Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Charbroiled Burgers

One of my favorite dinner standbys in BF is Charbroiled Burgers.

To the uninitiated, Charbroiled is a chain of burger joints inside (and outside) BF. There are three branches: one in Phase 3 along Aguirre Avenue, across the large fortress-like 310 restaurant, another branch near Tirona along Aguirre, and a third along Buencamino Road, technically still in BF the subdivision but accessed from Alabang Zapote Road (it's on the street with the Las Paellas and the building with Shakeys at the corner).Charbroiled is a very unassuming place. More than the name, people tend to remember the big yellow signs with the image of a burger that proclaims "Gourmet's Palate" and underneath "Burgers Tacos Steak". In fact, my sister, who often eats there with me, keeps forgetting what the name is, and she'll call me to say things like, "Let's eat at Chargrilled or whatever its name is. Basta the burger place in BF."

Don't be misled by the "Gourmet's Palate" and think that Charbroiled serves gourmet food. They serve big (not so big recently--or maybe I'm just more matakaw now) burgers of the Brothers Burger variety. They also serve a mind boggling array of food including sizzlers, tacos, shawarma, burritos, pasta, tapsilog, and rice bowls, which they lump together in their menu under the heading "Takaw".

I was there the other night with Nick and I had a Samurai, their wasabi-laced burger.


Yum. And only 69 bucks! This one was pretty matapang and the wasabi kept going up my nose.

Nick ordered spaghetti, which I don't think I've ever tried there before. It was a small serving (I'd probably have two if I wanted to fill up) at 42 bucks. It actually tasted like the spaghetti they serve at Pancake House (darker, more toyo-ey sauce).


Here's a rundown of other details:

Parking. Urgh. Not very easy, particularly for the one in Buencamino. The one in Phase 3 has parking, but it's usually full, so you have to park in the street, which is rather difficult at night ever since the bar with no name outside 310 (The Palmier now) opened. The one near Tirona has no parking but at night you can park at the Yamaha shop next door.

Price. One thing I like about Charbroiled is the wide range of food they serve, so if you're with a big group, some people can choose to get steak (P105) and the cheapskates can content themselves with shawarma (P40). The burgers and the rice bowls go for about 70 bucks.

Smoking. The branch near Tirona has outdoor seating. At one time we actually headed for this branch even though the Buencamino branch was closer because we had a die hard (no preachy pun intended) smoker with us. The other two branches are both indoors; given the tight space, you will come out smelling like CASAA (non UP people, that just means smelling like food), so that's already enough smoke to deal with.

Rest Rooms. All branches have their own (tiny!) bathrooms. The Phase 3 branch has the best bathroom in my opinion.

Is it just me or have I also seen a branch somewhere in Las PiƱas? Or might have been Better Living. I would certainly not mind if they opened one somewhere along the Friendship Route.

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