Worst food: El Pollo Loco

Sakto ata ang pangalan nito.. Naloko ako!! Wah!!!

After that spirit filled day sa KCON, eh siyempre kahit si Jesus, nagugutom din. hehe I haven't eat lunch nung araw na yun tapos natapos yun classes ng 6pm so tama naman na kumain.

Nakasakay na ko going MOA then I decided na dun muna kasi it's 6pm at malamang mahirap umuwi from PICC kasi rush hour na. Yun SM fairview na FX grabe ang pila. So kain muna ako sa MOA.

I tried Jollibee but ang layo.

Mcdo, jam packed, daig pa hunger games 2.

All other restos were not only filled pero may pila pa sa labas!
Then I saw this resto na El Pollo Loco. Hmmmm wala masyado tao, meron pero di marami. May ok pa na pwesto sa loob. Malapit pa sa terminal. hehe

Chicken dishes with a mexican twist ang promo so ok I can deal with that.

Well, after minutes of munching and thinking ano nangyari sa binayad ko, wala na.. Nalungkot ako.
Ok ang inorder ko was hmmm 2 pieces of chicken, with mexican rice tapos salsa na kasama na daw sa meal and 2 pieces of pita bread.

Chicken actually tastes good, kahit walang sauce pero yun cuts parang ang liit tapos kahit juicy, bitin.. Kaunti lang yun laman ng breast part. Yun leg, ilang kagat lang, buto na! Roasted type siya pero parang lumiit nung natoast.

Salsa was a lot worse, mas masarap pa ata yun ensalada sa bahay. hehe I don't know, it was like crushed tomatoes and veggies but no taste. Nagkalasa siguro dahil gutom na ko! Pita was not toasted good. Parang sandali lang.

Rice na ok sana kaso ang kaunti, pinatagal ko lang para masulit kaso mukhang di talaga. Lugi. That's 210 for the meal plus 35 bucks for Sarsi large.

245 pesos, gone. Sad.. I thought bon chon eh promotor sa ganito, may mas matindi pa! hehe
Grabe, sana tiniis ko na lang yun pila sa ibang resto. Or Karate Kid ulit with karate chop! Kahit mag wendy's na ko, kahit hate ko basta order ko eh salad at ice tea lang. Mag mcdo na ko kahit ang order ko eh burger mcdo with large fries with coke.

Tiniis ko na lang yun gutom, magjeep punta buendia at dalawang order ng shawarma large o para masaya buena bonita! Tatlong order. hehe

hehehehe huhuhuhu... Di na mababalik ang pera ko. Well, kaya pala maluwag and a lot going out that resto frowning. Geez. Kapal pa ng mukha, yun ibang combo nila napakamahal! Lalo na pag parang bucket style, umaabot ng 1k! No way! hehehe

Sana nag dokito na lang ako ng andok with rice, or best option, mini stop chicken, 2 pieces, dalawang extra rice. Ewan ko pa pag di pa ko nabusog. hehe

KFC and others, given na sulit.

Eto, bwisit! Sorry if I'm this irritated so much.

Of all this rant, what I learned, was kung may gut feel na pwede mo pa itiis ang gutom and find muna pika pika then hanap ka ulit ng resto, ganun na lang. Don't trust with a place na kala mo cozy at ok, kahit medyo mataas ang price.. Di pala ok.

Nganga talaga.

Mas sulit pa ata magkariman lang ako at chillz kaysa dito.

Kakabitter talaga! =)

Loco!

Not Showing: Jiro Dreams of Sushi

 As I love Japanese Culture, from it's place, weather, language or even their media, and yes, even food. However, it doesn't mean I love all their dishes. I only love, their fried foods, rice, ramen, miso soup and teriyaki or sukiyaki perhaps. But not sushi. Geez, I also eat sushi but in the most rare times. The last time I ate one was 1 year ago and I ate one because it's part of the eat all you can menu. I ate a lot, it felt me full and yeah not really enjoyable.


However, after watching this documentary, damn.. I will eat sushi only in that place. =)

Indeed as Jiro admits, he dreams of making new sushi even in his dreams. Damn, that's how passionate in doing his job, even he's 85 years old. Going 86 perhaps this year. 

The story goes as one famous sushi restaurant in Tokyo headed a shokunin great in making Sushi or great itamae (Sushi Chef). His name is Jiro and it shows how his restaurant works, how his relationship with his 2 sons guiding them of operating his Sushi restaurant and how delicious is his menu of Sushi. The pressure of his 2 sons following their famous Father footsteps and how they will continue his legacy if he's gone. 

 Narrated by Jiro himself and his 2 sons, plus a food writer, they narrated the journey of how Jiro started, then how he works until gain recognition of getting 3 star Michelin rating (yes, the wheel brand for cars) for his restaurant. 

Interestingly, his restaurant is under a subway station and it has only 10 chairs. Plus some tables but it's not really big. However, to eat there, you need to make a reseravation for at least a month (now it became 3 months reservation!). The restaurant has no restroom, because that's how small it is. They don't cater or have other dishes than sushi and yes, no appetizers. No soy sauce in other sushi dishes they offer. 

The only flaw I can see in this film, the lack of foreigner recognition of Jiro's greatness. I mean he was recognized by Michelin but no interview from a foreigner, or at least one great foreigner chef. Although they show some pictures of famous chefs eating there, it's just it will add awe or awesomeness to how great this dude done, just serving sushi. 

The great thing about this documentary is Jiro's family. Don't look for their wives or children which I don't know if they have one, but the passion they put in just making sushi. Jiro secret is simple, just do the same thing everyday and find ways on how to improve your craft. He even said that until now, he haven't reached perfection. Damn, 85 years old, already recognized of the best chef and it's restaurant as well, still admits hasn't reached the peak of his creation. His mindset will really inspire people to do their best in what they do. Whatever you do in life and love what you do as Jiro admits, you will not be tired of doing the same thing and continue to improve and perfect the craft. I thought businessmen or empire holders are the best in this earth because of what they earn or hold, or even inspiring people now like artist, actors, or peformers.. This one is special because of the craft he have, simple craft as it looks, just making Sushi. 

There were many great facts I discovered in this film, like sushi is not only with seaweed wrapper and rice plus meat. The mouthwatering sushi that shows in slow motion on how it's done. How apprenticeship works in Japan and how the sushi business works. There were a lot to really fascinated about watching this documentary and yes, I won't be surprised if you want to go there and spend 30,000 yen for a 19 part sushi course. That's around $375, not bad. =)

The sad part of the film, as they admit.. It's getting hard to service quality sushi if the ingredients were difficult to get. As evident in climate change and yes, over fishing, the vendors or fish suppliers were having a hard time to get the best fish for the best sushi. This was evident in one scene there, the shrimp supplier was not able to give the order asked because they were only 3 kilograms available for the whole fish market! 

They were asking if the government can regulate fishing for young fishes or avoid overfishing. Jiro describes in his old times, great tuna is available right away when the market opens at the morning. Now, it's hard to get one, especially companies making sushi available in every single store in Japan. His sons describe sushi was really expensive going back old days. 

I can say, well.. This documentary is a must for food lovers or even those who are not. It's my first time to watch a japanese documentary but well it's produced and directed by an american company, it is still a good documentary to watch. Although not great because it's a specific topic is discussed, not everybody loves sushi, even me. But definitely, if you're hungry for sushi or a food lover, watch this documentary. It will not fail your taste buds. =)

I pray and hope like his son's wish that Jiro can make sushi forever! But if not, I confidently say, Jiro sons will able to continue his legacy, even if it will be not the same as his father's works.

But simply making good sushi that he father taught them. 

Look at his younger son, same sushi and place, just a different atmosphere but same result. Customers coming in.

He's a 2 star Michelin rating restaurant anyway. Not bad. 

Besides, the inspector who ate at the original restaurant tasted the same good sushi without Jiro serving the patron.

That's legacy perhaps. 

Maybe Jiro can just dream sushi all the time. 

gumbo

well, when I transferred to this new station due to the new schedule, I am looking at a promo card from a restaurant called Gumbo.. so I thought, this will be the title of my blog today even it's not really related.. oh well, until now, nothing's changed.. no drastic change.. except, I was able to watch Voltes V yesterday again.. hehe because it's the last week..

I don't know what else to say.. yada yada yada.. hehe I don't know really sure what to say.. oh, there is.. hmmm, about my job I believe, nothing serious, it's just, I am surprised that my days off never changed since I joined this company.. it was changed once but that only lasted for 2 weeks and due to business needs, our days off became Saturday and Sunday again.. until now.. hehe for the first time in my call center career, for almost 7 months, my schedule is Monday to Friday.. that's kinda lucky.. hehe but I really like the Sunday and Monday off because the days off is not that fast and I can really rest on those days..

tomorrow? I am not sure what will I do.. but I still root for Air 21 in the PBA finals.. hehe I hope they will win because I think, they are the better team, well than Ginebra.. hehe oops.. what else.. about Gumbo, I am not sure, where did I see this restaurant, but I thinik it's in SM north edsa.. but I am not really sure.. but I am not interested in going there, because, it looks like expensive.. that's it.. except if my date wants to eat there.. hehe

yesterday was a bit tiring because I received, a whopping 70 calls, 54 of them, well transfer, 16 of them, well case logs.. so it was really tiring.. anyway, but I am still enjoying working here as long it's free internet access.. hehe and of course, best payroll.. hehe

Nick will be going to Singapore this month.. I wish him for the best of luck.. I wish I could go there as well, whether for vacation or work.. it is an interesting place because it's near and if I work there, more money.. I wonder what happen to dei.. hehe but if I have extra extra money.. hehe I will go to Japan.. then UK.. hehe why Japan? the anime culture, the game culture.. their culture.. and of course, Japanese girls.. hahaha kawaii!!!!!!!!!!!! UK? because of one factor in my life really helps me, the music in Europe, specifically UK.. as you see in my playlist, which I haven't finish it, some of them came from UK.. well, what else to go in UK, hmmm lads I believe, hmmm the place itself.. that's it.. nothing else.. hehe it's hard to live there as you see.. even you earn in pounds, british pounds, the cost of living there is in pounds as well.. hehe I worked with HSBC before, so I know these small things.. but it's an interesting country.. bloody hell!!

that's all for this boring day..

happy birthdays..

yesterday was full of food I can say.. and I slept late like 12pm.. so I got some lack of sleep.. damn..hehe anyway, what else.. hmmmm oh Len, one of my team mates also celebrated her birthday yesterday.. hehe and I believe nobody will be celebrating birthdays after the 21st of June.. today is the last day of our work week, yet we will only get 1 day off due to the schedule change.. I need to use all that time to sleep I guess.. what a hectic 2 weeks.. hehe good thing that today is on avail, at least, we need to rest our voices.. you see, we are having high volume of calls since the new queues showed up.. but at least, it's manageable.. unlike my first call center which everyday, is a hectic day.. hehe even weekends.. goodness gracious.. anyhow.. what else.. when I am reading the magicthegathering.com, I was surprised, that there is a woman playing magic the gathering.. I thought of that females playing the game and indeed, it happened.. according to the interview, she said that the number of females playing the game are growing so that's great.. I thought they are banned playing the game.. why great? because at least the game doesn't look like a man's game.. hehe because in the first place.. it's not.. it's an intellectual game.. so everybody can place.. even kids, the youngest champion in Magic was only 15 years old.. hehe so that's it.. it can also serve as a meeting place for lonely hearts I guess..

today is Sunday.. I believe minutes later.. hehe so by the way, I will meet my friend and discuss some matters.. business matters.. hehe what else.. hmmm I have no other plans for the remaining days before I go to work because of the short time, so I will just sleep to recharge for work.. hehe so that's all for today.. God bless to all.. good day, good luck and take care!!