Cafe Breton's Mozzarella Burger

Cafe Breton
French Crepes and Fine Coffee

"Britain" is short for Great Britain, and a "Briton" is a native of Great Britain.  "Brittany" is a region of France, and a "Breton" is a native of Brittany.

When craving for dessert crepes, everyone in Manila rushes to Cafe Breton to get their fix.  Unknown to most people, this cafe also serves one of the best burgers in town!  

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1, 2, 3 ... RON! (Ukokkei Ramen Ron)

"I finally found someone, that knocks me off my feet.  

I finally found the one, that makes me feel complete."  

Ramen that is.  But not just any kind of Ramen!  It's to-die-for Ramen!  Ramen that taste like it really came from Japan!  Finally found it at Ukokkei Ramen Ron.  Here are three reasons why you should try it.

Ukokkei Ramen Ron

1: It's very good!

Looking at the three Chinese characters that make up the name Ukokkei (烏骨鶏), individually, they actually stand for "Crow" "Bones" and "Chicken."  I had a hard time comprehending this because of the redundancy of having two kinds of birds in the name.  It only all made sense when on a certain blog post I read that the restaurant actually uses Black Chicken bones to prepare the soup.  That gave me some relief, as I don't think I would like to eat Crow at all. (^o^)/

2: It's very very good!

Tan Tan Men! 390 pesos

It takes time to prepare a broth as rich and flavorful as this!  Just from the look of it, you'd know that it would taste really good.  This is how ramen should be!  I hate ramen shops who use consomme powders as substitute.  It just doesn't taste nice.  

I ordered the Tan-Tan Men.  Just try it!  It will blow your mind away.  It was so good that I couldn't wait for it to cool down a bit - burnt my mouth a little and left a numbing feel the next day.  It's a bit costly at 390 pesos but it's worth it.

Ukokkei Shoyu Chashu Ramen

Accompanying food scout ordered the Ukokkei Shoyu Chashu Ramen.  Got no complains from her as well.  She gobbled up the whole ramen a good 10 minutes before I finished! (^o^)/ 

3: It's very very very good!      

The Ramen cooks and chefs even wear that signature white towel that they wrap over their heads.  Along with the stools facing the kitchen, these make up for a semi-authentic experience.  So eat your Ramen like the Japanese would - suck the noodles as loud as you can! And when you're done eating and you really enjoyed your meal, show your appreciation by shouting "GO-CHI-SOU-SA-MA!" out loud!

So what are you waiting for ... 1 , 2, 3 ... RON!  

The master awaits (^o^)/ 

Master RON

Forget about ordering Gyouza.  It was really burnt.  Technically, this is what you would call a Yaki Gyouza.  Somehow, I miss the plain Gyouzas where you don't grill or fry one side.  Haven't tried the other dishes, but basing on how they prepared the Gyouza, this may not be the place for other Japanese favorites.  One thing for sure though is that it's definitely the right place for RAMEN!

  

Ukokkei Ramen Ron
Tesoro Building
822 A. Arnaiz Avenue (Pasay Road), Makati City.
(Beside PSBank)

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Food Scouts: Wingman Grill (Makati, Philippines)

WINGMAN GRILL Restaurant Review
Makati City, Philippines

Growing up, I just loved chicken wings!  It's the ultimate comfort food for me.  So the food scouts just had to try out Wingman Grill.  

As you can see, the place isn't really made for fine dining.  It's more of a hangout place to drink beer and enjoy comfort food.  With the bright light of lunch hour, you can clearly see how unkempt the place is.    It can still definitely be improved.  It doesn't have to look chic and posh, even just a fast food style of cleanliness will do.  Particularly, they have to do something about the concrete floor.   Well, we didn't come here to enjoy the ambiance anyway, we came for the food!  On to the good stuff ....

The star of the place would have to be its chicken wings!  We ordered half a dozen GARLIC PARMESAN Chicken Wings.  It came with carrot sticks and a standard ranch dressing.  It was worth every peso (180 Php) we spent.  I actually prefer this to Buffalo Chicken Wings.  The wet Buffalo sauce can sometimes get in the way of enjoying a good chicken wing.  I like my chicken wings dry. (^o^)/  

CORN PUPPIES

Their version of American-style corn dogs.  Served bite-sized, hence the term "puppies."  

Accompanying food scout enjoys a good corn dog and she wasn't disappointed.  Outer layer provided a little crisp in every bite while the star of the meal, the hotdog, was delicious.  I personally liked the honey mustard dip that came with it.  Also worth 180 pesos.  At 6 pieces per order, this can be quite filling.  Don't forget to save some space for the burgers!

  

HOME RUN SLIDERS

Three mini-burgers of your choice!  A great way to sample Wingman's burger selection.  A superb treat for food trippers.  It also comes with a serving of giant onion rings!  Simply delicious at 230 pesos.

We got the following 3 burger flavors:

THE CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER

"Ketchup, mustard, mayo, topped with a slice of American cheese and kosher dill pickle slices."

A truly classic American taste with the dominating taste of mustard!  Great burger patty that's light and moist.

  

THE WINGMAN BURGER

We just had to try their signature burger - burger topped with Buffalo sauce and rich Blue cheese!  This was a little bit sour for our taste but still a good foodie experience.  It's a very acquired taste considering that it has Blue Cheese in it.  The burger patty was not as moist and light as that of The CLASSIC CHEESEBURGER as you can clearly see from the photo on the left.

THE COWBOY BURGER

Burger slabbed with BACON, CARAMELIZED ONIONS, and HICKORY BARBEQUE SAUCE!  

Three strikes and their out?! Far from it though, this third slider was a definite HOME RUN!  Accompanying food scout ran out of space so I had this all to myself!  The sweetness of the caramelized onion together with the rich flavor of Hickory barbeque sauce just goes so well together.  And the bacon ... oh, the bacon... needs no further explanation!  Like they say, "Everything is so much better with bacon."

And for dessert, try their best-seller the "Deep-fried Snickers Bar," described as "Hand battered Snickers bar,   fried golden brown with a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with whipped cream and Hershey's chocolate syrup."  It sounded so sinful and much more common than the Deep Fried Coca-Cola, so I went to order the latter.  

"A decadent combination of funnel cake, whipped cream, and Coca Cola syrup, topped with a fresh cherry." (120 pesos)

The funnel cakes are like small "Pilipit" breads that are deep fried.  It offers a unique combination of tastes from the crispy and fried funnel cakes, the creamy cream, and the sweetness of the Coca-Cola syrup.  I would have preferred it served ice-cream cold.  It's really nothing special.  Don't go to this place to eat dessert.  Simple as that.

 Wingman Grill Restaurant

The Collective

7274 Malugay Street, Makati City, Philippines

+63-2-4074905

How to get there:

Coming from EDSA go to Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue (Buendia), turn right at Chino Roces Ave. (Pasong Tamo), turn left at Yakal St., make another left at  Mayapis St., and then a final left to Malugay Street.  It will be on your left side.  Malugay is a one-way street hence the necessity to go around the block.   

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