Burgoo

Vegan for: 49 hours and 55 minutes

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 and I went to Burgoo (Timog) yesterday noon for merienda. As usual, she had her Strawberry Cheesecake (delectable, though I couldnt have any. Still vegan! Go veg!), and I had something-potatoes. I was aiming for their delish potato wedges (good on all Burgoo branches) BUT they didn’t have it on this particular branch, on this particular day. Hmpf! I couldn’t get onion rings either coz they’re definitely not vegan (the batter). So I settled for fries. Was good, but they weren’t as good as the wedges. They should give off somewhat the same effect, shouldn’t they? But there’s something bout them wedges. Just tastes better.

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 been 48hours since I turned vegan! Twasn’t so long ago when I was at Burgoo (Gateway) dunking potato wedges into that uber nice ranch dressing.

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 ingredients, all vegan) and hot sauce on a saucer, and everything was good to go.I never could get the most out of bottomless drinks. i’ve a drinking problem- I almost don’t LOL! I drink too little. I can’t even finish a liter of water in a regular day- bad agapeia. I know. Kids, drink at least 8-10 glasses of water daily, aight?

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.