BRGR: The Burger Project

In the spirit of letting voucher deals dictate our restaurant choices, we took a voucher deal for a place we have been looking forward to try, BRGR: The Burger Project! It had been sitting in our to-do list for a while, but it's not conveniently located for us, so we were glad to have a reason to undertake the voyage. The word "project" is rarely associated with anything this delectable. Now, this place may not have the best burgers in town, but what...

S&R: My Favourite Pizza

My top three favourite types of food, in order, are: Sashimi/Sushi, Steak, and PIZZA. The best around for me is the huge 18" New York-style pizza S&R serves. This cheese pizza alone beats 99% of all other kinds out there. Chances are you've seen these big warehouse-type branches around Metro Manila. The great fast food they serve here isn't very easily accessible, because you need to be a member to enter and purchase anything they have to...

Angeles City, Pampanga: L.A. Bakeshop and Susie's Cuisine

Alvie and I were out in Angeles City, Pampanga one day to visit a friend and dropped by two great food places before heading back. A beautiful day in Angeles. L.A. Bakeshop We were introduced to a the most magnificent of cheese breads in the area, and this certainly warranted a visit! After conveniently locating the place with our handy-dandy Waze, I stepped in to grab some goods. L.A. Bakeshop This unassuming little venue offers the best...

Tamagoya! Noodle House: Boost Your Stamina

Tamagoya! Noodle House is another hidden little gem in Lower Antipolo, just along the same road as L.A. Diner. Bright, festive lights along the dim street. We barely got there in time because we had to venture all the way from Taguig, but it was well worth the trip for a nice dinner with Alvie's family (Thanks, Dichie!). When we did get there, the appetizers had already been ordered. Yaki Gyoza, P98.00 Japanese Pan-fried Dumpling. There...

Kasbah: A Moroccan Lunch

Kasbah has been around for almost a year now at the Fort Strip. Despite seeing it almost every day, we had never gotten around to trying the place out, mostly because it seems pricey and we're not familiar with the cuisine anyway. All I knew about the place was it seemed like a good place to enjoy some shisha. We came across a Groupon voucher and decided to take the chance to give the restaurant a shot. Kasbah on a hot, sunny day. All this picture...

Movie Review: Iron Man 3

Image from here. Stuffed from wolfing down Chili's burgers at today's Annual Big Mouth Burger day, we headed on to the movies to see one of this year's most anticipated blockbusters! Iron Man 3 is the first sequel to Marvel's great superhero mashup, The Avengers. Tony Stark, who has never stopped innovating since the last time the heroes saved the world, now has to face the very mysterious and powerful villain called "The Mandarin". I'm...

Movie Review: Oblivion

Image from here. I love good Sci-Fi movies and Tom Cruise is my favourite actor of all time (no homo). I was really looking forward to this! We made last-minute plans to watch it one afternoon and had to race to Walter Mart Makati to catch the screening. We were about ten minutes late so we missed the start. :( Earth has successfully fought off an alien invasion but it was an extremely Pyrrhic victory. The planet is no longer inhabitable and...

Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 4

Image from here. Are they ever going to get tired of their boring old posters? Thank the heavens we're finally at the last of the Paranormal Activity movies (so far). Paranormal Activity 4 is set 5 years after the second movie. The story revolves around an average suburban family who, this time around, are not moving into a new house as with the other films, but have new neighbors in town, instead. As time progresses and as expected, all...

Recipe Attempt: Chocolate Chip Cookies in a Cup

This is Savvy About Nothing's first ever recipe attempt! We take a recipe and try our darndest to get as close as we can. That looks good.  The recipe was something Alvie saw from the online repository of all things girly, Pinterest. The link to the recipe is here: http://www.number-2-pencil.com/2012/03/06/chocolate-chip-cookie-in-cup/ Chocolate Chip Cookie in a Cup – the original microwave cookie recipe In the recipe, prep time...

Racks: My Favourite Ribs

This is a post I've been looking forward to write! Our dad took us all out to dinner one Sunday and the restaurant we happily chose was the home of my favourite ribs, Racks! The Fort Strip branch of Racks This place has always been one of our family's favourites, with the best value for money I know of for ribs. We started off with something I hadn't tried before. Old Fashioned Biscuits, P135.00 This looked like a great appetizer since it...

Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Image from here. Not another one!!! We followed along and watched the third installment of Paranormal Activity after recently watching the previous one. Paranormal Activity 3 goes back a whopping 18 years further back in time and is a prequel to the prequel that was Paranormal Activity 2. Here, you gain insight to the twisted background of the focal family of the series. I actually liked this movie the least from the series so far, and it isn't...

Sunshine Kitchen: Get your Sunny Side Up

I happened upon this restaurant's Facebook page and seeing that it's just along Fort Strip, which is very near where we work, we decided to go for a visit one Friday. It is quite hidden and once there, the only evidence we saw of the place was their tarp outside, which we strangely never noticed in the past. We headed up the stairs near Pasto and finally saw the elusive establishment. Sunshine Kitchen's sunshiny kitchen. It had a nice, bright,...

App Review: Tamagotchi L.i.f.e.

Raising those beloved virtual pets of old? There's finally an app for that! It's going to be difficult to screw this up. Everyone knows Tamagotchi. It was a craze back in the 90's and every kid in school wanted one of them portable pixelated virtual pets who do nothing but eat, sleep, and poop. Case in point: My pet with two out of the three. Admittedly, I am one of those who missed playing this game and I was looking around iTunes and Google...