Hassan Steak and Kebabs SKIP IT

katipunan Ave, Blue Ridge

Quezon City, Metro Manila

The best point in my meal was.... When I made a pallet wheel out of the sauce

Hap Chan Tea House: SKIP IT

322 G/F Torres Bldg., Katipunan Ave., Loyola Heights

Quezon City, Metro Manila

Philippines

Mediocrity wasn't welcome on Father's Day...

Kirin Chinese Dining SKIP IT!

Building 7, Bonifacio High Street

Global City, Taguig

799-9338

Chinese dining at the High Street....

Bono Yaki (soft opening): SKIP IT (Until Further Notice)

Here's Bono Yaki. A new eat all you can smokeless grill restaurant that also serves cooked foods and sushi via buffet style. It's located at Libis across Eastwood City.

First lets talk about the unimportant notes. We went here at about 9PM on a Thursday night. The place was totally empty. This could be due to that its been open for a couple of weeks max but one thing we noticed first is that the parking here is extremely inconvenient. So when we finally discovered where the basement parking was we went up the elevator to reach this place. The place is actually pretty beautiful. Its like the restaurant has an identity crisis. The design resembles that of Chinese fine dining restaurants, even though they could've settled for something less luxurious resulting in a less intimidating atmosphere. The staff was high energy, extremely courteous and helpful something I like in restaurants but not particularly in this type of establishment. The reason is this should be 90% self service and I'm getting at service that is at par with some high-end restaurants. Personally, I felt more tense because I was totally expecting the opposite.

Anyway... onto the food

P550/head ($14)

Meat Section...

Yo Swirls by BTIC: SKIP IT

Honestly in my opinion this is the worst froyo place I've ever tried. They have two flavors which are classic and sweet and creamy. Taste wise it borders on nothing special (classic) to bad (sweet and creamy). The yogurt was kind of bland and uninteresting compared to everything else out there. The sweet and creamy one was a bastardized form of froyo so don't even get me started.

There's also one size only for a cup and it costs...

Froyo P75 ($2) Toppings P25-P35 ($0.75) (depending on the type of topping)

World Chicken: SKIP IT

Technically our first food court entry. We bring to you World Chicken

Burger Avenue: SKIP IT

Burger Avenue

A. Venue Mall B. Valdez Street

corner Makati Ave.

Makati City

7299108

Before reading this, i warn you that:

1. i am a HUGE burger fan. So i tend to be VERY strict in terms of quality, taste, and creativity

2. Thank you to Dencio.com for some pics. Please visit Dencio.com as well for some really good travel pics and places to eat.

With that said, I present to you:

Over the months, Burger Avenue has become the new craze around Makati City.

They boast themselves in serving quality beef burgers, and their variety of

choices such as: Wasabi Burger, Crispy Bacon Melt, Cheese Pimento, and a lot more.

If you are not impressed yet, you can always take THE: drum roll........

Yea i know pretty cliche already. But still, you cant deny the fact that it draws customers like candy draws kids.

Unfortunately, i was not hungry or even crazy enough to do it. I like to savor my burgers, piece by piece. But lucky for me, my friend who is also a burger addict hooked me up with some pics and video of him taking the challenge.

Photo and Video to follow

The contest starts out with first paying 255php or around 4.5$ The rule is basically finish it within 5 min. you get your money back, and have your picture posted in their hall of fame (or shame depending how you see it, haha) Also, you have to eat it in front of them, and when you finish, you have to ring the bell and go to the counter with the receipt.

According to my friend, it wasnt too bad, and was actually quite easy. The trick is to make it cool down first before starting. Also, it helps to have a bottle of water beside you to flush down the food. Tate wise, the burger was pretty good. Very cheesy, and the patty was flavorful.

Anyways, as for me, I took the old crispy bacon melt.

Taste was so so, patty was good, size was reasonable...but to be honest, not really up to my standards.

The thing about this place is that it has received too much hype because of the burger challenge. Yes it is a decent burger, but wayyyyyy overrated. Cheese pimiento burger was interesting, but not something i would get all the time. The others were just ...bleh...typical.

Taste :Like i said, not bad, but nothing special as well. I personally would give it a two rating, but I may just be too picky with burgers.

Service :food came out slow even with very few customers

Ambiance : Place was small hot and crowdy

Attire: Casual

Price: $2.50-3 (P100-150) Reasonable prices for the size and quality for patties.

Other Reccomendations: Milk Shake was actually pretty good.

Dont get me wrong this place rocks. They have good burgers and offer a lot of varieties. But again, nothing different from Brothers Burger or Hotshots. As for the best burgers my rank still remains the same. #1- San Francisco Burger from National Sports Grill #2- WHAM Burger #3- Bite Club

all the rest are just typically the same burgers with different prices, although burger avenue has slightly bigger patties.

Happy Pigout! :@)