I was inspired by a little composition made by the esteemed Fred Alimusa for PAWS. It was a short, witty, funny and a pawsitively pawbulous skit about two dogs discussing PAWS, which I’m not gonna put up here. But short and sweet, it’s a PAWSitive step on the right track! Check this out -cLicKy-:
We love this place! Decent people. Friendly staff. Good food. Crayolas- what’s not to like? Aside from that roach that made a sneak-peak on the Gateway branch, everything’s goood!
A little more than a week ago, Ms. Sy and I joined Ramonsito for (a very late) lunch at Burgoo Gateway. Oh, that was the first day of screening for Spiderman3, so that’s May 1. Darn, there were so much people in Gateway taht day, we should have just gone to The Podium. We ended up hanging out at Ramonsito’s for the rest of the day, jsut to get away from all the hupaw’s in the malls.
Ms. Sy got strawberry cheesecake and I got the ice cream cake (nothing special with this one. Tasted regular.). See pics. Ramonsito got Hamburgoo(forgot to take a pic). It’s served with fries, which we all nibbled on hehehe… Okay, enough of that, fastforward to yesterday-
Ms. Sy added a platter of large onion rings served with Burgoo’s ranch dressing. Both gooo-ooo-oood. Even if I didn’t take even a nibble out of any of them, I can attest to their quality. Been there, done that. hey, it’s just
We both got us bottomless coke light.
The thing I love most about Burgoo is their “Color-All-You-Can” tables! Their tables are lined with (what I’d assume to be) recycled paper, and along with the salt, Pepper, tabasco, adn steak sauce, is a set of crayolas! Woot! You can play SOS, tic-tac-toe, who’s-the-funniest-person-in-the-room, etc etc while waiting for your order, which isn’t that long really.
The dishes arrived after a few minutes, and we’ve got no complaints with the food. The cheesecake, that’s served on top of your choice of syrup (you “swirl” it around the syrup before having it melt inside your mouth), was perfect for Ms. Sy. I normally like cheesecakes to be more on the sweeter, softer side, but Burgoo’s is a tad salty and not-so-soft. Absolutely yummy, not bad at all. And not “salty” salty. It just has that unmistakeable cream cheese saltiness, which it SHOULD have.
After all, it IS a cheesecake isn’t it?
For some reason, the cheesecake slice we got here is somewhat smaller than the slices from the other branches of Burgoo, but has more syrup on the plate. Like waaay more. Look I think it even shows in the pics…
The onion rings were made from huge-ass onions, shelled within a golden brown crunchy deep-fried batter, matched with ranch dressing we can’t get enough of (back when I wasn’t vegan).
Their fries aren’t the typical off the freezer Frenchies. They’re thick slices of big (unpeeled) potatoes, lightly seasoned with a bit of salt and Pepper and deep fried into golden brown sticks. I just added a dash of salt and Pepper (yes, I had to add coz it was a bit bland), mixed barbeque sauce (I checked the
I got two refills, which is good enough, right? No, I guess it doesn’t count that my second refill (which I wasn’t able to finish) was only done because my second glass (from the first refill, get it? We love math!) spilled. So technically, I drunk a little over one glass of coke light.
Ms. Sy, on the other hand, makes damn sure she exploits as much of the bottomless drink as she can. SIX GLASSES (at least). She had to make a stop to the ladies room before we left though. I wonder why….. hehehe..
Burgoo is located … all over. It isn’t exactly at “student-price”, unless you’re a Green Archer or Blue Eagle, or anything around that tuition fee LOL! Have at least 175pesos in hand. For pogistalking purposes, go to Galleria’s Burgoo (top floor, pick the booth nearest to the window, right corner upon entry. Also, our conclusion is that the one in charge for HR in this branch is gay. And has great taste.). For family luncheons, or special functions, go to Burgoos outside the malls (Timog is good). For stop-overs, like you really have no plans of hanging out there, just to eat, go to Gateway. For a mix of pogistalking and stopover Burgoo, go to The Block, SM north.
Burgoo Gateway Desserts, Strawberry Cheesecake and Ice Cream Cake
TIP: For people who go to Burgoo for snacks or merienda, just get from their side orders or appetizers (like the fries and onion rings). These are given in hefty (like really generous) servings, and I won’t consider them “sides” at all. Ms. Sy and I weren’t able to finish our onion rings and fries, so we had what was left wrapped and gave it to a street kid later on.
Things eaten: non yet.
Ah-ah-ah!! I can hear you!! “yeah right” yourself!
Yes! I’m trying it! Will I last? I don’t know. Ms. Sy is giving it two weeks, what with all the cheese and eggs around. argh! scrambled eggs. must… not think… must.. resist… les force.. LOL! it’s ok, it’s quite too early for me for food. I don’t eat until like after lunch time.
To those who don’t know, there’s a difference between veganism and vegetarianism. Vegetarian- no meat, white red nor whatever, just faux meat. That’s the closest one can get. Vegan - no animal byproducts whatsoever. That means no eggs, no cheese, no milk, - no dairy. that’s gonna be hard. I mean I’m used to daily fix of Nestle 0% fat Yoghurt. That or the Magnolia low-fat chocolate milk. Hmpf! Goodbye to those.
I think the hardest would be when I go home. Coz whenever I’m home, I make myself my favorite breakfast- scrambled eggs with cheese and tomatoes, and a side of garlic mushrooms. Oh well…
Dear God, and I quote(myself lol) -
“Please help me stay vegan. Even for jsut a lil while?… thanks! xoxo, agapeia”
Oh yes. At least for 45 days!
The heiress whose simply famous for.. er… being famous (well, an actress should know how to act, a singer should know how to sing, a social climber should know how to climb
BUT you know the weird thing about this? Hehehe.. she doesn’t go to jail then and there. She has a “schedule“. Yup. June 5, that’s when she “presents” herself to be imprisoned (at the latest). If she fails to do so, then 45 days doubles to 90.
OMG do I hear producers dialing a ringring in singsing? “Dude, we need a camera crew there!” Well, she’ll be staying in the LA county jail.
And you, you and YOU, ya’ll know you’ll be watching this series…
Okay, trackback. Why’d she get prison time? Coz she was under probation for DUI. Drunk driving. She signed a document, stating she can’t legally drive, yet she still got behind the wheel (photo-op everyone!).
Basically, she claimed she had no idea her license was suspended, and that she wasn’t allowed to drive. What’s inside her compartment the whole time? The signed documents hehehe…
Now, can you imagine Paris in jail? What would she do in there?? Will she pull of a Lil Kim? Will we hear her songs playing in the radio (if they’d put it in) after a month or so? Will seh write a book?
Screw that, what I really wanna know is…
WILL HER SUPERFICIAL TEAM GO VISIT??
’nuff said.
You can’t go wrong with Cello’s Cheese doughnuts. Seriously! IT IS SOOO GOOD! It’s light and fluff-enough. And don’t be fooled by the “cheese” title, coz it ain’t salty and it ain’t topped with grated quez-o LOL! It’s sweet. Think… ensaymada sweet, except waaay better. Cheese with caster sugar. Every bite’s a lil piece of heaven! (Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating a bit now hehehe)
Every first-time Cello’s customer MUST try the Cheese doughnut. Dude, it’s just PhP 20.00! Then 
I’m not so crazy about their dips though.. I think the price is a bit too steep, even if it is made from Toblerone. Hey, if their dips would rid me of bad aura and take me to the rabbit hole, then Php 40.00 is sulit! But it doesn’t have that effect (not like their Cheese doughnuts! trust me, everything else around the world would seem like rainbows and bunnies for a span of one doughnut). Auntie Anne’s dips are fine enough.
Aside from their v. v. VVV famous Cheese doughnuts, they also have quite an enticing line-up of other flavors and varieties. Among the doughnuts, there are three varieties; original, chocolate dough (new), and premium.
Original doughnuts (sold at just PhP 20.00 per piece), though the tag “original” would seem to make them sound bland or bleh, are actually one of their bests. The Cheese doughnuts fall under the original category- 
The premium doughnuts (oh we love the sound of that word, just like we do platinum, VIP, and other stuffs) are kind of specialty doughnuts. They’re fancier looking, and takes a minute longer to make. Details details details… They come in blueberry cream cheese, 
Now enough of those roung thingies, let’s check out their even more interesting selection. the C’s and their Pillows! PS: Do try their Pillows.
Another cute treat in their menu is the C-shaped doughnut. Their C’s, like the Pillows, are also honey glazed. I think the honey-glazed doughnuts are the “plainest” they have. Yes, I make up words that would seem to fit in the context which it’s used.
They have a branch in both Taft and Greenhills. For inquiries, call them at (Katipunan) 928 2649, (Taft) 521 6236, or (Greenhills) 7239632.
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As usual, I had my Soy Chicken with mushroom thingies (PhP 175.00), along with a serving of brown rice. My staple Soya milk is gone now though… I wonder why…. second time in a row where I went here and they’re still “out” of soya milk. Hmpf!! And it’s such a bargain! About 1000ml for just P50.00- that’s like 60-70% less than the Fat and Thin’s soya milk!
Is it just me, or does the platter of Soy Chicken look smaller? The first picture is the “untouched” version- the second picture, where my brother’s spoon is reaching, means I’ve taken a ‘chink’ of it already. Somewhere between taking the two shots LOL! The one on top. Lesser serving? Hmm…. Oh! No, I think this time, the slices are just thicker, hence fewer.
This meal is unbelievable! Really! It’s almost the same as the real thing! They really placed effort in the details- the bean curd (i heard that’s what they used, though it doesnt resemble beancurd at all) is layered a bit thinly, just as you’d notice with cooked chicken flesh. The outer layer, imitating fried/roasted chicken skin, is salty and crunchy, reminds me very much of a deep fried Spring Chicken! Except this one is boneless AND vegetarian! Haha!
Like most of the other meals, mine came with a side of achara. Let me jsut say that I’ve never really been a fan of ginger. Not much. But their achara’s, despite the obvious ginger tang, is quite nice. I think I like it better than regular acharas!
I wasn’t able to finish my meal solo again.. maybe it’s the brown rice. I’ve been told it fills up your tummy faster than white rice. Is that stupid? Well.. whatever it is.. I wasn’t able to finish mine LOL!
My brother had the house specialty, at least the one they’re more famous for, the Tofu kebab. People keep telling me to order that, but not once have I betrayed my Soy Chicken. And, after nibbling off from my brother’s order, I’m not sorry at all! Ha!
Not that it wasn’t bad, no. it was quite good, but jsut not as good as the Soy Chicken. Plus, I still think that Grill Queen’s Grilled Tofu is way better.
The kebab’s basted with a sweet and salty bbq sauce. You can taste a hint of garlic on the veggiemeat in it.
My eldest brother got the Faux BBQ (sorry, forgot to take a pic before someone took a swing at it hehehe). It’s not like Bodhi’s. Different(better) texture, and definitely not as sweet. It has less of that “bolabola” (extenders) texture that some veggiemeats are hated for. Hmm… it’s good. nothing special- I mean I don’t think I’d wake up in the morning (v. rare occassion) and crave for it.
Again, both the kebab and tofu are good. 
Aside from the meals, they also have a mini section up front where they sell vegetarian snacks, veggiemeat, dehydrated tofus, noris, nuts, eggless cookies and sweets, soya treats and many other healthy products every vegetarian would snoop around for. Oh, and did I mention they are also very VVV reasonably priced? yep! Their Fake Cod Fish fillet (uncooked, 5 slices) is just PhP 85.00. Nori strips (i forgot how many gms) are just 30pesos. I even bought some vegetarian dried squid strips for 30pesos as well. They got faux mahu (the chinese snack that usually comes in pork or chicken). I’ll try that next time.
You know, Sonny, Liza, and I noticed something really weird… they have different veggiemeats available, but none of them is one they use to make the Soy Chicken meal.
Though there’s a second theory… they might be using an Ethel. Yes. Ethel. The cartoon chicken, being boiled like a week-old teabag, and resucitated as she’s being squeezed for more cartoon chciken essence! Only to be boiled again! Haha!! Kidding kidding kidding kidding!
I believe Greens can safely say that, despite the amazing similarities to taht of a real fried chicken, “no animals, nor Ethels, were harmed in the cooking of their Soy Chicken“. It’s really just THAT good. 
Oh, and PS- order a soda, soya milk (if you like that), yoghurt, or fruit shake to down the food, rather than the fresh juices. The three of us got (a) calamansi juice, (b) dalandan juice, and (c) another dalandan juice, lol! They don’t fix their juices with cold water, so drinking below the “ice level” means room-temperature juice. Who wants that?? And drinking along the icey area means bland bland juice. Too bad.. Anyway, get a coke light!
If I had to sum up all them meals in one statement- i’d say “GO FOR IT!“. This place is a definite staple on my foodtrip list! None of the meals are dry, you don’t have to wait too long for your meal, they’re served ‘off the pan’- ergo you won’t bite into a chilled undone piece of faux meat, the service is great and the staff are nice and friendly. If you like spicy foods, bring Cayenne Pepper with you. Budget per head: PhP 150.00 - 200.00
Greens Café and Restaurant is located at Scout Tuazon cor. Scout Castor Streets, Quezon City (v. near A Taste of LA). Tel. 4102440
Up until that moment, I was just about satisfied and settled with my current phone. Sure it works 3/4’s of the time. Sure it blanks out every now and then. Sure it gets this weird “Card error” thingys. (You gotta give it credit for wear and tear I tell you that!) I didn’t wanna ask for more. UNTIL I saw this… N7390…. tsk tsk tsk…
I’m willing to sell someone else’s soul for this. Someone preferably evil. Anyone willing to volunteer? I’ll let you use the phone for a couple of seconds? Any takers?
Hmpf! Wuss!
dear God… if you happen to be reading this now, and find yourself particularly giving, please know that i just helped out coordinating for a very nice event for kids this summer. A fundraiser, no less. And that we plan to launch this “Kindness Club” too, wherein I also intend to help out. Please also know that I didn’t curse or put a hex on the person who did me wrong (trackback to this blog- I just got my wallet jacked).
God, I’ll leave you now with those to ponder on. 
God, dude, you know I’m kidding right? No badblood between us!
Japan’s taking over the world!!
Animania has spread it’s parasol worldwide! Everywhere, Japanese architects and engineers are continuously heading projects and building skyscrapers! Japanese scientists are inventing technological gadgets that would make nobel prize winners drop their jaws! All over the world, Japanese merchandise has made itself a member of an ordinary family’s list of bare necessities! They’re a bunch of ingenious creatures! Way ahead of this time and way impervious to the sinking ships some of us find ourselves in.
And who can blame them for being so freaking great? While we were wiping muds off our shoes, they designed plastic boots that would protect footwear from nature’s troubles. While we were making home family videos, they were shooting documentaries that would help explain the mass extinction that occurred millions of years ago. While we were sending rockets to space, they have created satellites that sends back pictures of earth and displays it in an oversized hanging spherical lcd (Geo-Cosmos), which they created while we were taking our afternoon naps! They’re so advanced it’s beginning to creep me out!
I mean, how do we know for sure that they wouldn’t turn on the rest of the earth when they’re capable of surviving on their own? How could we, mere earthlings amongst their presence, defend ourselves from their
……….
wait a minute… they made Airconditioned suits??? Damn and I just said that the Philippine summer’s killing me…. … and… what’s this? they got painless injections??? Double dang!! And there was even a time in my life when I seriously would rather drop dead than get pricked by a needle!!
okay. I’m out!
Enjoy 2 Fun-Filled Afternoons of Pet Care Demos, Interactive Games, Arts & Crafts and Film Showing with Guest Celebrities & Pets
The camp is for kids aged 6 to 12 - with pet dogs. =) Fee of P700 for 2 days (2 hours per day) is inclusive of t-shirt, bag, snacks, materials for Cooking for your Pet, Pottery Session, and will benefit the Philippine Animal Welfare Society =)
HURRY! ONLY 30 SLOTS AVAILABLE!Upon completion of the Course, all “Graduates” automatically become members of the PAWS KINDNESS CLUB who will be entitled to discounts on PAWS Merchandise and in PAWS-affiliated stores
P 700.00 Registration Fee includes :
All proceeds from this event will go to the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center (PARC). For inquiries,please call 4751688 / 0922-7135828 / 0922-8815600 or email us at philpaws@yahoo.com
A few weeks ago, I was having such a craving for ramen or noodles, or something like it, and I was determined enough to go an hour north or south just to have my noodle fix!
People were suggesting left and right anywhere from Chowking to Pot and Noodles. And my dear old Google suggested this: The Spaghetti Factory!
It looked fun enough for me, and had a menu wide enough for a vegetarian (moi) and a pile of carnivores (them LOL). And, though it wasn’t there that I ate that day, I made sure that I’ll be visiting the place really soon. And soon was yesterday at SM Megamall!
While I was at Tally’s, I showed her the website for The Spaghetti Factory and not much convincing had to be done. They had a VERY wide variety of dishes, but all she had to hear was “walnuts” and off we go!
She was craving for Cibo’s Pumpkin Soup, and since The Spaghetti Factory offered the same, we decided to try it- split it. Oh. MY. GOD! Heaven in a Bread bowl! Who’d have thunk it! Their’s is the best Pumpkin Soup I’d ever tasted! Better than Jack’s Loft’s!
It’s so creamy and thick, one can probably eat it from a strainer! The soup itself was so full of flavor, you just have to let each spoonfull set in your mouth a bit. INDULGE! That’s the only way to eat this soup. INDULGE!
And to those who are turned off by the idea of “pumpkins” being the base for a soup- get over it and try this! It’s like soft curry (less the spice), made just mild enough to be eaten on its own. The only thing not right for me in this dish? Chili. The soup lacked that kick that I adore so much. But hey, that’s just me since I’m a chili addict! For everyone else, it’s damn perfect!
Their pasta dishes can be fun to order, since it’s a mix and match game. Choose which type of pasta (noodle) you want, and what sauce to use it with. Deciding what type of pasta to use was easy. Linguine for me. Fettucine for Tally. But the sauce… well… I had to take a moment to get to that part.
After a very intense decision making on what pasta sauce to choose, the coin I drew chose tails- ergo, Forest Mushrooms. Very close call!
A rich combo of shitake & button mushroom in a cream & herbs sauce
Hmmm… I love shitake.. I love cream… I love herbs… GO!
Tally, of course, skimmed the menu for “walnuts” and headed to order the Salsa De Noche,
Delicious fusion of tasty walnuts in a smooth ricotta cheese-cream sauce
You know, our pastas were served at the same time and MAN DO THEY LOOK ALIKE! Like really! But since we both got cream-based sauces, I guess it shouldn’t have been that surprising.. huh?
I was quite disapponted with my dish. There wasn’t a tad of Shitake mushroom in that pasta. Not even in spirit! LOL! I mean everybody knows that Shitake mushrooms are quite strong and infuse that particular unmistakeable tang of their own. But it wasn’t there! At least not in my pasta. What happened? Did you guys ran out of Shitakes? I can see the Button mushrooms. I can taste the Button mushrooms. But I wasn’t in it for the Button mushrooms, man! I didn’t even get to finish half of it. Note to self: get something else next time.
All their pastas are served with a side of Foccacia slice and grated Parmesan cheese. Nothing special there.
Tally finished her dish off. I forgot to taste it LOL!! I’m guessing it was pretty okay, since I didn’t hear no complains from her end.
We took the Foccacia slices and the (almost) whole bread bowl home for Tally’s dogs. And I had what’s left of my pasta wrapped for Sonny, Malyn and Liza later that night.
All in all- their Cream of Pumpkin Soup??? An instant fave!! If you’re going to SM Mega, Ayala Center, SM Manila, or SM Fairview, you can’t leave without trying their Cream of Pumpkin Soup first!!!! Trust me on this one- damn good!
Everything else, from the pasta to the service, well, nothing special. It’s not a fine-dining resto, so not for intimate dates. But for family day outs, barkada foodtrips, or casual meetings, it’s do-able. Again, aside from the Pumpkin Soup, there’s nothing that would piss you off, but nothing to drive you gaga in love either.
hmmm… reading this.. the pasta wasn’t bad. Actually, my friends liked it. I was just really disappointed because i LOVE Shitake mushrooms. they could have exploited it waaaay more than they did, coz honestly, there was no shitake tang in that pasta. btu i bet their other dishes are good too!
Well, off IT goes slashing the edge of my bag, but like I said, nothing’s there.
SOOOo.. IT sees in my bag.
And what does he pick?? The wallet! LOL!!! If I were to choose between those, adn take note, I don’t look like a settled, rich, housewife or nothing. I look like a lost little twenty something girl with no source of income whatsoever LOL!! And IT chooses to take the wallet. Over everything else. (Heck I’d have taken the camera! The big ass one! Or the mini one!)
Poor IT, all IT got was like definitely less than a thousand pesos.
Everytime something gets stolen from me, cash especially, I just tell myself, “It’s okay. IT needs it more than I do.. Maybe for IT’s kids’ tuition fees or rent or something more important than a pair of wedges…” - but right now? Well… what you got in my wallet ain’t gonna take you far, my friend. Ish.
I get to have to take my bag (like REEAALLY now) to Mr. Quickie, and you? Well…. here-
So…. whatcha gonna do with these items now huh? Just call me. My card’s there. It’s the pink one. And give me back them things i want. And I’ll treat you to like merienda at new City or Buddy’s.
Mr. Quickie best be able to work miracles….
Seriously… I wonder what IT’ll do with these junk in my bag?
