Jollibee, Naga-Panganiban: #burgersad but #chickensad no more

Jollibee, Naga-Panganiban
#burgersad but #chickensad no more 


If there is one thing that could ruin a pre-planned family dinner is when
a popular fast food chain launches new toys for their kiddie meal deals.



Any parent wouldn’t be able to say no, and break a young child’s  heart when

they wish to have the latest free toys that goes together with the kiddie meal.

That’s exactly what happened on a weekend that made us dine once 
again at Jollibee for the Tom and Gerry toys on their kiddie meals.

There were three toys available so we were given three choices which turned out to be

very difficult as we never really liked the dishes included on the meal. We finally

chose two burgers as we decided to give them to the street kids at the a parking area.

My son decided to have Chicken Joy for the third 
Kiddie Meal,  not that he likes this salty joyless looking
 chicken,  but there’s  really nothing he can do about it- 
as it was the best choice that this meal deal could offer.
Although the popular chicken dish was already available,
it still looked unappetizing, and tasted rubberry and briny 
The #chickensad tagline was real and lasting after all.

The only edible dishes in Jollibee are their big burgers, 
but they were not available, making us #burgersad.

…so was our favorite Peach Mango Pie 
and made us #peachmangopiesad..

No one had the appetite to their other uninteresting

offerings so  we settled for the French Fries,

.... and small servings of Sundae so we would have 
something to eat while my son finishes his chicken.

We went home hungry, but at least Jollibee made my young 
son happy with his  precious loot of Tom and Jerry toys. 

Who are we, (adults) to complain?


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Sbarro, SM City Naga

SBARRO, SM City Naga 

A Sbarro a Day, Feeds the Family  Everyday.

The best thing that ever happened to Naga City after
the devastation of Typhoon Glenda is the opening  of the
very first SBARRO Store in Bicol at SM City Naga.



My family is a big fan of Sbarro and we always take

the chance of dining in the restaurant whenever we see

one wherever we are either in the Philippines or abroad.

We never really tried dining at the SM City Naga

foodcourt in the past as it was always overcrowded

and noisy, but there is really not much that we can do

since our favorite restaurant opened its very first outlet

in the city, in our least favorite dining area in the mall.

Fortunately, Sbarro’s Naga offers a complete menu,

despite being not a full restaurant located in a food court.

But we could always order our food to go-

so enjoying a Sbarro’s  delicious pizza and

pasta specialties in Naga, despite not having a

comfortable dining area, is not a problem at all.

I could always enjoy them at home or in my clinic.

They do not deliver yet, so I added an additional task to my

clinic assistants to buy me a Sbarro’s meal almost everyday

Our day is not complete without having a Sbarro’s

either for snacks or lunch, and their White Pizza,

which is made of perfectly blended ricotta and

mozzarella, and lightly flavored with garlic is a

delicious way to refuel at work and keep you going. 



Sbarro’s Pepperoni Pizza is must as it has generous
toppings of Pepperoni, made from original Sbarro 
recipe,  lying on a thick and chewy mozzarella bed. 



Sbarro’s Cheese Pizza is uniquely made of whole milk

that blended well with the mozzarella cheese and made

it so rich and creamy . It tastes so good and the velvety

toppings sticks in your palate, so you get  to savor the

delightfully pungent cheese aftertaste in every bite.

If the plain cheese pizza is not enough, Sbarro’s 
Four Cheese Pizza topped with  mozzarella, 
parmesan, ricotta and cheddar deliciously blending
together for a perfectly delightful cheesy overload. 

Sbarro’s is also popular for their humongous stuffed
pizzas  and are perfect for lunch or dinner. Our favorite
is of course the Sausage and Pepperoni Stuffed Pizza,

that comes generously packed, bursting at the seams

with mozzarella, Italian sausage, pepperoni, Romano

cheese and flavored with various herbs and spices.



Another stuffed pizza favorite is the Chicago White,

a mouth-watering pizza brimming with the perfectly

blended flavors of mozzarella, pepperoni, ham, ricotta

and had a precise tangy sweetness of pineapples.

For a real stuffed pizza overload no one can beat

Supereme Stuffed Pizza, filled with generous stuffing

of mozzarella, Italian sausage, onions,  bell peppers,

mushrooms and pepperoni. You would get into a

glutinous high as the pizza was  heaping with an

overabundance of indescribably wonderful flavors.

To sate everybody's enormous hungry pizza appetite, only Sbarro's 
could fill a humongous desire for a delicious pizza by taking out
their giant pizza big enough to feed a traditionally big Pinoy  family.



The best tasting al dente Spaghetti in town is from  

Sbarros. Who could ever say no to a firm, perfectly

cooked Italian spaghetti topped with thick,  rich tomato

sauce where one could  actually bite the  bits  and pieces

of fresh tomatoes flavored with various herbs and spices?

This Spaghetti is also available topped

with special recipe meat sauce, also

flavored  with various herbs and spices

and served with huge, tasty meatball on top.

Their Pasta Alfredo looked plain as the pasta

was topped with nothing but with the creamy

classic Alfredo sauce but still tasted great.



All Sbarro’s pastas are served with

their signature yummy Garlic Bread. 



Recently I have read an interesting article

published  in the web about a guy Guy who

ate nothing but pizza for the last 25 years.

Source: We Caught Up with the Guy Who Has 
Survived on Pizza Alone for the Last 25 Years

That’s no big deal. I can do the same thing, as

long as it's from Sbarro, I could eat it for life.

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Grissini Ristorante:An Authentic Taste of Italy in Magsaysay Strip

Grissini Ristorante at Cereza, Naga City 

An Authentic Taste of Italy in Magsaysay Strip

It took us sometime to dine in this wonderful
Italian Restaurant at the Cereza in Naga City.

Dining in Grissini Ristorante is like being
transported to a quaint Italian restaurant,

…the rustic European ambiance was made
more dramatic (and romantic) with the tune
of  ‘O Sole Mio” being  played on the stereo.

The aromatic smell of herb a spices blending with the 
mélange  of wonderful scents coming from the dishes being
cooked in the open kitchen was a feast for the senses.

The scent of freshly baked Di Focaccia bread

coming from the wood fed oven made our hungry

stomachs crave for the tasty Italian flatbread.

Luckily, the waiter was fast enough to serve

the  complimentary bread with a dipping sauce

made of a  mixture of olive oil  and soy while

we were browsing the menu for our orders.





We started our Italian dinner with a tasty appetizer

called Carpaccio di Manzo. It is made of thinly

sliced raw beef, lightly flavored with olive oil, a

dash of lemon and sprinkled with parmesan cheese

It was followed by Crema Di Funghi or classic

mushroom soup. The soup had a delicious mushy

thickness and one can actually feel and taste the

small bits a pieces of  mushrooms on the soup.



Being Filipinos, rice is a staple food for us in any meal
and we had Risotto Con Funghi. This delicious Italian
rice concoction, was sprinkled with fresh  mushrooms,
flavored with a tasty pungent aftertaste of parmesan
cheese, and spiced up with delightfully aromatic herbs.



Of course, we never fail to order fish and chips in any

restaurant whenever it is available in the menu and

it is called Frito Di Pesce Con Patatine in Grissini.

The fish was fried to delicious perfection but, I would like

to have and special mention about the chips as it was so

tasty but not salty, it was chewy but very crispy. Should 

this Grissini Potato Chips be sold commercially, it would

put even our favorite Lay’s Classic Potato Chips to shame.

Any dinner is never complete without a fish dish and

the deliciously tangy Salmone Rosa or Pink Salmon

flavored with lemon caper sauce was a perfect choice.

Grissini is also a haven for Italian pasta dishes and

their Pasta Alfredo is one of the best versions in town.

It was topped with creamy Classic Alfredo sauce,

made tastier with the piquant flavor of mustard, that

perfectly blends with the sharpness of smoked ham

and sprinkled spinach tagliatelle and aromatic herbs.

They have huge servings Lasgana Al Ragu,

where each lasagna layer was generously filled

with béchamel and rich and thick meat sauce.

We ended our dinner with their addicting

Mousse Di Cioccolata, where they topped

the very delicious chocolate mousse with

cream, choco flakes and fresh strawberries.

We also ordered their popular Profituale or

cream puffs but it was not available. The waiter 

suggested for this new luscious dessert fare

whose name I could not recall,  but with a

heavenly creamy taste one would never forget.

Grissini Ristorante is a delicious way to experience

authentic culinary treasures of Italy without having

to travel far and without having to spend a fortune.

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