BRGR: The Burger Project

From the conceptualizer of Pino Restaurant and soon to open on 10 October Pipino (Vegetarian Restaurant), comes this new burger joint along Maginhawa St. in Quezon City. This customize-you-own burger is pattered from the famous The Counter Custom Built Burgers in the US, where an array of choices is presented to you on a paper, in checklist format.


The Counter: Custom Built Burgers Menu/ Checklist (mostly in California). The store in the US where the owner/s patterned his/their concept.




Steps For Maximum Burger Pleasure

In BRGR: The Burger Project, you are presented with the same concept where you get to choose your patty: beef, chicken or tofu (vegetarian); bun: poppyseed, potato bread, or oatmeal; cheese: bleu, mozzarella, gruyere or cheddar; premium toppings: bacon, chili con carne, caramelized onions, canadian bacon, pepperoni, deep fried onion rings (2pcs.), or guacamole; basic toppings: mango salsa, pineapple slices, jalapeno peppers, sundried tomatoes, egg, sliced onions, or sauteed mixed mushrooms; and type of sauce: wasabi mayonnaise, bbq, teriyaki, marinara, pesto, buffalo wing sauce, special BRGR sauce, or garlic sauce. Then, you also get to "name" your own burger.



The "pre-customized" burgers for thpse who lack creativity and passion for burgers, and eating as well.


ze checklist; yes, we both ordered a basket of fries (P60)


the outcome
dubbed as: "The Burger to Mend Your Broken Heart"
1-pc beef patty, poppyseed bun, blue cheese (which I had requested to be placed in the middle of the beef patty, mimicking "juicy lucy" burger), mozzarella, with bacon strips, sauteed mixed mushrooms, and bbq sauce. The damage: P240


bjorn's checklist


his burger
dubbed as: "The Bjorn Identity"
1-pc beef patty, poppyseed bun, mozzarella, with bacon strips, caramelized onions, sauteed mixed mushrooms, and the special BRGR sauce. The damage: P230



Service was good, and the burgers arrived on a reasonable amount of time. The wait staff were very accommodating and friendly too. Thumbs up for the new Customize-Your-Own-Burger burger joint in town :)

Ps. Pardon the photos, it was immensely hard to shoo guerrilla style under low light. It was raining too. I know, excuses excuses. haha.


BRGR: The Burger Project
122 Maginhawa Street,
Teachers Village, Q.C.
+632.915.520.2266
theburgerproject.com
11am.-11 p.m. daily

Shinjuku & Hana

11 Sept

Shinjuku Ramen House
&
Hana located inside Little Tokyo
along Chino Roces st. (formerly Pasong Tamo) in Makati


Shinjuku is well-known for their authentic tasting ramen and most especially their gyoza


Inside the restaurant


Spicy Tuna Maki


Chicken Teppanyaki


Gekikara Ramen (Regular bowl) Spicy!


Chicken Ramen (forgot the exact name) (Regular bowl)


Gyoza (8pcs)


Gyoza in the dipping sauce


Ebi Tempura (6 pcs)


Hana in Little Tokyo


Outside


Cooking takoyaki


At last, 6 pcs of Takoyaki (P100)

I must say that this is the best tasting takoyaki in Manila, somewhat close to Gindaco's. The difference is that they scrimped on putting various ingredients such as the octopus bits, red ginger, and katsuobushi flakes. It was quite dry and it didn't taste fresh as i expected, even though they cooked it upon order.


Gindaco's Takoyaki Boat with Egg Salad (SG$8)

Hana is the only Japanese restaurant in Little Tokyo which offers cook-as-you-order takoyaki balls, almost close to Gindaco's. Price is pegged at 100Php for 6 medium sized balls.



Shinjuku Ramen House
2277 Don Chino Roces Avenue (formerly Pasong Tamo), Makati City
(beside Makati Cinema Square)
(02) 8191242
Open from 10am – 8pm

Hana
Little Tokyo, Don Chino Roces Avenue, Makati
(02) 339-3855
Open from 10am to 11pm

Chicken Charlie

right after exams with car, nats & jess :D

Hailed as the "Bonchon Chicken Shop" in Manila. Wings & Drumsticks!



Menu


Chicken Charlie Rice bowl= perfect lunch for 59Php


Chicken Wings and Drumsticks. in Soy garlic and sweet chili (those with tooth picks are the chili ones)

It is cooked upon order, so you get the freshest and juiciest tasting piece of chicken ever. The method of frying the chicken pieces were beyond the usual. I think they fry the pieces twice, then lathered it with their signature sauce of soy garlic and sweet chili.



It was great since it was not ordinary, it was different from the other shops that sell chicken wings. the skin was crunchy and crispy in a different way. You don't even need sauce to accompany your wings.


Chicken Charlie façade

Overall the chicken experience was delightful since it was beyond the ordinary chicken wing shop in the metro.

pardon the photos, all were taken using my phone's built-in camera :(

Chicken Charlie
Owner: Ifore Yu
592a N.S. Amoranto St. Cor. Banawe St. Quezon City
(02) 742-3333
chickencharlie.net

Mien San & Ersao

after school food trip in Mien San Noodle House & Ersao
with car, nats, jess, aidz & sah

first seven photos in Mien-San, the rest are from Ersao



Spicy Beef Tendon Noodles (Mien-San)


Dumpling Noodles (Ersao)


Spicy Chicken Chop (Ersao)


noodles, chicken chop & milk tea! yeah

Mien San Noodle House
36 Villa Ortigas II, Granada St., Quezon City
(it's renovated now)
Tel. (02) 721-7594

Ersao
17A Araneta Ave. cor.
Tuazon Malabon, Quezon City
(02) 364-4886 • 447-0621

PhPhoto EB (15th Graphic Expo 2010)

19 June 2010

at SMX, Mall of Asia

PhPhoto meet up for Photographers Move (PhPhoto's version of Photographers Ignite) It was a very informative and fun session featuring the country's leading photographers in their fields.

Jay Tablante (Anime/cosplay), Ken Go (lights/shadows), Edwin Tuyay (photojournalism), Lito Genilo (wedding), Jun Miranda (of PCCI), Raymund Isaac (fashion), Anton Shecker (travel), Harvey and John Chua (advertising - adphoto), Jay Jallorina (landscape travel), and John Javellana (photojournalism).

Interestingly, Fiona won a lens dry case & I won a hefty leather wedding photo album from Albums & Co. :)

Last Hurrah

14 June 2010

Last one for the summer, first for the academic year. The night before classes start. Met up with the college blockmates for bbz in Grilla since many of us are going to be busy in the next couple of weeks.


Good times :))

Anawangin Cove Adventure

04 to 05 June 2010

DIY aka. Man vs. Wild Anawangin Trip with Daph, Fx, Abby, Anma, Den, Mon, Les & Russ.

For God so loved the world, it rained almost non-stop during the whole trip. Going to Anawangin requires one to ride a motorized boat (or for the more adventurous type, a 4 to 5 hour trek via the mountains of Anawangin from Pundaquit). We braved the waves splashing directly to our faces. Daig pa ang Jungle Log Jam ng EK. :)) Though it rained, it didn't stop us from having a great slash grand time. Twas really fun!

Pitching tents pa lang, adventure na eh, pano pa yung iba :D

click here to view the **HI-RES/ LARGE** photos.



Dreamy dreamy

Anawangin Cove - right

View from the mini lagoon

View of the mountains of Anawangin

photogenic ang Anawangin ah!

the beauty of having a tripod :)








merong photobooth pa :p


next year ulit! :p

Five Days in Singapore

05 to 10 May 2010

Roaming around SG using the trains (SMRT), buses and the ever reliable shoes :)
This is the tour edition. Sorry, no more food. :))



Riverside Point



Marina Bay Sands



Esplanade Theaters at the Bay


Merlion Park