Sango! The Burger Master

A couple of days ago, I was at South Supermarket at Alabang and suddenly craved for a burger. Since I was too lazy to go anywhere, I opted to try out Sango! The Burger Master.

I tried out their flagship burger, the Master Burger (the name is kinda sounds like.... you get my drift. hehehe!) It's a burger patty with a thick slice of tomato and a lot of chili con carne sandwiched between soft burger buns. When you order this, be really careful or you'll just make a mess of yourself (I did!). Didn't bother ordering fries or any shake because I wasn't really hungry so I just ordered a soda.

The place is kind of cozy (the chair cushion was plastic or something like that, so I didn't really feel comfortable plus it was a bit short so I couldn't slouch).

One side of the wall has a large lcd screen (although it was turned off at the time) with japanese manga on the either side which you could read (if you could read japanese). On the other side was a glass wall where you could see how your burger was being made.

My experience with Sango! is quite so-so. I won't give it a thumbs up nor give it a thumbs down. The next time i'd have a burger craving I guess i'd walk a bit more to Brothers Burgers or Yab's.

Holy Kettle Korn now in different flavors

I didn't notice that Holy Kettle Korn now offers different flavors to their Popcorn. It now comes in Cheese, Barbeque, and Sweetcorn. When having a popcorn craving, I always buy from them. Not only that their corn kernels are puffed to an almost round ball but it has almost zero unpopped kernels in the bag. The small bag is also enough to fill 1-2 persons, granted that your both not hungry as heck.

Jolibee Black Forest Sundae

Jolibee added another treat to their sundae, it's called Black Forest Sundae. Well, the toppings changed but the vanilla sundae base is still there. This one is topped with choco bits, poured with chocolate syrup then topped with a quarter cherry.It looks a little anemic from the picture and a lot less volume compared from the poster (but on other branches it's almost filled to the top). But it only costs around P35 so you shouldn't expect too much. It's good enough for an afternoon ice cream break to satisfy a cold craving.

Cold Rock Ice Cream

There's a fairly new ice cream stall at Alabang Town Center and it's called Cold Rock. It's an ice cream franchise coming from Australia wherein you choose your ingredients, they mix, then smash it together and then place it in a cup.

For the ice cream lover in me I had to try it. For the ingredients, i chose their own take of vanilla, then added some cookie dough and brownies. Their ice cream is full flavored. The cookie dough and brownies were sweet and chewy, just the way I like it. But all this comes with a price. The small cup costs around P165 for two scoops of ice cream and 2 choices of mix ins. A bit pricy but it sure feels good to indulge from time to time.

Del Monte Fit and Right

Well, since everyone is on a health kick. I just had to jump on the bandwagon. A couple of months ago i've started to lessen my intake of softdrinks to a cup every now and then (a week or more). I substituted it with freshly squeezed/blended juice, bottled juice or an energy drink. As for the bottled juice, I chose Del Monte Fit and Right Pineapple Flavor. One, pineapple has fibers that help cleanse the body of toxins. Second, it has L-carnatine to help burn fat. Lastly, I happen to like the taste. I don't really now if it helps burn calories but it is still juice and it a lot healthier than chugging down a liter of softdrinks or beer.

Microtex Car Duster

This is the Microtex version of the California Car Duster available on home shopping networks. It´s the better way of dusting your car. It´s made up of microfiber strands that makes the dust cling to it rather than just dusting it to another place. It´s so easy to use, you just apply light pressure on the car to let it do it´s job. You can practically dust your car clean in no time at all (compared to the conventional feather duster). You don´t even have to clean it, just put it back in its pouch and your done. When your going to use it, just give it a few shakes to remove loose dust. It costs around 600 pesos, but its usefulness more than makes up for its price.

Minute Maid Pulpy Orange Juice

A new one from the Coca-Cola Bottlers. It´s an orange juice with real pulp from oranges. Well it really does have real pulp. It´s a bit on the sweet side with added sugar and some what nots. It sort of addicting maybe because it´s a new product, maybe because of hype or it´s because of the sugar rush. I don´t know. But if you like OJ you could put this on your list. It´s cheap too, less than 50 pesos for a liter.

What´s your quick coffee fix?

Most people today drink coffee. More often than not people go to the branded coffee hangouts like Starbucks, Figaro, SBC, and so on and so forth. I do not frequent these cafés anymore for a reasons that:

1. They´re really overpriced
2. Some have become crowded
3. Some don´t offer free wi-fi
4. Some became too noisy to relax

With these in mind I just usually go to the grocery or the closest 24/7 mini mart to grab my caffeine fix and here are my top two choices:

Nescafé Coffee in a can Mocha flavor. It has that strong rich Mocha flavor yet it doesn´t overpower your taste buds. It cost a little over 20 pesos (depends on where you buy it). It´s available almost everywhere and you could finish it up in a few gulps (if you´re in a hurry) because it´s cold. It also comes in Black Roast and Original Flavors.

Yes, I still think this is overpriced. It costs a little less than a hundred pesos. You could buy this in a few SM groceries, found some in Makati Supermarket, and a few branches of Shopwise (much less in Starbucks café, weird). What I like about this is it´s lite (less calories - so it says), it´s on the creamy side, and you still get you´re caffeine fix.

Between the two i´d still go for the Nescafé because it´s cheaper and it´s practically everywhere.