KFC's Supreme Bowl Alfredo

Tout Poulet. It means "everything chicken"(Sorry, my French is bad). That's how KFC earned it's reputation for innovating different menu derived from one single ingredient-chicken.

One disadvantage of not being a frequent customer to a certain food store, is that, you tend to get left behind on the menu. I was literally staring at the menu board for quite sometime looking for the meal that I used to eat when I visited KFC. I approached the counter to inquire about it and they told me that the Oriental Supreme Bowl was written off from their list and changed the Asian themed Supreme Bowl meal into Italian.

Hungry and tired at noon, with a lot of folks lined up behind me, I mean, I can't turn back now.  If I quit on my line, I would fall in line again on other food stores nearby on a busy afternoon. So, I decided to order Supreme Bowl Alfredo to shut angry stomach.

Only three words that best describes my eating experience on this one: I-LOVE-IT. KFC really take their chicken very seriously.

Every bit of the ingredients complements each other. The bowl is so aromatic from the herbs in the sauce. Instead of ground beef or pork, the meat portion of the pasta came from eight bits of deep fried breaded chicken fillet. My two and a half inch height of bowl is filled with chewy pasta soaked with a blend of: herbs like basil, spices, bits of fried chicken, bits of tomato and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese. The sauce is not too sweet with  the right amount of sourness from the tomato, which is, the original blend on most Italian red sauce.  (See the photo below).

The pasta noodles is filled with sauce.

The price of P103.00 inclusive of up-size drinks is fair enough to treat your taste buds close to Italian cuisine, fast food version.

Captain's Burger

Here's something new around my neighborhood. A hamburger stand that tries to compete for market share along the saturated food business spot along Blumentrit between España and P.Florentino St. It's the only hamburger stand within my neighborhood.  If you wanted to check this shop, it's in front of AVON Blumentrit between España and P. Florentino.

A wise business owner who would want to setup a business will consider eating habits  for a particular set of demographics.  People at this side of the street wants their food cheap and fast. Customer's are really on the look out for much cheaper alternative snack. It's not that they want something that's a total  "knock-off",they want something cheap with the quality that is not too compromised.

Almost 1 and a half inch in height by  3 inches in diameter

 Let's see where my P10.00 burger will get me. 

Overall, there's a bit of sweetness to everything. The preparation of the pork patty is very interesting. You can see the vendor shaping a "brown mush", which is, the seasoned pork,  into a patty before it was pressed and fried over a flat stainless steel. Unfortunately, the measurement of the  pork patty is less 3 tablespoon leaving me with just 5cm thick of spam like texture. Literally, the pork patty is more like a thick ham slice than a real burger patty.

I find it impossible to taste the pork patty while eating the burger. Too much mayo and ketchup  inside the burger bun overwhelms the taste of the pork patty especially that the condiments is somewhat sweet. The bread itself is so spongy and light. Pressing the hamburger bun further makes it more like a thick tortilla.

Closer look at the contents of the P10.00 burger

Oh well, I just got so unfortunate that the pork patty that got in my burger is unevenly cooked (see the picture above). With so much orders coming in, the vendor is so pumped-up with her cooking that she forgot to reduce the flame of her stove. Perhaps, she thought that high heat can help reduce her cooking time.

Sweet and Spicy Squid (Pusit)

A friend of mine from New Zealand abhors eating grilled dried squid bought at a Chinese grocery store. He calls it the "stinky fish". It may be unappealing to eat something that your eyes and nose disagrees. Culture also plays a big role in an individual's eating habit. Perhaps, my friend in New Zealand didn't grew up eating dried squid. Wait until he tries one of this sweet and spicy squid and I'm pretty sure he'll change his mind about dried squid.

(Left) a sweet-spicy squid from Blumnetrit-España (Right) a s sweet spicy squid from Maceda-España

(Left) sweet-spicy squid from Maceda-España, almost two jigger glass in measurement for P10.00

I bought two samples of sweet and spicy squid from two different food cart around my place. As you can see from the picture above, it's easy to tell who gives the most serving out of your P10.00. If you bought this snack while it is still  gooey and sticky, then, it  is a clear indication that, it is freshly made. But when you bought it dry with the sugar caramel crystallized or powdery, it means, that, it has been on the display area for quite sometime.

A shred of newly cooked sweet and spicy squid

Tough economic times also affects the serving and quality of snacks. The size of the sweet and spicy squid seems to be getting smaller as years go by. The once bite sized snacks turned into shreds or flakes.The sample I bought at Maceda St.-España is very sweet and not too spicy. A perfect blend to mask odor and the aftertaste of a dried squid. The sample I bought at Blumentrit-España is not as sweet, which, as you expect, the taste of the dried squid is quite strong.

7-Eleven's Clubhouse Sandwich

I was wrong when I thought that 7-11 doesn't have sandwiches like Ministop. After a few moments of browsing at 7-Eleven's food shelf, I was surprised to see a Clubhouse Sandwich which is similar to Ministop's version. I purchased a piece and went straight home. I wrote an article last July 9 about Ministop's Clubhouse Sandwhich. Unfortunately, it was just simple food review because I never found a single sandwich available at 7-11 at that time to compare. 

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See the difference: 

Ministop's Clubhouse Sandwich

7-Eleven's Clubhouse Sandwich

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I'm really hands down on 7-Eleven's clubhouse sandwhich. The ham and cheese slice is bigger. It has better amount of chicken mayo spread. Chicken flakes texture is good. Having written less doesn't mean I have lost an appetite to review this sandwich. It's quite the opposite. I really can't pull off good words to describe how amazed I was to taste and see this sandwich. One thing that's great about 7-Eleven's sandwich, is the greens, which gives off a crunch and delicate blend of veggie taste. It is a sandwich that would give your taste buds a blissful experience for only P27.00.