POUND by Todd English is the newest burger-joint in town! The people behind it sure knows how to get people's attention by offering the #paywhatyouwant promo during their soft-opening last week! I was in the same area last week and wondered why there were a lot of people lined up, I ignored it anyway. HAHA I thought maybe a famous celebrity dropped by, little did I know that there was a promo going on. Screw me for not figuring out the promo during that time!!
I think I'm just as lucky as the other Booky app users because Booky tied up with Pound to extend the #paywhatyouwant promo for another week!!! Yuup, you read it right, there's an ongoing promo that's about to end tomorrow (Feb19) at 9pm. This is valid for all Booky Prime users!! You just have to show them your Booky application and you're on for the promo.
I've been a big fan of Booky ever since I discovered the app and have been using it to know about the new places in town. Thank you Booky gods!! Thank you for this tie-up with Pound! Hehe.
Promo starts at 6PM during dinner. My friend and I got there around 5:45PM and a lot of people were already asking about how to avail the #paywhatyouwant promo. We were lucky enough to be first in line because the place was just small and could probably just sit less than 30 people and would mean we have to wait for a group to finish before we could get ourselves seated.
The interior reminded me of Adaäm and Yves Organic Restaurant, I wonder if they had the same designers...or owners? haha
The place was really small. We got the spot in front of the kitchen/counter so we could see everything going on from placing the order, to preparing the burger and serving it. I tell you, they're kind of efficient that way! The orders came in after 10-15minutes. Not bad given the place was already full!!
First burger is the Amsterdam Burger (P280). It was a burger with Pastrami, Gruyere, Sauerkraut, Mustard Relish and T.E sauce on homemade Brioche bun.
We chose this one over the T.E burger and Bacon&Egg sliders because we wanted cheese on our burger. The Gruyere drowned to the taste of Mustard relish and T.E sauce, it seemed as if the Gruyere was not there!!! Or I wonder if there really was Gruyere on our burger? Well, if there was none, I'd be really disappointed but the burger still tasted good anyway. It is good and not as bad as the reviews available online but my friend and I would still prefer Charlie's over it.
Second burger we ordered was their most talked about T.E Crispy Chicken Burger (P220). If you read reviews online, this would probably be everyone's favorite. The crispy chicken served with T.E sauce and Cilantro Aioli was a good combination and I understand why people loved it so much but this one's too nakakumay for my liking. The first few bites were good but I don't think I can finish a whole burger alone. The flavors were too strong it made me give up on the burger. And not sure if the deep friend chicken contributed to the umay feeling but well, I ate it anyway and left the bun. It was breast part so sulit talaga ung chicken portion sa burger ?
The experience was okay, nothing too extraordinary to be remembered. I'm not sure if I'd crave for it but if I do, I'd probably crave for the chicken minus the buns. HAHAHAHA. I do hope that the efficiency of their service wouldn't change over time. If there's something about them that I'd love, it would be the efficiency so they should work on maintaining and improving that too.
Our bill was P555.50 but since the experience was ordinary, my friend and I decided to pay P40 for both burgers. YASSS!!! P20 for each burger we ate. Haha not bad given we don't have these kinds of promos often. Why not take advantage of it na, dba?
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People nowadays are so into fad diets. The evolution of all sorts of healthy/organic restaurants came in the picture when millenials started seeking for something new, something unusual for the tastebuds. Adaäm & Yves Organic Bistro is one of the newest addition into the world of organics and healthy eating. I've discovered the place via Booky Prime and later on read reviews about it on Looloo. The word organic does not ring a bell on me, to be honest. So I did not get instantly drawn to try the place when I first heard of it. I did not even try to see what kinds of food they serve but well, seeing photos and a snippet of the menu (dishes with very interesting names) made me reconsider trying this place out. The very common ones on people's reviews were the Cabo Quesadilla, Tuna Turner (i love the name!!), Cornelius Vanderbeef, Pink Floyd and Noli Me Tangere. They were all photo-worthy bec of the very commendable plating of the chef!!! The very good plating will bring you to confusion and will test your sense of judgment of the food. Amongst the popular dishes, KD and I only chose 2. We can only go that far bec we're not heavy-eaters. We went to try Cornelius Vanderbeef (P510) and Cabo Quesadilla (P340). The Cornelius Vanderbeef was made with homemade Kitayama wagyu beef, 2 free-range eggs and your choice of either sweet potato mash or hash, in our case we got the sweet potato hash. The play with flavors and texture were just okay!!! The corned beef was too soft and I liked it so much but it wasn't something out of the ordinary good-tasting corned beefs. It was very tasty and would probably go well with a cup of garlic rice rather than a serving of kamote. But don't get me wrong, the dish is still okay and worth trying. If you are not a fan of Kamote then you'd probably not order this. But I tell you, the Kamote on that plate has a special role. The beef was a bit salty but when you eat it with the sweet potato hash, the flavor suddenly changes. The saltiness of the beef and the sweetness of the sweet potato hash compliments each other, it creates the perfect balance of the flavours. Cabo Quesadilla, on the other hand, was something I'd rate as "pwede na". It's not super commendable since there's a lot of things I want them to improve on the dish but I'd still say the dish is worth trying because it's a modified version of the usual quesadilla. Key Points: 1. It was open-faced 2. Tortilla was crunchy and not the usual soft tortilla on most quesadillas 3. It doesn't contain lots of cheese. FUN FACT: I'm a die-hard quesadilla fan. I love it because of the cheese and without the cheese, I get sad and disappointed. 4. The sour cream was too strong. I was thinking maybe there was really enough amt of cheese but since the sour cream was too strong, I didn't taste the cheese at all. 5. It had a generous amount of chicken serving - hindi lugi on that part At the end of the meal, I got myself craving for something sweet. Good thing we booked this place via Booky and the survey that entitles you to a free dessert came just right on time. The server gave us 2 options, that is, Cara Delevigne or Barack Banana (P195/ea). And since I'm a carrotcake lover, we settled to avail of their Cara Delevigne. At this point, my tastebuds were kinda excited and couldn't wait until the dessert was served. Our table got filled with a funky smell when the dessert came. The cheese served with it had a really strong smell and taste; it didn't make the carrot cake experience a memorable one. *cries* The cake also had a weird texture. It made us feel as if we were eating something raw or undercooked 😷
I don't know if my impression is wrong but I also do not know if organic stuff should always taste weird and be expensive at the same time. I just think that Adaäm & Yves was kind of trying too hard to be different that they forgot about the most important factor for a restaurant to stand-out - the taste of the food. I get that they were trying to serve a different kind of organic meal to their clients but I just think it is way too much that the combination of flavors isn't right anymore. But well, I've only tried 3 dishes. I'd still want to give it another chance by trying the Tuna Turner and Noli Me Tangere. If I ever go back, I want it to be during their busiest hours. I've read a fee reviews where they mentioned that the service is really bad in this place. I'd want to say I feel otherwise because our server was a little too efficient, we didn't even have to ask for a water refill. He just knows when to do it. But this judgment might be a little biased too because we were the only ones there when we went so they were managing us quite well. I think I already know why they were having such a hard time managing customers on busy hours but I'd like to observe and justify my assumption first 😜
There's no better way of celebrating someone's existence but by eating good food with a great company!
Last Tuesday, I went to Century Mall with two of my closest friends. We initially planned on having dinner at Nihonbashitei but since I was having a bad day that not even Nihon can fix, we decided to go to Century Mall. Don't get me wrong, Nihon is still one of my favorite Japanese restaurants but my tastebuds are already so used to it, I doubt it would make me feel better. And since it was Bernarf's special day, we had to go somewhere he hasn't tried! He's not very hard to please with food so I'm pretty confident he'll love whatever we feed him. ? We decided to go to Hole in the Wall but changed our minds last minute and decided to go for Le Petite Souffle instead. It is a French-Japanese fusion restaurant, can you imagine how interesting the flavours are?! ? Since this was my second time to visit the place, I was the one mostly suggesting which ones to order. The second time is always sweeter, as they say! My first visit was too memorable and perfect I just had to suggest the 2 dishes we order before. Since I was with two of my closest friends, agreeing on things like these are not so hard. We get along 98.9% of the time so we had no problems finalizing the orders. We got the Squid Ink Rice (P395) and Just Mac and Cheese (P395). Just Mac and Cheese was served first so we digged in immediately. I still love everything about this dish, the cheese, the al dente macaroni, the sausage... AHHHH it was heavenly!!! The Squid Ink Rice was served next. Would you believe it if I say it only took us about 15-20minutes to finish both dishes?! Yep, no kidding. We stuffed ourselves non-stop! And the only words you can here from all of us were "sarap!", "too good", "busog na ako pero ang sarap". The two dishes did not disappoint just like the first time I had it. Since we seldom get the chance to go to Century Mall, we had to grab the chance of eating everything we could that night. So our foodventure did not stop with those 2 dishes. One of our friends who went with us loved curry so much...we had to get her one! So for our third dish, we ordered the Japanese Beef Curry (P525).
The Japanese Beef Curry like the two other dishes did not disappoint us as well. I was already full when it was served because it takes them 20-25mins to make but passing on it was not an option for me. I didn't regret anything after.
The fluffy egg melts on your mouth!!! Undeneath the fluffy egg is the curry rice!!! It was so so so SUPER GOOD! It was very flavourful, authentic curry taste, and has the right level of spicyness that we all loved!!! After dinner, we decided to get the most awaited part of every meal, the dessert!!!! Haha I wonder how I was able to consume that much food that day!!! But well, I still don't regret anything. Haha not even the calories I had to take in!
So this part of the meal was the hardest decision we had to make. Since Bernard was the star of the night and it was his day, we wanted to go with what he wants - Mango Bingsu. Unfortunately, it wasn't something I'd like to eat that day. I was craving for something chocolatey!! So instead of getting Mango Bingsu, we got the Brownie Bingsu (P250)!!
It was so so good and chocolatey!!! It was an instant feel good food that completed the whole meal that night. Bernard liked it too! I think he finished the half of the bowl! Haha we just order regular and shared it among ourselves! I enjoyed the dinner, the dessert and most of all, the company of my very good friends! I also had that sense of fulfillment since both of them enjoyed the food from Le Petite Souffle. I guess my judgment of the place and the food they offer isn't bad after all!!! |
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