Central BBQ Boy Grill: All that Nom Nom Nom Part 2

After our adventure at Zark's Burger, we went to Central BBQ Boy Grill at Malugay St to meet our other friends. If you plan to go there, it's behind Cash & Carry (Filmore St.). I've been to Central Boy a couple of times and for me their cocktails are good as well as the place. Their Malugay branch is bigger compared to their branch in Mayapis, which can also be found at Makati. The crowd is merely composed of yuppies who are in the mood of good and clean fun. Like any typical bars, Central Boy have bouncers so no messing around, folks.

Central at 8:30pm - The party has not started yet

Once you get hold of their menu, first thing you'd notice is the humor they added when they named their food and drinks (check out the bottom of the post for details). Since we were still full, I decided to get their combo (Php 699) - 3 cocktails + 2 pulutan (a choice of Nachos + Hotdog or Flaming Tuna + Barbeque). So let me start showing you their Pulutans :D

Flaming Tuna ni Boy will surely get your attention. Tuna chunks in a sizzling plate which will be served to you while it's still flaming. The tuna is well cooked and there's no malansa after taste. You can even pair this with rice if you're up for it.

Flame on!

Zark's Burger: All that Nom Nom Nom! Part 1

It's been a long time since I had dinner with my good old friends Bully, Rizza, Dennis, Dianne. Since I promised them that we will meet up after my birthday, we decided to do it before Valentine's. So last Saturday, we decided to hit Zark's Burger at 2F Archer’s Nook, Taft Ave. It's just in front of La Salle and if you see Yellow Cab and Army Navy in the establishment then you're in the right place.

Since it will be long night of munching and fun, I decided to have Jawbreaker (Php 250). This beauty is composed of triple cheeseburger with Spam, bacon itsy bitsy of lettuce and tomato. I just wished that the bacon was crispy but nonetheless, it's a good choice for bacon and spam lovers out there. Finish this in 5 minutes and it's free. They will be having an ongoing promo this Feb. 6 and 11th. The Jawbreaker will be Php 150 from Php 250.

Spam and Bacon - What more can you ask for?

Free Coke on February 4, 2012 - Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao!

Caloy, Coca-Cola President for Happiness, made an announcement about Coke’s Blowout Para Sa Bayan which will take place on February 4, 2012 (Saturday).

How to get a free Coke:

Fast Food False Advertising: Spare us some reality!

Thou shall not play with yer food! Below are different food advertisements of fast food chains (commonly found in the US) from the menu to the ones you'll receive in real life. Lo and behold! THEY ARE EFFIN DIFFERENT!

Of course you'd expect your BigMc Meal to be actually big but don't you ever wonder how come they fit on that itsy bitsy box?

Read More to reveal more photos of reality!

Takoyaki: You're so Yummy!

I'm not a real fan of Japanese foods mainly because I have this impression that most of their foods are raw (no offense meant). Aside from California Maki and Tempura, there's no other Japanese food that you can make me eat until Lesly introduced to me Takoyaki.

"Takoyucky? Tako what?" That's the first thing that came out from my hungry mouth and puzzled brain. "Just come with me and try it" she replied.

So what is Takoyaki? Takoyaki (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan. It is typically filled with diced octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion.

Takoyaki! Yer so yummeh!

So, we headed to Glorietta 4's Food Court and found this stall selling Takoyaki in 3 increments - 3 for 39 php, 6 for 69 php, 9 for 99php (?)

Global Gutz n' Krocodile Grill to fill our guts

Last Oct.29, our group decided to do some outdoor activity and thanks to Cash Cash Pinoy, a group discount site, we were able to purchase vouchers worth Php 250 each for a PaintBall adventure at Global Gutz. This includes 40 bullets and if you can't get enough (I bet you can't) you can purchase additional bullets for Php 100.

We opted to go to their branch at CCP and the place technically is just an open field with barrel of drums and walls that serves as your "shield" during the game. We were advised that they have a shower room and lo and behold, they did have but it's not as pleasant as you think it is. It's more of a bathroom with drum filled with water which I dunno if there's a monster lurking somewhere in the deep and there's no electricity (after 6pm). So much for their advice. Well, I haven't been into their branch at the Fort and the way it was advertise, I guess The Fort is much better.

We arrived there around 3pm and we had to wait for the group who came early to finish their game. The equipments amazingly doesn't smell that bad at all. The bullet hurts like hell when it touches your bare skin but the adrenalin rush, sweat and fun was all worth it.

Since we were all dead hungry, we decided to grab some food and continue the bonding moment at Krocodile Grill, Greenbelt 3. We planned to drink and eat our hearts and guts out. For a Saturday night, the crowd was pretty fair. The place is ideal for eating and drinking plus the prices was fair enough.

Kitchen Experiment: Baked Mussels Ain't Muscles

It's been an extremely long hiatus this blog has been to and yes, I'm back. I've been busy doing stuffs in real life and to make it up with my readers (if I indeed have one), I'll try to be more committed this time.

This recipe is quite overdue and I had to keep on taking pictures and eventually use it for my updates. To keep my mouth shut, here goes. Baked Mussels (Tahong, in our native tongue).

Kitchen Experiment: Corned Beef with Potato n' Cabbage

I've been looking at our pantry and found several canned goods. At first, I thought of making sandwich spread but I wasn't able to find any bread and it's almost dinner time already so I decided to cook for dinner instead. I craved for Samba Brazilian Corned Beef (I don't really get what's so Brazilian about it and Brazilian wax comes into my mind instead). Canned goods indeed makes eating and cooking convenient for everyone but we shouldn't be stuck with the idea of eating it as is. So, I made an experiment and that is to incorporate veggies in canned goods to make it a healthier version. And here it is, my Corned Beef with Potato n' Cabbage:

Do they have this in Brazil?

Gotta catch them all: McDonald's Coca-Cola Can Glass

McDonald's already launched their promo for a novelty glass of CocaCola's Coke in Can. The promo started July 2 and will last until July 15 so you still have the chance to collect these quality Coca-Cola can glasses in six hip colors - pink, green, blue, lime, charcoal and purple.

Among all the promos they have released, this really took my attention and my fondness for the glass grows everyday. I find my happiness too shallow sometimes but nonetheless I realized that simple things can really bring you happiness.

Anyway, for every value meal, you just need to add Php 25 to purchase the "Can" glass. It has limitations though, meals below Php50 and Happy Meals are not included so the cheapest meal I suggest is the Burger Mcdo Meal then add Php 25 :D

Thanks to my buddies, Jonn and Lesly they agreed to buy the meal so I will just need to shoulder the Php 25 for the glass. I love you guys!

Discount Vouchers: Pakyaw's Kitchen Pizza Deal

Before I left for vacation, Lesly recommended a voucher she found at Pakyaw.ph. The deal is P250 for Kitchen’s Pizza and Iced Tea for 2. A whopping 17” pizza with the choice of Skewers Place (chicken barbeque pizza topped with 3 types of cheese) or Knot of Four Pizza (four types of cheese pizza served with alfalfa and arugula) and unlimited serving of Cool it (mint iced tea) or Leaves of Grass (pandan iced tea).

So after my vacay, Lesly thought about using our voucher instead of using it on Friday (June 24) so we invited Jonn as well. Based on the deal's description, it's 17" pizza so we we're kind of worried that we might not be able to consume it all since we will be using two vouchers (1 voucher can be used for 1-2 people, per visit (1 person eating alone can use 1 voucher, 2 people can share 1 voucher, 3 people can share 2 vouchers and 4 people can share 2 vouchers). We had a hard time finding the place, so if ever you'd be going to Kitchen, it's beside Seattle's Best, GF GreenBelt 3.