I dunno but when I was in school I remember my classmates hating projects. It's time-consuming and costly. More so that I dunno why after all these years, everyone's craving to make their own project. 

Good thing I'm quite a geek that I had enjoyed it back then that tasking myself to create my own burger at my expense was thrilling! And so thanks to this new concept, I just went to The Burger Project and made my own damn burger. Yahoooooo!

Inside Taft branch, it felt like a classroom. On the second floor, walls were free to vandalize on. I'm no sure though if that's legal nowadays. In the counter, crayon and a board with a paper was given  to tick the checklist of what to DIY burger. There's a cool guide that will make the assignment easy:

Step 1: Choose a BRGR - grew up loving burgers with 100% beef (Php 105 each)

Step 2: Choose a bun- Poppy seed bun comes free with BRGR so tick it!

Step 3: Choose a cheese- never get wrong with Mozarella (Php 35)

Step 4: Choose premium topping- Onion rings (Php 25); value meal it was!

Step 5: Choose basic toppings- at Php 20 each but skipped it, instead I went for lettuce, tomatoes and pickles free with the BRGR!

Step 6: Choose a sauce- went safe with Special BRGR sauce (Php 20)

burger project DIY  

And viola! My my Php 185 worth BRGR I forgot to name :)

Admittedly, mine was good! I enjoyed my premium topping of onion rings. The beef patty was humongous and yummy too, way better than Zark's. The bun was just of the right size. I found Zark's bun too big it affects its overall tastiness. It was FULL-filling! Two-thumbs up! 




BRGR: The Burger Project is located inside:


Grand Towers, Vito Cruz St., Manila (but this one is closed already)

P.S. Try their Bel-Air branch at No. 38 Jupiter St., Makati
Puerto Galera is the place to be for an affordable long weekend get-away!

Going to Galera is just pretty quick. We rode a bus to Batangas Port from Alabang (less Php 150) for about 1.5 hours. From there, we jumped on a ferry ride (Php 500 2-way, plus an environmental fee) for approximately 45-50 minutes. Arriving at the port, our boat fee in Minolo Shipping lines included a van transfer to White Beach.

There are various three entry points in Galera namely Sabang Pier, Muelle Pier and White Beach and luckily, we got a discounted accommodation for the latter.

In White Beach itself, we didn’t really get to enjoy swimming because the current was too strong (not good for a non-beach-swimmer for me though). So we hired Kuya Fhel and his own banca to set forth an adventure for the next day. Meanwhile, we made sandcastles, watched the sun set, laughed at free gay shows and drooled at fire dancers.

Early even before sunrise, we were already up for an island tour. At Php 1,000 we got to island hop, snorkel, see the Coral Garden and have free ride by the outrigger! Memorable! Equally memorable are also these ticks on my bucket list:
  • Basked in the golden sunset
puerto galera travel diary sunset
  •  Watched fire-dancers
puerto galera activities

  • Woke up just before dawn to explore para-paradise!
puerto galera island hopping
Papapapapa...
  • Meditate by the beach!
puerto galera travel blog
Feeling Balinese in Puerto Galera
  • Sand in my hair! Slept by the beach!
puerto galera Philippines paradise
I hope you see why ;)
  • Boat ride but not in the boat! (Just imagine we were holding onto the outrigger! Clue: 3rd photo)
  • Threw out-of-this-world questions to the world!
puerto galera sunset
Because it was this conducive
  • Be lost in an island
puerto galera rock formations
Rock of Ages again
I wouldn't also forget that almost minutes off the shore going home where the ferry just conked-out. Although just thinking about it, even without that, I wouldn't dream to be offshore for 45 minutes in an open sea! This might be the only factor that will make me say ‘yes’ again to Puerto Galera. 
Ramen's becoming the in thing today, past J.co, past cronuts that when I found myself in Nihonbashi Tei, I focused myself only on the Ramen part of the menu. 

nihonbashi tei makati review
From among, I tried my luck in their Tempura Ramen at Php 360 (no picture, lame blogger) because I looooove tempura. It was a big serve (just imagine a humongous bowl)! I can even share it to two more people. A samurice came with it, perfect for my tempura. As for my ramen, it was flavorful from the soup to the noodle even if the tempura didn't really contribute to its taste considering that it was just topped there (although mine got drenched a bit it became sloppy). It also got fried big onions in it. Too big actually that even an onion lover would lament.

In a nutshell, it tastes fine but I felt that there wasn't anything special in Nihonbashi Tei's Ramen. I could have sworn I enjoyed Tokyo Tokyo's commercialized version better. Their service was a bit too slow too (clue: my humongous tempura ramen came when they were almost done). 
                       
nihonbashi tei rice                                         

But I guess the best part there were the free desserts! There was a selection to choose from and without a blink said 'nata de coco'! Yummy, but could have enjoyed it salad-cold. :)



Nihonbashi Tei is located at:

806 Arnaiz Ave., 
San Lorenzo Village, 
Makati City