Mini Stop's Strawberry Banana Chillz

Summer's coming just around the corner, and it sure seems like the good folks at Mini Stop are starting early with their cold offering. In the same vein of fruit combination shakes like Mango Banana and Pineapple Orange, Mini Stop's Strawberry Banana Chillz just hits the spot, and is a good fruit combination overall.



The dispenser for their chilled goodness. The flavor to the left is their original, Mocha flavored drink.



26 Pesos for a 12 ounce cup, which should be more than enough in most cases.



Just had to bring that brand name in. I'm guessing that this should be available in all Mini Stop branches nationwide. Living two blocks away from one definitely helps.



At the end of the day, this is a good way to cool down. I normally get home at around noontime during workdays, so this is a somewhat nice day-ender for me. As the tag line itself says, Perk up. Chill Out.

Brothers Burger gave me the Blues

I love burgers. I think that is very much evident in the number of places I frequent for either a.) a quick bite b.) a taste of something new c.) comfort food. I am no stranger to Brother's Burger. I wrote about it before and raved about the awesome freshly grilled burgers they have.

I went and looked to try out one of their so-called "Designer Burgers" called the Blues Brothers. Well, what does it contain, you might ask? Well, grasshopper, let me list it down for you:

- Half pound grilled burger patty
- lots of creamy blue cheese
- mushrooms
- bacon
- lettuce
- a couple of slices of tomato
- kaiser buns

These things aren't cheap, the burger alone costs Php285 (roughly around US$ 6.30), and it was HUGE. What's left for me to do, you might ask? Well, take a couple of snaps of it, of course!



I took a bite, and for some reason, it felt strange. At first, I thought it was the sauce, or just a bad combo of the bacon, cheese and burger. I took another bite, and it sure felt hard for me to finish the whole sandwich. I'll say this: Blue cheese has an acquired taste. It's just not for me. I'm pretty sure some people like it, but as far as I can tell, it should not be for burgers. Here's another snap, I guess to finish this off. I'm quite disappointed, but of course I still finished the meal. It was much more difficult finishing this one, though. It felt like a chore!

This is Carrot Juice... seriously?

On my way to work, I normally drop by the nearest convenience store before heading into the office. I happened to see this new Carrot Juice by Pokka and was drawn into it. I'm not really up for the healthy stuff, but I'm curious regarding the taste. I got one and before I opened it, I read on the label and took a snap.



A quick sip got me thinking that I might've gotten the wrong can since this tastes exactly like concentrated orange juice and nothing like carrots. Upon further review, it's more orange than carrot juice, but is actually packaged as a carrot juice. What's wrong with this picture?

Guilty Pleasure: Shakey's Mojo Potatoes

While thinking of this entry's intro, I kept on thinking on how to start this journal without going straight to the food I'm writing about. I came up with two entry points: comfort food, and potatoes. I'm a fan of both, but what I'm writing about doesn't seem to fall as comfort food, mainly because I define comfort food as something that I reach out for and eat in huge and unhealthy amounts whenever I'm feeling down, depressed, or both. I couldn't do a decent intro that deals with potatoes in general, and I don't really want to copy elsewhere, which led to this first paragraph. Wow, I got away with having a first paragraph that has zero relevance to the topic at hand! I'm a geeh-niuzzz! Kidding.



Now let's see: What exactly are mojo potatoes? They are evenly cut deep-fried potatoes which may be crispy on the outside, but are soft and fluffy on the inside. These potatoes are deep fried with it's own recipe batter. It comes with your choice of dip. It is an awesome addition to Shakey's line of pizzas. There are some days that I go to Shakey's for them instead of their pizza.

The potatoes alone are already great on their own, but the different dips perfectly compliment them. Two options are currently available: garlic or caesar. I normally go for the garlic dip and for me, it just works. Make sure to give it a try.

Wendys' Steakhouse Baconator

This new offering from Wendy's drew my interest. The world's 3rd biggest fastfood chain has dressed up their Baconator with various toppings [See: Bacon Mushroom Melt Baconator, and Mexican Baconator], as they try to lure in consumers to their stores, and compete with the top 2 [McDonalds and Burger King]. Since I'm a few blocks away from a Wendy's Restaurant, I tried one out. One might wonder what a Steakhouse Baconator consists of, so without further ado, here's the contents:

2 beef patties [which are always bigger than the bread]
6 strips of bacon [which for some reason is never cooked crispy, and I end up eating a whole strip in one bite]
sauteed or caramelized onions
mushrooms
Wendy's hamburger buns

Without further ado, here's a couple of snaps before I gobbled it all away. Nice burger, for sure. For the meal's price of almost 300Php (USD 6.50) for the Steakhouse Baconator, large fries and Wendy's Lite Iced Tea, it better be, since it is quite a pricey offering.

Brothers Burger

Another late blog post, it seems. In my continuing efforts to update my blog and put up new content, I am here to write another burger joint you might want to try out [if you have not yet tried already].

Brother's Burger has been around for awhile. I remember them having a branch in front of Araneta Coliseum a few years ago. They have just opened a new branch in Ali Mall around a month or two ago, and I just couldn't keep passing by without trying it's charbroiled burgers.



It just so happened that I was a bit on limited budget when I dropped by [one more week before payday, hehee], so I just picked up the aptly named Brothers Burger with cheese and wolfed it down and it's side of onion rings. As usual, here's the pictures:



No burger yet, as the normal serve time is around 5-10 minutes, as I was told.



While waiting, I just took the time to read through my invoice to pass the time. I definitely could not afford to eat here everyday. Although, I could drop by on special occasions and during paydays. Hehee. ^_^v



At last, my burger is here and it looks like the bun has a oats in it instead of the usual sesame seed covered buns. Maybe because there are more people allergic to sesame seeds than those allergic with oats? I dunno really.



As has become the tradition, I remove the top bun to show the actual burger on the inside.

It is interesting to note, that when I started eating the burger itself, the meat's juices were dripping a bit. This is the second time I've eaten a burger where the beef's juices were still dripping when I bit into the meat. A bit messy, but the burgers were great.

Big Better Burgers

Note: All pictures in this blog post, as far as I know, are clickable so that you can see the full sized picture. Just so everyone knows.

This is a very much overdue post. I haven't been able to make time to update this recently, and I've eaten quite a bit since my last post. Here's one of the places I've been to: Big Better Burgers, Cubao branch in SM City Cubao.



I am a big fan of the burger. I'll try anything at least once just for the experience. The varying combinations of toppings and patty sizes keep me coming back for more. Price is always a consideration, but never a hindrance in my quest in trying out every burger around.

This now brings me to this burger restaurant in Cubao named Big Better Burgers. Well, if the quarter pounder is their standard burger, then you know that there is always room for bigger ones. And where's the fun in that? Here's a shot of their menu using my handy dandy cellphone camera [I know, picture quality's not that great but bear with me.



Looking at the menu, a lot of choices are clearly available, and are relatively cheap. Something caught my eye in the menu as I read through the description of each item on the menu. Well. Let me show you:



So I end up trying the Double Dare out, and I wasn't disappointed. It was a great burger experience for me. Fortunately, I was able to take pictures before the burgers were history:



Now, now, I know it's not about the fries, but I digress. It's part of the meal, still.