Cafe France

Cafe France

Hanging out with friends and colleagues usually doesn't end with eating dinner or lunch right?! You usually end up having a cup of coffee to continue chitchatting with them.  If you wanted to do both without the venue hopping, then this is the right place for you. Cafe France as quoted in their website, is a place for Coffee, Food, Everything French! 

The Place

I went to their branch in Salcedo, Makati because its near my workplace, its a little bit small but I think it's a lot different in the other branches.

Pay as you order

 

 It's more comfy to seat on a couch while eating and chatting but this branch is so small that it has few comfy seats available.

Before Lunchtime

This is the scenario before 12pm but then after a few minutes the place was already full, lucky for us that we were able to find seats because of the early lunch break.

The Menu

They have a lot on their menu as I've mentioned earlier, you can have your lunch or dinner then coffee and pastries after.  They offer sandwiches, pasta, salad, soup, breads plus they have rice meals to keep you loaded! I've read that they do catering as well. The food costs an average of P150-200 per head.

The Food

Premiere Clubhouse

 I ordered Premier Clubhouse but only the half serving. It comes with chips and soda and costs around P151

What's inside? ham, bacon, omelet, and lettuce. I like the thickness of the ham plus the crunchiness of the bacon

Spaghetti Carbonara

 We all ended up ordering Pasta Carbonara for our main course.  The sauce is creamy and I like that the bacon is crunchy, the pasta is firm and the bread on the side is crunchy. 

 I forgot the name of this bread its caramel something but it tastes like a Caramel Danish. I took this for dessert and I loved it. It's crunchy outside but soft inside. I could actually eat 4 of these if I wasn't full yet. It costs P27.

Grilled Ham & Cheese

The Experience

I love the food especially the bread because I love breads. I would definitely come back here for another sumptuous meal; I would like to try more of their pastries and coffee. What I don't like here is that their brochures are not updated, there are items on the menu which are no longer available.

Check out their website http://cafefrance.net/

Big Better Burgers

Big Better Burgers or BBB is one of the local burger franchise which I heard is serving only within Metro Manila. I first saw their branch at Pergola BF Homes Paranaque but I wasn't able to try it, so when it opened a branch in Waltermart Sucat recently, I didn't hesitate to give it a try.

The Place

This one is located at Waltermart Sucat Paranaque

The setup is like any other ordinary fast food chain wherein you pay as you order and wait for it to be served. 

The Menu

Their signature burger is a 1/3 lbs grilled burger patties. They have premium burgers, sandwiches, rice meals, pasta, side dishes and desserts. The food costs an average of P100-200 per person so it is affordable.

Menus are available at the counters







 The Food

Chicken Fillet Sandwich

BBB Quarter Pounder w/Cheese

  

Chicken fillet comes with lettuce and your choice of dressing which can be teriyaki sauce or tartar sauce. This one has tartar sauce.

Condiments are also available  per table such as: mustard, catsup and hot sauce.

Southern Comfort BBQ Rice

This is one of their premium rice meal which is like a sizzling burger steak with bacon on top. It has a barbecue sauce which can be spicy if you want.

Premium Teriyaki Rice

This one is similar to the other rice meal but it is topped with mushrooms and has teriyaki sauce. 

If you could notice the burger bun is like a pandesal which is good but honestly their fries is so far, the worst fries I've ever tried! It took more than 15mins  for my order to be served so I was expecting it to be freshly made, but I was disappointed because it tasted like it was fried few hours ago it's neither crunchy nor hot. 

The Service

Honestly,  I was disappointed with the service with this branch because it took some time for our orders to arrive, and I have to personally asked the food servers for a follow up on my order after seeing all the other customers behind me being served ahead.  I was also disappointed with the fries as I've mentioned above.

The Overall Experience

I must say it's a 3 out of 5. The burger patty is delicious and juicy; the fries sucks big time; the service is slow; the place in this branch is so small that usually customers would rather have their food taken out because of limited seats available; moreover, the ventilation is poor and everytime the door opens you can feel that it's colder outside.

I don't think I'll be a patron of this branch, but who knows, maybe it's a lot different on the other branches. I think it needs a lot of improvement since this branch is just newly opened.

You can check out their facebook page to see more info https://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Better-Burgers/34135258477               

Me and my bro

BBB Quarter Pounder Meal comes with fries and iced tea. The burger has mayo, tomato and lettuce and there's an extra charge if you want to have cheese on it.


The burger patty is quite juicy and thicker than the average burger patties served in a franchise.