but wouldn't you say this still looks enticing? 

While it does taste good, and it was quite an experience, it doesn't really feel much like a tiramisu for me. It was more like a chocolate cake. It had a soft foamy texture, and if you have a sweet tooth, you'd like how sweet this cake is. For me, a tad too sweet, but it's all cool. 

What's more important is that I got to bond with my team on a day at work. Any opportunity that comes along is a great time to spend time with folks at work. It certainly helps with coping and the tedium of the daily work and commute. 

Burger Logic 6: Jollibee Ultimate Burger Steak

In one of my treks to Jollibee, I noticed something new to their menu. I took out my digicam to take a snap of their menu while I was on queue. This is how it looked like from their menu:

A rice meal with fries? I already do it occasionally

I ordered it since I've always been a big burger person and I took a snap of what I was served. Unfortunately, the place was jampacked even at 10PM [it was, after all in Cubao], and I had to eat in a slightly dark corner of the branch. Excuses aside for my poor shot of the food [I try to avoid using the flash as much as possible], let me provide my take on it.

It is 100% beef, all right. When I ordered, you are given the normal "12 minute" wait time whenever you order a Champ [they are using the same patty for this], but in my case, it took less than 10, which is a good thing considering the poor service I get from fastfood places. It includes a regular serving of french fries, where the 1/3 pound patty sits and it is swimming with the mushroom sauce. An egg afterwards and its a fairly big meal.

I tried eating this on two separate occasions, one dine-in, and one on take out, just because I'd like to take note if having the fries would make any difference. When I ate it freshly prepared, the fries were still new and crispy and provided the added texture that I really like. The burger itself? Well, it tasted like the regular burger steak that you can order through them. It's nothing special. 

The time I tried take out, it didn't work out well. The mushroom sauce definitely made the fries very soggy and the overall meal was less enjoyable [note: I ate it around 2-3 hours after ordering it]. Still, the pure beef patty was good and on both times, I felt compelled to reach out and get extra rice. 

Just as much, I took a short video trying to zoom it in, and provide a more detailed look into it. Who knows, maybe next time, I can do a speaking role or some such.