Subway

I was on my way to my sister's house when I decided to make a pit stop at Subway in Blue Wave.




I was a frequent subway customer way back in 1997, with my favorites such as the Trio with a bottomless drink and chips and I don't know what it was called, but just a plain bun (not a sub) with ham and cheese and then toasted. I can eat that everyday then.

Fast forward to 2011. The bun that I used to have was not available and even the sub choices were limited.
But since I wanted a chicken sandwich ( as I am still lusting over the Chicken Salad Croissant of French Baker), I ordered the Roasted Chicken Sub.

How to order:

STEP 1 - FOOTLONG OR 6-INCH

- I chose 6-inch

STEP 2 - CHOOSE YOUR BREAD

- I chose honey oat (only two choices were available, parmesan and honey oat)

STEP 3 - CHOOSE YOUR VEGGIES

- I wanted everything except the pickles (which I just read yesterday from a health book, that eating pickles was like eating a saltshaker), olives and jalapeno

STEP 4 - CHOOSE YOUR SAUCE

- I asked the staff what she thought would go best with my sub, and she said honey mustard, mayo and red wine vinegar to blend the two

STEP 5 - MAKE IT A MEAL

- Sprite for drinks, and double chocolate and chocolate chip cookies for my sides.

When the sub was handed to me and I opened the wrapper and also the sub to take a pic, I thought that she forgot to put the chicken. It was hard to see the chicken with all the veggies and the dressings. The chicken too was just half an inch thick or maybe less. There was also mayo overload on my sub and the wrapper was already soaked even before I could take a bite.



The chicken though, even if it wasn't that big, was tender and has this fresh taste. I would have liked and enjoyed the sub if not for the overload of mayo (I like mayo, I even request it for fries and on my sandwiches, but I just want enough of it and not too much, cos if I want that much mayo I'll order mayo sandwich and not roasted chicken). Mayo was all I can taste that I removed a lot of it before I was able to taste the chicken and the rest of my sub.

I like the double chocolate than the chocolate chip, but both were too sweet.

Happy Eating!


***how to order pics taken from Subway Philippines site

Lusso's Lobster and River Prawn Roll

With home-made mayo and served with side salad and chips for P450.00 .


The bun was so good I would want to eat it every day.

It was crunchy, chewy and soft.


There's crunch at first bite, followed by chewiness then it just melted smoothly in my mouth.


I can compare the filling to an untouched (unglazed, no sauce, just bare) prawns. No sauces nor dips to mask its taste, pure and naked as you may say. So it's bland and slightly fishy but juicy. Juices seeped out of my sandwich on my every bite. While the mayo was so light I hardly noticed it.



Happy Eating!

LUSSO
G/F Greenbelt 5, Legaspi St., Legaspi Village
Makati City, Metro Manila
Tel No: 756-5893

A Tale of Two Chicken Sandwiches

On a single day I bought two chicken sandwiches from two different fast food chains to try.

First was the Xtra Long Chicken Sandwich P95 (solo) of Burger King.


It is chicken patty with mayonnaise and lettuce on a long sesame seed bun.

I found it too salty, plain-tasting and also expensive.

Next, was the Zesty Garlic Chicken Sandwich P39 of Wendy's.


It is chicken patty with garlic mayonnaise on a regular bun.

This was way better than the sandwich of Burger King, cheaper too.

The patty was juicy & perfectly seasoned. Good use too of the garlic mayonnaise for the added flavor.

A good alternative to the chicken burgers & sandwiches of KFC, which I still think serves the best chicken anything.

Happy Eating!