[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] SALILUNGAN : JANY'S STOP & EAT and their awesome MUSCLE BURGER!!!

Got an awesome experience with Jany's Stop & Eat with their awesomely tasty "Jino's Muscle Burger" on their menu. At first I was really hesitant to buy but when hunger kicks in and I am on "meryenda mode" I really order out and eat what looks tasty specially if there is meat on it!!!

JANY'S STOP & EAT for the first time I've encountered this food stall in SALILUNGAN just around San Fernando Pampanga. They cater different kinds of burger servings so it's kinda like the common burger stalls you usually see in the metro manila if you've been there.

With that kind of thingking I was really hesitant to buy from them (I was really trying to avoid the "unang kagat tinapay lahat"/"first bite will be all buns") but since am really on "I need to eat something mode" that day so I kinda give it try...

So among their Meat Burgers I decided to go with their no.5 Jino's Muscle Burger worth P160.00
I was really shocked when they started to cook the burger patty for the order (too bad my camera phone went out of juice)

To tell you about the cooking process the unexpected part was they actually pulled up two big chunky patty for a serious grilling. Each order from the meat burgers comes with a French Fries serving. So after a few minutes of waiting the take out order, got home and finally took a picture just so I can finally eat with all my hunger.

Under two sesame seed buns, two grilled meaty burger patties with BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) and a buttery cheese served with fries. Due to its overwhelming unexpected awesome taste I'd say I've taken some few bites and here's the result...

I was really saying to myself that I just have to take a few little bites to take more photos but, oh well I actually almost devoured the whole thing and fries were already gone :P

I'd say for the rates for this awesome burger is 9/10
*the meat patties 10/10 perfectly grilled and chunky meaty juicy awesome
*the buttery cheese 10/10 you can taste something like an extra ordinary cheesy margarine flavor that stay with your taste buds that is a driver for more bites with the meaty burger
* BLT is also 10/10 spread evenly and does not give a weird taste like in any other burgers where BLT is not well balanced and most are overpowering the taste of the patties.
*Bun 8/10 not too good but not too bad either
*the Fries? I'd give it like a 7/10 maybe because they didn't drain the oil on it due to fast service and stuff. but I'd say its good enough.

[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] SALILUNGAN Food Court at San Fernando Pampanga

After a long time of not blogging my food tripping adventures, here's one I can give you.
Just after a long day at work, I got home and mom decided to buy snacks (Meryenda) over at the newly established SALILUNGAN just around SAN FERNANDO Pampanga.

It's like a stop over canteen for travelers along the highway, for the time being these are the stalls that caters foods inside (I don't have my D3300, so I have to shoot with my phone camera).

Taking a look at the inside...

There is Teresita R. Razon's  Halo-halo & Palabok that serves one of the best Halo-Halo and palabok in Pampanga and expanded its branch through out the metro manila

 

Crispy Factory first time seeing the stall mom bought some dinner ("ULAM") here.
Variety of choices and stuff, and I really have no idea what some of the dishes that mom bought for dinner is called. Since I forgot to take pictures of it all I can say is the taste is quite satisfying.

Lugaw Republic well obviously it's "LUGAW"  and right beside is Buko House and Kabigting's Halo- Halo that also serves awesome Halo-Halo with its Yema (sweet soft chewy candy like thingy) fillings.

[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] Dinner at 1CHIBAN EXPRESS REVIEW

 We decided to have to dinner over at 1CHIBAN EXPRESS today, we drive through Mc Arthur Highway from Lazatin Road. The restaurant is beside Matutina's on KINGSPIRE business center along the right side of the road if your going to Angeles City from San Fernando driving along Mc Arthur highway.

Just to be sure here's a google map image for you if you feel lost along the highway! :)

Here is the look outside of the ICHIBAN EXPRESS ( or 1CHIBAN really don't know what's the original but if am not mistaken ICHI means 1 in Nihongo [ nihongo = japanese language ] so I think its kinda ok)  in case you got lost and wondering what it looks like (this is actually my first time eating here too so its cool!). Just below the image is the inside view from table we sit in.

Now time to order! From their menu there's actually a lot of cheap prices for a meal you don't usually see with that kind of price from other food chains. So here have a look yourself of their menu, because I really did take the liberty of taking pictures.

From the cashier looking at the menu displayed you can already see two sets of cuisine, there is Japanese and the other one is Chinese.

Now look at the price carefully, try to look at the goods and its' corresponding price. To others who looks for cheap food that belongs to either Japanese or Chinese cuisine, and some who wants to eat them both at the same time this place is for YOU! or should I say US! 

Bring in a budget of P100 - P200 peso for a Chinese or Japanese rice meal, sushi, dimsum, soup, desert or even drinks this place may become one of your favorite dine-in place!

After a few  minutes of thinking which food to eat on their menu, my Mom finally decided to JUST order a Kani Salad which is owrth around P120 peso which I'll tell you it's really WORTH IT! for it's humongous serving! also she add up some Gyoza which I think she just happen to "want to try and taste it" habit whenever we are eating somewhere new. The five piece gyoza was worth P100.

Then the next order was my Beef Curry which is worth a P150, and very worth it for me too, due to its' soft juicy beef and flavor full curry sauce over the rice made me satisfied for my dinner. Also there was a 4 piece Chicken Feet serving that my Dad ordered that we really did enjoy, It is worth P70 pesos and looks a good score for me dealing with the taste I'd give it a 7/10 for a chicken feet.

Wondering how the meals look like? Don't you guys worry I've taken a few snaps of 'em!

Each meal is served with a soup ( I really didn't get from what kind of soup meal it came from but from what I understand its a "soup" and it's free). We also ordered a pot of hot tea which is worth P50 pesos we emptied the Pot for all three of us and just asked the management to just fill the Pot with another hot water because the tea leaves inside is still usable.

The Kani Salad is dressed with Japanese Salad Dressing (or so I think that is what it is called). It was the first one to come to our table followed by the Chicken feet and the beef curry together with the hot tea and the soup!

The last order to arrive was the Gyoza which I think come on 3 or 4 minutes after the last order was served.

You will be served with chopsticks and can also request for spoon and fork if you do not know how to use a pair (and from my experience it really is hard to eat a rice meal with chopsticks specially if you're not used to it).

There were supposed to be five chunky Gyoza in there but by the time I picked up the camera the first one was already in her mouth so I was like, oh well might as well take the picture of what remains.  

After a few minutes of eating everything up of the tasty, deliciously cheap food, I did say my "Gochisousama!!!" and be done with it. I took off and try to take a few snaps of the "lucky money cat" display at their front entrance, after a few shots we got out and went home full and ready to take the good nights rest.

ICHIBAN EXPRESS is open from 10AM to 10PM in the evening at least that's what I saw from their opening and closing hours.

If I am not mistaken there are also lot of ICHIBAN food chains around the Philippines I just haven't been to some of them, and this was the first time I have ate and dine with the restaurant. From the branch that we ate from I'd say they gave us a good service and food so I'll give them a 8/10 for the service and 9/10 for the food!!! 

 

aaaand here is the cute lucky white CAT!!!

 

[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] Cheap beef serving for a Yakiniku Set [ANGUS BEEF}? I say not bad! and that's for a lot of REASONS!

Earlier this morning I visited SM Pampanga for a special task. After my all so long journey and accomplishing my tiring and long awaited quest, my gut tells me only one thing and it is food! Yep! and since I am fond of Japanese Cuisine I usually look for restaurants with reasonable taste and price with that kind of menu on their set.

I always eat at the fast food chain part on SM Pampanga for some simple reasons:

1.) There is a Japanese Cuisine food booth that sells a reasonable Japanese food.

2.) The food they serve has a reasonable taste and I recommend you trying it if you are in to a new kind of taste in Japanese Cuisine.

3.) The price is well reasonable for some servings, well it's somehow cheaper if you will compare it to an authentic one.

But I suggest you try, buy and taste the food first these things are just my reasons anyway.

I have always ordered 'Tori Teriyaki' on their menu that will cost you a P130 (yep a hundred and thirty pesos), and sometimes I mix some 'Salmon Onigiri' on the meal which is worth P55 (just fifty five pesos for a rice ball with salmon tuna inside) one thing I liked about the Onigiri is that the seaweed paper is very taste and good enough as a days meal. Although whenever I try to eat with this meals I always forgot to take a picture or bring my hand camera.

This time I bought my handy D3300 and took some pictures, but the order is somewhat different. This time  I really wanted to try their Yakiniku Set [Angus Beef] on their menu that will cost you a P145 (one hundred forty five pesos for some beef strips but I can say that it is good beef). Every meal on their menu comes with a rice and always comes with a miso soup so its quite a meal for a budget of P150 (one hundred fifty peso budget for a Japanese meal is reasonable for me).

Want to eat Japanese Cuisine on a food-court with a reasonable price? Don Don Tei is there for a lot of REASONS!!! I'd say try their no.4 Yakiniku Set for a price of P145 you'll get a good miso soup and few veggies on it and I'll let you be the judge (by the way the drinks are not included).

I haven't really took a picture of their stall there (and didn't even try to take a good shot for the food because I really am hungry that time so I couldn't wait to eat.), but maybe I'd ask them first for permission by the next time I'll order another set of meal that I can take a picture and make a blog on it. Don't forget to eat the veggies! IT'S GOOD FOR YOU!

[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] The Mighty Ton Challenge at Casa Verde

Me and my friends decided to take on the Mighty Ton Challenge at Casa Verde over at U.P. Town Center. Me and my girlfriend decided that it would be little old me and my friend Chris' birthday celebration. So before the day we went there, We've decided to invite him over the day before (which is Friday night because I still have work that day) so we can waltz in the restaurant as early as we can, We were informed that the restaurant opens around 11 A.M every Saturdays and we heard that based on other reviews that it always gets crowded during and after lunch time.

We rode a taxi from Newyork Cubao to Katipunan Ave as early as 10 A.M and got there around 10:30 A.M thank God there was no heavy traffic back then. Casa Verde is located at the back end of U.P Town Center 2nd floor, from the escalator at the front just walk straight up and turn left and you'll see the big sign round green sign of "CASA VERDE"(we totally forgot to take pictures of the outside due to our excitement and hunger, we didn't eat breakfast before going there).

We got inside the restaurant after a few minutes of waiting and right away, we ordered what we came for our quest for that day "THE MIGHTY TON" burger! While waiting we decided to take a few snaps inside with our phone cameras and came up with these:

When we got inside the restaurant people after us started to pile up as the review says. Most of our shots here were a little awkward (nahihiya pa) at the same time because people were actually looking at us whenever we pull off our phone cameras of the table and started the point and shoot habit of every person who likes to take pictures with a phone camera on a new place will do.

After a few minutes of waiting around our challenge arrived. The infamous Mighty Ton was served right in front of us and we're all struck by how huge the actual thing is compared when you are looking at it on pictures. We got a little crazy on taking photos due to our hunger and yes its size will make you go crazy.

A 12-inch for its bun a kilo of their so called "USDA tenderloin patty" (which the grease is overflowing from the buns) and with lots, and I mean LOTS and LOTS of bacon filling, and according to the menu the cheese is American (yeah American cheese), also the burger has lettuce, tomatoes, mushroom and onions paired with big cuts of potato fries. Yep Fries! you can choose from barbecue, sour cream or cheese as its dip (we picked sour cream).

The moment we saw the burger we already identified the trap parts of the serving, we always looked for what to eat first in every eating challenge we take on and the first ones is the Fries, then the huge chunk overwhelming Bun.

We decided to have it sliced when served so we could eat the whole thing, we have the waiters slice it up in six parts, two for each of us to finish everything. When we measured the whole thing with our hands we just really have to take our time looking at it thinking how in the world are we gonna fit all of it first in our mouths second in our guts. I think we wasted about more than three or more minutes arguing what in the world are we getting ourselves this time. One slice is almost equal of the plate we have on our table.

After a fierce battle of stuffing all of the calories of our first slice, (into our mouths down to our belly), here was his (Chris) reaction after almost finishing one slice (we really looked like him so no need to see our faces). For a price of P888 the meal was actually worth it (drinks/ beverages not included).

Happy Birthday Bro! :3

[FOOD TRIP ADVENTURES] Chunk of Meat from a WILD BOAR from 168 Holliday Land Pampanga

So my dad brought a big chunk of meat yesterday and wondering from where it came from and from what meaty animal it came from. Dad told me the meat is from a wild boar he bought from a 168 buffet at San Fernando Pampanga.

I tried cooking the meat with a good quality butter and a few minced garlic with it and it turned out like this:

Ate it with my uncle who just happened to drop by, with a few cans of beer we're all set. Then later at night during dinner my dad decided to cook it with butter and onions and turn out like this:

Had myself pretty stuffed up and went to bed early last night due to over eating and the beer suddenly kicked in. I really didn't have the time to snap a picture last night when it was served because even the smell while its being cooked can turn you instantly to a hungry man who haven't eaten all day.

The meat is pretty tasty not too hard to chew, very juicy and has a very exotic pork-ish taste (well it's a boar), for a 500 Php for a kilo chunk of this meat it really serves a good "PULUTAN" meal for those who want a good quality meat for your drinking session I highly suggest this one. It can be bought on a 168 Holliday Land on San Fernando Pampanga and if am not mistaken, there is also Deer meat if you're into exotic animal meat.