Bigg's Diner, Naga Centro

 

Bigg's Diner Centro

Bigg's is the most popular Bicolano restaurant

but I never featured or wrote about it

since I started blogging in June 2012

I have only sparingly written about the restaurant

on ‘fused’ posts together with Yellow Cab

but never given Bigg's its own space 

that it rightly deserves.
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Bigg's Diner is classified as fast- food chain

but  it doesn’t look like one.

It looks like an upscale American diner

adorned  with things that would remind you

of good old American past- 

 

...but looks can be deceiving.

 Bigg's Diner is an all Bicolano restaurant

that had undergone series of identity crisis.

It started in the 80’s as a McDonald clone

with a Filipinized name of Mang Donald’s

that served Pinoy Goto side by side

with Western Burgers.

When McDonalds came to the Philippines

they changed their  name to Carl’s Diner.

When Carl’s Jr. arrived in the mid 90’s

it finally found its own identity as Biggs’ Diner .

It soared to new heights as Bigg's

and penetrated every major cities and towns

in Bicol and other parts in South Luzon.

Some may find it odd but my family only take

a single meal every Sunday between 2 to 4 PM.

 

 It is a combination of breakfast, lunch, supper

and we had a chance have this very important

week end family meal in Bigg's Centro

 

My wife and son were in the mood

for a real  breakfast fare so they ordered

Tocilog made up of Tocino, Fried Egg

and Garlic Rice

 

and Beef Tapa with Fried Egg

and Garlic Rice

We have never been a fan of most

of these Pinoy breakfast fares as

these dishes taste so disgustingly sweet

as if they were cooked like candied meat.

  

The Bigg’s Tapa  was less sweeter than

 the carenderia  version  and still palatably acceptable

but we found the tocino too sweet so we set it aside 
and ordered a replacement
of  Sausages with egg, which was okay. 

 

 

I’m a burger fanatic and it is my comfort food.

I ordered their gigantic Reuben Burger.

Although Bigg's burgers are not on my favorite list-

but this big slab of meat was okay- still,

it’s not the type of burger that I would crave for.

My daughter ordered the Spicy Chicken Wings to munch

and this dish was the one that saved our day.

It was yummy it was so good and tasty

 that I ended up  eating half of it.

And of course, how can I forget,

the very popular Rock and Roll Iced Tea

that would always keep you rocking
and rolling  for more.

I have to admit that we did not order their

tried and tested iconic offerings like

Bigg's Crispy Chicken, Korean Spare Ribs,

and Tenderloin Tips to name a few-

which I would have raved in this blog.