January 1, 2015

Army Navy Burger + Burrito

Location: Sky Garden SM City North EDSA

Photo courtesy of https://www.zomato.com/manila/army-navy-sm-city-north-edsa-quezon-city
You can never go wrong on burrito. It is like a complete meal already because it is made up of meat, vegetables, and rice then wrapped in a tortilla. Army Navy not only serves burritos, but also burgers, fries, soup, tacos, and fried chicken. With their slogan/ mission: "Come in hungry, walk out happy" is surely mission accomplished to all diners.

We've dined here for a couple of times already and what we've order were the following: Steak Burrito (Php195), Carnitas (Pork) Burrito (Php185), Double Burger (Php220), Freedom Fries (Php75), and Libertea (Php75 for a large cup). The Freedom Fries tasted like McDonald's twister fries only cut into shoestring size. Libertea is said to be a freshly brewed iced tea.

Double Burger

Freedom Fries
The Verdict
HE SAID:
Food is fulfilling, it's just that the service is slow. But I really enjoyed my food.

Rating:
Taste- 5 out of 5
Presentation- 4 out of 5
Affordability- 4 out of 5
Ambiance- 4 out of 5
Service- 3 out of 5

SHE SAID:
Burrito is love. But it can easily make you feel full even if you're just about halfway done on your burrito. I think the service gets slower as the closing time gets nearer. Are there were times when the staff seems to be unfriendly, when you are about to order, instead of greeting you, she's just stare at you and wait for you to speak up your order.

Rating:
Taste- 4 out of 5
Presentation- 4 out of 5
Affordability- 3 out of 5
Ambiance- 4 out of 5
Service- 3 out of 5

For more information about this restaurant, you may visit their website.

8 Street Bites

Location: Sky Garden SM City North EDSA

Photo courtesy of https://www.zomato.com/manila/8-street-bites-sm-city-north-edsa-quezon-city/photos#tabtop
When we first saw the place, we thought it wasn't something we would like to try, but we checked out the menu board outside and it seems like a lot of stuff to choose from. To date, we've been here thrice and looks like we won't get tired of eating because there's still a lot on the menu that we haven't tried.

Upon entering this place, on the left is a freedom wall where you can write or post something. Servers will welcome you with a genuine smile despite serving meals to other diners. When you are seated, they will give you a menu for you to contemplate on what to order while seated, and will advise you to place your orders on the counter. Serving time make take few minutes but your food is served fresh and hot. A house water is served automatically on your table, as well as the utensils will be place on your table. And when your orders are all complete, they would ask you if you need anything else, such as ketchup, mayonnaise, hot sauce or mustard. 

Their menu is divided into different categories such as Share A Bite, Texas BBQ, Pasta Lane, 8 Street Burger Zone, No Bone Thrown, Drinks, and Sweet Bites. Share A Bite is basically the appetizer. Texas BBQ comprises the rice meals and barbecued beef parts (sorry, we haven't tried anything from this category so we could not really expound more; we will, next time). Pasta Lane is everything pasta, you have quite a number of choices. 8 Street Burger Zone caters to your burger craving; the burger patties are grilled upon ordering so it's still hot when served. No Bone Thrown are all boneless meal (fish fillet or chicken fillet) served with the following choices: street rice, mashed potato, or fries. Drinks have milk shakes, and blended iced tea to name some. Sweet Bites will satisfy your sweet tooth; they have pannacottas, banofee pie, and french toasts.

Some of the signs posted in the restaurant's interior.

Some of the signs posted in the restaurant's interior.

Some of the signs posted in the restaurant's interior.

This is where your table number goes. And a view of what they offer for dessert.

Their Freeway Nachos are to die for. We will always add their Freeway Nachos to the menu because it's overloaded with yummy toppings such as cheese sauce, salsa, and kidney beans to name some. For only Php98, this appetizer will get you going. For the same price, they also have Freeway Fries, loaded with the same toppings as that of Freeway Nachos. But between the fries and the nachos, we will still pick the nachos.

Freeway Nachos

Freeway Fries

Their burgers are amazing, and made from real beef. They are juicy and melts in your mouth. He definitely enjoyed the Street Bites Double Burger (Php268). Cheese Supreme Burger is tummy-filling too at the price of Php178. You want a burger and barbecue at the same time? Try their BBQ Burger. Beef burger patty served with this yummy tangy barbecue sauce at Php178.

BBQ Burger

Cheese Supreme Burger

Street Bites Double Burger

Pasta. Oh pasta. As she is a past lover, she is bound to take a try on their pasta. But there were so many choices she didn't know what to choose. In the end, settled for Sausage Bolognese Pasta (Php158). Their sausage has the right mixture of spiciness and saltiness. Eaten together with the pasta, everything is of the right combination.

Sausage Bolognese Pasta

We've also tried the Fish Fillet with Pepper Blue Cheese served with Fries (Php148). She actually wanted to try their mashed potato, but they ran out of mashed potato so she settled with fries to go with her fish fillet. The fish fillet was cooked perfectly-- not too soggy and it was flavored correctly. Together with the fries, they were properly drained so they weren't oily when they were served. The fries was also flavored well that you couldn't taste anything bland or oily. The pepper blue cheese dip was done perfectly, the spiciness was infused nicely to the blue cheese. The amount of the fillets served was generous, enough to make you full.

The country fried chicken steak (Php148) was also cooked perfectly and was not oily when served. The chicken strips were served with mushroom gravy on top. And just like the fish fillet, there was a generous number of strips served.

Fish Fillet with Pepper Blue Cheese served with Fries

Country Fried Chicken Steak served with Street Rice

There is also a number of choices for the drinks. What we've ordered on the three visits were the following: House Blended Iced Tea (Php48), Salted Oreo Milk Shake (Php78), Salted Caramel Milk Shake (Php78), Salted Chocolate Milk Shake (Php78), and Frostea (Php48).

House Blended Iced Tea

Frostea

Salted Oreo Milk Shake
Oh, did I mention they have free WIFI? Just ask for their password, since they change it every day. The connection's fast too! :D

The Verdict
HE SAID:
Food is amazing and they are worthy of their price. The staff is very friendly.

Rating:
Taste- 5 out of 5
Presentation- 5 out of 5
Affordability- 5 out of 5
Ambiance- 5 out of 5
Service- 5 out of 5

SHE SAID:
Every visit to this restaurant is like a new adventure. New food to try, new food to enjoy. Staff is SUPER friendly and accommodating!! Each food has the right amount of serving.

Rating:
Taste- 5 out of 5
Presentation- 5 out of 5
Affordability- 5 out of 5
Ambiance- 5 out of 5
Service- 5 out of 5

To find more about this restaurant, Visit their Facebook Page.