Nice One KFC ?

We finally meet! Chomp, chomp:)

In the evenings at our local KFC, the Double Down Sandwich is always SOLD OUT, so I was extremely excited to find that the last time I visited the chain for dinner, the 'controversial' sandwich was finally available. Good thing I still had a few hundred pesos on the wallet and so, at last, I managed to be able to try THE EPIC Double Down.
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To those who still do not know what a Double Down is , although I doubt that since Pinoys love to eat anything even if it's high blood inducing,( uhmm --- especially if it's high blood inducing!), the Double Down is " one-of-a-kind sandwich [that] features two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel's Sauce. This product is so meaty, there’s no room for a bun! ". (words taken from the KFC site)
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Anyways, to start, I opened the sandwich wrap and the oil was literally dripping down the wrapper. To be honest I was worried by the dripping oil and it's effect on my cholesterol levels but I was also excited to take a bite. I started taking pictures to document. At first I thought, how come this sandwich looks so much bigger in the ads and posters? However, halfway through, I was already thinking.. "How am I ever going to finish this?".. meaning, it was kind of big a meal for me. I started craving for rice or any type of carbs to eat with the meat since I only ordered the sandwich. The taste? Well, it's KFC chicken so of course it's alright. It's a little too salty though what with the bacon and the sauce and the cheese so my suggestion for those who want to try it would be to order some fries, or potatoes or maybe, rice. I wish I tried it with rice. (Haha I am a proud Pinoy who loves my rice). Anyway, to be honest there isn't anything special with the Double Down burger. But in all fairness, at the time I ate this sandwich, I was not entirely hungry, I ate something else before. Also, my brother totally loves the Double Down so I guess we each have our opinions on it's taste. One thing's for sure, it's total winner in the KFC menu. So overall I think they did a great job marketing the chicken sandwich.
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I don't recommend it though to people who have high-cholesterol-related ailments. I am a person who doesn't usually care about fatty content when I eat since I also love deep fried food. But this one was really dripping with oil which is kind of worrisome. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that or the cook just wasn't able to drain the fat properly before serving.I hope they should be responsible enough next time to wipe off the excess oil.
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This is also not great to eat when you're trying to impress a date. The chicken sticks on your teeth ! hahaha. Total LOL moment for me since I was unable to bring my hygiene kit(containing toothbrush) and I had to be somewhere else. I needed to meet people afterwards so I kept sucking at my teeth hoping that no chicken fibers remain stuck there. I know it's disgusting so sorry!
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Well that was my Double Down experience. Hope that you share yours.

Eating in Manila: not your usual food blog post

Hi guys :)

Ebi Fry Don from Karate Kid

Well, I just wanna share with you a great meal that I enjoyed last night. I am not a certified foodie and certainly not a very adept food critic. I'm just a simple Pinay girl who wants to try out the delectable food that I see around town.  Last night, I ate this wonderful Ebi Fry Don at Karate kid, which is fried shrimp with rice topped with egg that was cooking right on my very hot bowl as it was being served. Arrrg, I'm salivating just thinking about it now. I guess the tempura and rice combination always tastes good to the filipino palate.And the meal's affordable too at 115. I also learned that Karate kid offers refillable rice. The things that you can have nowadays ever since the advent of  "UNLI" -- Unlitext, unlicalls and UNLI RICE. It's a great marketing strategy since they cater to class B and C. Of course, the masang Pinoys would really eat up the refillable rice offer. Wow, I'm promoting Karate kid a lot (haha). I guess I really enjoyed this rice bowl!


The food I ate may not be as expensive or sosy as the food being featured in most self-confessed foodie blogs out there. But we Filipinos are really lucky since there are so many food restaurants and chains here whose menus are reasonably priced and still within most of our pay scales. Some US blogs feature places where they could eat 2 dollar lunches. Actually they're already quite lucky if they get a whole meal for as low $2 (P100). A meal in the US might be a sandwich or meat & carbs but meals here in our country is almost always synonymous to rice and ulam (viand). In the Philippines, we can eat ulam and (a lot of) rice under P100 -- sometimes even less than P50! Paotsin is an example. That fried food store is such a runaway success that I wish I could franchise even just one store.Even McDo, Jollibee and KFC always offer value meals so that there's a choice for each Filipino. Here's an entire meal I ate under P100. I even ordered dessert with it :)

burger steak, fries and peach mango pie :)

So I can really say that the Manila is such a food haven for me and I guess for most of us.I can eat great food without hurting my budget. I will always love to eat here in this city. I think that we bloggers should blog more about the things that we eat on a daily basis. It tells the truth about our lives.For example, if you enjoyed the food that you ate at a turo turo or a carinderia at lunch today, that is blog-worthy already. Cause  it's something that's true about your way you live your life. If we enjoy simple food or simple things, even if it's not so bonnga like those featured in other blogs, it's still what we enjoy so it's what is unique about us.


I guess this would be the start of featuring my delicious below-100-peso lunches in this blog. Let's hope it sparks interest in most Pinoy 'eaters'. Share yours too please!

Kain na po!