GIMIKAINAN SESSIONS 4: Abella's Residence in Binangonan Rizal

          My family loves grilled dishes.

We started grilling when were very little. My dad would build an improvised griller in Libya and we’d all take a stick and grill any meat that my mom prepared. And it went on until my dad got a really nice job and we bought our very own big grilling equipment. When we went here in the Philippines it’s not really advisable especially when you live in a condo to have a charcoal grilled meat. Not unless you have your own house and a yard to do the grilling. So my mom and dad bought a house in Binangonan, Rizal, and it’s a beautiful house.

The griller that we have right now is actually just a cheap one. We had to buy a cheap one because we were hosting a party one day that we really didn’t have any time to buy the really expensive one the one that works on gas. But we were lucky to buy this one because it’s been ok for the past 6 months. I, together with my best friend Jessica bought this for P3000.00++ in SM MOA and I just want to share a brief story about it. When I saw this griller, I figured it could be disassembled and if we buy it, it wouldn’t be hard to carry it and load it in a trunk. Unfortunately, we thought wrong, it can’t be disassembled and you have to carry the whole thing. You know how MOA is. It’s big and the taxi bay is way too far from the department store. We walked a long way and trying hard to take care of the griller since it’s cheap and it might break easily. I was sweating really bad, kept on complaining why I bought such a thing. But eventually we took a cab, wrap the whole thing with an improvised rope. An etc. it was really bad. Yeah that’s the story of our mighty griller. Hahaha!

So what do we have?

my sister jheii and my dearest brother posing for the camera and enjoying his doritos chips and C2.. no alcohol...

 My dad and my sisters - Rosalie , Liit and Jheii

Made some Tacos - Mom's Request..- basically I just grilled/toasted the taco shells, then filling; ground pork, ranch dressing, onion and ice berg lettuce, bell pepper grilled, tomatoes grilled and cheese. Actually we just used the ones that were available in the house. But you can use ground beef, the for the dressing you can mix cream cheese with dried herbs then sour cream. I grilled the bell peppers because I like the smokey flavor and so as with the tomatoes. 

 So on the grill - we have Hotdogs, Chicken and pork. Usually we do our own version of marinating sauce but since we have those leftovers from last week that we bought at supermarkets. We just finish them off. Maybe next time I can share some ingredients on how we do our marinating sauce.

 The skewered bbq costs P30.00++ each stick in the meat section in your nearest supermarkets. It's actually pork. They also have chicken so you can try that. 

 Tender Juicy hot dogs. We usually buy the Jumbo sized ones. Its bigger and it takes forever to finish. HAHA!

 We actually wanted the inasal flavored ones. but since we saw that there were a lot of garlic cloves in it, we just chose the bbq flavor ones which costs P55.00 each leg part. Its actually affordable since it's really huge. 

 My dad doing his thing with those deliciousness... hahaha! 

 YUP! I'm the FAT GIRL! hahahaha! this is me! hahaha! YUMMY!!! 

 and these my lovely readers and viewers are the good companions... San Miguel Light and Tanduay Ice.  

and my personal favorite Kahlua on the rocks with cherry... - yep...!!! 

hahaha yes.. they were drunk.. hahahaha!

Anyways.. don't try this at home specially if you are not guided by parents or someone older than you are. This doesn't happen everyday.. well.. probably with them.. hahaha! ssshhhh... But this is our family... We have fun, we eat, we are a family... I hope you guys enjoy reading this blog.. You can always have your own gimikainan sessions at home.. especially with your love ones.. Thank you! and let me know if you guys have any Gimikainan Sessions like this at home... 

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

GIMIKAINAN SESSIONS 3 : ARUBA!

This is just a short blog. 

Again i just found some pictures taken about a month ago .. so this was way too long ago.. 

In METRO WALK the amazingly insane place to hang out with friends is located in Ortigas. 

You can practically be there as early as 6pm and stay there the next day probably around 6am. 

There's a lot of bars and restaurants in Metro Walk. One that we usually hang out is at ARUBA!

Aruba is a bar that is classy and elegant and comforting. It was one of those bars that is next in line to embassy bar or LAX or seventh high and etc. 
Service was ok. It's a bar anyways. I loved the concept of having  tables on the outside where you can just see the performance of the band. in metro walk there's this "center stage" as people call it. and there's a band on a particular day. and the bars that are surrounded are pulling out chairs and tables just so to add customers. they have guests inside the bar and outside the bar.

 Best Mojito P140.00 -this drink is not very strong and it is made of five ingredients: white rum, sugar (traditionally sugar cane juice), lime juice, sparkling water and mint.  I ordered 4 glasses of this and I was fine. I wasn't tipsy, it's actually a ladies drink. 

 Mozzarella Fried P280.00 - A typical fried mozzarella cheese sticks. with a marinara dipping sauce. Nothing new, it is what it is expected to be. haha.. 

Garlic Chicken P280.00 - I should say, I wasn't expecting that it would be a regular fried chicken. I thought it would be stir fried with chilies and garlic and butter, but this is just a flavored garlic breading. Oh well disappointments.. hahaha! 

Anyways we were just there to have fun and drink. This is just to share.. 

Thanks for reading..PEACE!

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

Aruba Bar & Restaurant, Metrowalk

G/F Metrowalk Commercial Complex, Meralco Ave., Ugong

Pasig City, Metro Manila

Philippines

(02) 636-4702

Finally at Chili's Bar and Grill

I can't count how many times I wanted to eat at Chili's Bar and Grill.

It took me 2 months before I finally decided to check it out.

I and my special someone planned to have dinner in Makati.  So we did.

It was late but fortunately for Chili's on weekdays they are open till 12am. And on the weekends it opens until 2am.

I’ve always kept an eye on Chili’s Bar and Grill. I’ve been craving for it. And I’ve been forcing my boyfriend to join me. So he finally did. Thanks Love!

We love spicy food. Anything hot and spicy we both like it.

When we arrived there, we thought we had to wait to get seats since there were a lot of people were dining in. But fortunately for us, there were available seats.

I read that Chili’s started with Hamburgers. “Created as a hamburger restaurant/chili house with a uniquely Southwestern flair, Chili's served homemade- quality food, draft beer and frozen drinks in a casual atmosphere.“

I wasn’t really feeling the servers at first, specifically the ones that were assigned at the entrance. They looked tired. They looked sleepy. They were not really pleasing. Probably it was already 9pm and they were so tired that they really needed to show their guests how tired they were. And to think they were two of them that time.

So they gave us seats and took off. The girl wasn’t able to introduce to us who will be our server or what’s on the menu or anything like that. She was just too tired. Oh well she was tired. That’s it.

The place was very colorful. It was captivating. Mexican style architecture. Tables and chairs were clean as well. I loved their ceramic designed tables. Table setting is done once the customers are seated. Then server gives the menu.

Anyways, everything changed when Laine, the sweetest and kindest looking lady, who was very pleasing to look at, she was always smiling, she was very friendly, and she was very happy to serve us. Even though it was 9pm she was still active and didn’t look tired. Her clothes were clean and she looked fresh.

I told her it was our first time so she should help us what to get. She was able to provide us recommended dishes. She also explained which dish is one of their best sellers and what is a ‘must try’.

There’s a lot to choose from. From steaks to seafood you name it. They have it all at Chili’s.

Some of Chili’s Bar and Grill Specialties:

Appetizers:

Bottomless Tostada Chips310.00 - Warm and crispy tostada chips with their flavorful house-made salsa. This dish is one of many that everyone orders.

Big mouth burgers:

Big Mouth Burger Bites P360.00 - Four savory mini beef burgers with bacon, American cheese, sauteed onions and ranch dressing

Bacon Burger P350.00 - Topped with bacon, aged cheddar cheese, mayo, shredded lettuce, tomato and pickle

Old Timer P295.00 - Mouth-watering burger with mustard, shredded lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion

Add-on choices: Chili 85.00, Cheese 40.00

Desserts:

High and Mighty Pie P390.00 - Healthy candy pieces in rich vanilla ice cream, piled high on a crushed Oreo cookie crust and drizzled with caramel and chocolate sauce

Molten Chocolate Cake P390.00 - Warm chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling, topped with vanilla ice cream under a crunchy chocolate shell.

Beverages

They have a wide selection on different kinds of drinks. wether it'd be non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverages. It's up to you!

I would recommend the Presidente Margarita P300.00 - Hand-shaken Margarita made with Jose Cuervo Gold Tequila, Grand Marnier and Brandy.

Top Shelf and Frozen Top Shelf Flavored Ritas are also one of their best sellers.

There were so many to choose from, good thing Lain was there to help us choose. She explained every dish that we ask her.

So for my drinks I ordered the Presidente Margarita. Which was absolutely amazing, I couldn’t get enough of it. It came with a tiny shaker. Then on the margarita glass they used sea salt to trace the ends of the glass. It was refreshing and obviously good! And my boyfriend got himself a bottomless Sprite which was served in a beer mug which was kind of cute.

For Starters we tried the Triple Play  P475.00 - It has their three favorite starters which are Chicken Crispers, Buffalo Wings and Southwestern Egg rolls with 3 different sauces(Honey-mustard, blue cheese and ranch) for dipping. It was worth it. I loved the chicken crispers. The Buffalo wings were very soft and tender and the egg rolls were warm and very delicious. I can’t say anything bad. A must try!

  

I got the Cajun Chicken Pasta P485.00 – This is a pasta dish with sliced Cajun-seasoned chicken breast on penne pasta with creamy Alfredo sauce, diced tomatoes, parmesan cheese and garlic toast. The spring onions were overpowering the dish. But I can taste the Cajun flavor. More sauce would probably make it perfect. The pasta was cooked al dente. I wasn’t sure with the garlic toast. It wasn’t toasted enough but its ok. I liked it that way. Chicken was grilled perfectly as well.

And as for my boyfriend. He got the Grilled Baby Back Ribs P570.00 – A Full rack of ribs which is triple-basted with the most remarkable BBQ sauce made by Chili’s, served with sweet corn on the cob and home style fries. But my boyfriend wanted rice so he replaced the fries.

Chili’s Bar and Grill offers Kid-friendly dishes as well. They accept credit cards. They also recommend calling for reservations. I’m not sure about their corkage fees though, since it is already a bar there’s no need to bring any alcoholic beverages, they probably have everything you want.

We both enjoyed our dinner. Had a few drinks. After my two servings of Presidente Margarita I ordered a on-the-rocks Khalua with cherry. And he ordered 3 bottles of San Miguel Super Dry. Which was very dry! I enjoyed the food and I was happy. It wasn’t upsetting.

The manager though didn’t check up on us but the bar was jam-packed so I guess it was alright. After a while Laine ended her shift and introduce a new server who’s name is Ken. He was always smiling and he was giving us a few jokes, which I totally appreciate. See here’s the thing a lot of servers lose the attitude of being alive and active. They lose their ability to smile to guests especially at night. They become lazy, tired-looking and eventually sleepy. Thumbs up to Laine and Ken for being so friendly! You should receive a tap on the shoulder from your managers.

Anyways, we didn’t had room for dessert which is unfortunate because I heard their Molten Chocolate Cake is to die for. Oh well probably next time. I enjoyed the food and the drinks. Our servers who were so patient and kind. Thank You very much.

I will be back, hopefully with my family. We’ll try to think of it as the next Family Fave Resto. We’ll see…

After all they say that “After all this time you'll still find that Chili's is truly like Like No Place Else.”

Eat HAPPY Everyone!!

Kwaizz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,

Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

Chili’s Bar and Grill

Branches: Greenbelt, Greenhills and Tomas Morato

Tel. Nos.:   (02) 729-3022

Website :  http://www.chilisphilippines.com






p.s. 
I will be posting my next stop so that you guys can join me or hang out. Maybe we can agree on something.. hahaha! we'll see.. 

GIMIKAINAN SESSION 2 : Joey's 4xForce Grill and Restaurant

Old school drinking sessions


Went to look for old photos of my me and my friends having a gimikainan sessions. and fortunately i have here some of it...
So i believe this was on a weekday. It was my sem break and my best friend's no work mode. And so one of her suitors (guess who it is on the following pictures).. invited us to drink out and just chilax bond and etc. so we did. 

they came to pick me up and drove over to san juan. there was this tiny and simple place. called Joey's 4xForce Grill and Restaurant. They had a python in that bar. Well they say it's a lucky charm for the bar's owner. That's why they have that.
the place was open, there were a few roofs to protect customers from storm and rain.Setup - the regular tissues and ash trays. No condiments though. Steel chairs and glass tables, it's similar to garden tables and chairs in yellow. There two sides that's how i describe it on where we're seated. The other side had wooden chairs and tables. They also had a big garage where obviously it's a resto bar that began fixing old cars and trucks. and made a bar out of it. There were 3 monitors to keep the customers peeking from time to time. usual customers who goes there are car lovers. racers and any engine running knowledgeable people. 


Copied from their Multiply site:
"Owner Joey Millonado has been into car restoration since 1985. He has joined numerous car shows and always brings home more than two (2) major awards. He is also into buying, restoring, and selling of off-road trucks. In 2006, he incorporated the carwash and the 24 hour grill & restaurant with his Off-Road Truck Services. Hence, the birth of JOEY'S 4XFORCE Grill and Restaurant."


So why did I feature this Bar? It's because of their HUGE SERVING! and again.. i'm a big fan of HUGE SERVINGS. Its actually a proof that I will spend money in the right spendings. Well even though I was not the one who spent for this Gimik. HAHA!

 Joey's 4xForce Grill and Restaurant

 Sizzling Pork Sisig - P200.00 - The sisig was about 400 - 500g of meat. It was a lot. Usually in some bars they serve their sizzling plates in the regular serving which is 200g per plate. But this one was different. it was huge! HEAVY. Their sisig was hot and sizzling. very delicious. i'm a sisig lover. you can ask any of my friends and family. dry or not. I love sisig. It is one of my guilty pleasures in life. 

my bestfriend Jen with jefri and steve

 Nachos P350.00 - Nachos Chips, ground beef, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and of course cheese. Who wouldn't want that? It is one BIG/MASSIVE servings of  nachos. I know it's kinda small in the picture. But it is huge I tell you. well apart from the Nachos that TGIFridays serve. but this one is way cheaper.

Well with those few "pulutan" we ordered three buckets of RED HORSE. and afterwards some of them became tipsy. hahaha! which i totally enjoyed watching.

 This is them after getting tipsy. trying to enjoy the coffee aroma of starbucks

That's pretty much it.. until the next Gimikainan Session...xoxo

Eat Happy Everyone! 

Kwaiz miya miya!!

Yours Truly,
Zielle a.k.a Fat Girl

Joey's 4xForce Grill and Restaurant

Branches: Corporation #10 Granada Street Barangay Valencia, Quezon City 1112

Tel. Nos.:   414-11-95 / 0923-719-6333

Website : http://joeys4xforce.multiply.com

GIMIKS AND FOOD - Gimikainan

Starting today.. 
I'll have a new blog segment - as per my special friend call it.. hahaha!
We'll call it Gimikainan - I love the social life. Drinking beers and having fun! So one night like a month ago.. ME and my team mates decided to hang out and drink.


I decided to share this bar because the chicken was so good that makes me wanting for more.. 
So I'll share this so i could get a discount.. bwahah! kidding!
The chicken is so good!


The ambiance was not as wide as we thought it would be. But It was enough to let us have fun. 
There was a VIP section, where we were. 
There was also the regular section inside the bar.


What's weird is, there were actually students who were already there drinking!Which for me is a minus points for the bar. Music was ok. Nothing new. Dj was hot though! hahaha!
Center Stage there was a Pole.. HAHA!
So obviously someone should be dancing on that pole. 


We had fun!

Bawod Bar & Restaurant
Seaside St., Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City (View Map)
Contact No.: +63927-5339633

 4 buckets of different beers and to think we were only 5

 this is their famous spicy lime chicken - my fave!

 platter-  it was pricy.. not worth it! It should've been more!

 after....

going HOME!

EAT HAPPY EVERYONE!!

Until the next Gimikainan!