The Sandwich Revised

 

I have never been a big fan of sandwiches or big burgers and that is why when you say SUBWAY, I do not really pay attention too much because what rings into my mind is a sandwich store which makes sandwich you cannot finish within an hour and very expensive. It did not erase my curiosity, though, on how such places work and why some people like it.

Happily, another sandwich maker, Quiznos, recently opened in Katipunan and I gave a shot at eating such food. I researched first how the small, regular and large sizes looked like. Apparently it is a measure of how long the sandwich will be. I went for the Classic Italian because I like eating sandwiches with veggies nowadays.The small goes for as long as 5 inches, with regular at 8 and presumably, the large is longerrr.

It looks like they will prepare first the meat and cheese and some stuff that needed heating, pass the bread and the prepared food to a conveyor oven and then it will be taken from there to have the veggies and remaining stuffing placed in your bun. 🙂 Then the one preparing will sort of compress your sandwich so that when you open it, it will not explode the contents to the wrapper.

Honestly, I liked it. It is still expensive though, for me, but I think if you are in this sort of business then you will not really mind the price tag. I was happy with the one I got, even if it was small. It was just suppose a light snack for the afternoon when at the end of the day, I was not able to eat dinner because I was still full.

These food are best coupled with soft drinks and I prefer eating them for lunch or afternoon snack. They just look and taste awesome. 🙂

Scouting Little Tokyo

A friend of mine told me that there is such a place where you can experience very authentic Japanese cuisine and it is called  “Little Tokyo”, located in Makati. At first, I was hesitant to explore the place because, well, it is in Makati and I am quite far from that place. I, then, looked at blogs of people who actually visited the place and ate there. It really looked interesting and the food seemed to be worth the expensive price tags. However, I still cannot go and the directions I saw were very confusing.

One day, I brought my external hdd to a service center in Chino Roces Ave. and my Dad, clever enough, told me to just commute back home. He pointed the jeep that will take me to Magallanes for the MRT ride back home. After bringing the hdd, I rode the jeep. While wrestling with the noon traffic, I did notice one sign on a place that looked like a bit dead, beside Makati Cinema Square. It says “Choto Stop”.

Wait a minute, that is the shop mentioned by one of the blogs. So I immediately went down from the jeep and took a little peek at the place and, viola, I am facing the so-called Little Tokyo.

Unfortunately, I do not have enough cash at hand to even try something in one of the restaurants. So I thought, maybe there is nothing wrong at taking a quick look at how the place looks like during the day because most of the blogs I saw had pictures taken during the night. It really does look good at night. If you have watched Rurouni Kenshin and saw the part where most of the characters were eating dinner, that is how it looked like. I did say not enough cash because even the decent meal that is worth your experience of that place will cost you more than 200 bucks.

This is how the entrance from outside looks like. Based from the maps I saw, the whole place only has two entrances from outside to the restaurants inside. Some restaurants have their doors facing the road rather than the lovely place inside.

This is how the path going inside, just right after you pass the red Little Tokyo sign. At night, only those lamps at the walls illuminate the path.

Then this is how it looks like inside. It looks even more exquisite during the night but even during the day, it really makes you feel like you are in Japan, except of course those monoblock chairs. Just pay attention to the restaurant signs, all in Japanese.

Because I do not have the money, I did not bother looking at their menus. Maybe next time, when I have a date and I choose this place for the dinner. I did bother looking at one place and that is the Choto Stop. It had the same logo design as our Mini Stop and it made me wonder who came first. 🙂 Nevertheless, I entered the store and, yeah, only Japanese goodies but not just any goodies. We all have seen Japanese products such as noodles in local and duty free supermarkets but none of them are in this store. Neither their products are in the local and duty free shops. I saw all of the noodles there for the first time and I thought I will recognize even just one. It was also my first time to see some variants of snacks that I usually buy. Check this one out:

There are also tons of curry packs, chicken breadings, soy sauce (did not see Kikoman) Beer, and lots of those sealed-vacuumed, ready-to-eat food. It is really nice to go there and buy some stuff and try them. Oh, I forgot, remember the Daiso stores? The ones with *everything 80 pesos* tags? This store is simply no exception with most products costing 80 pesos. 🙂

It was a good looking place. I look forward to visiting this place again and hopefully, eat. 🙂