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maznycfoodie Jollibee- serving burgers, chicken and some filipino dishes. Chowking- Filipino dishes and Chinese style/inspired dishes. These two, along with Red Ribbon Bakery, are owned by the same company.
This was probably one of the first things I ate on my trip to the Philippines on Christmas Eve. Heck, I have been to Jollibee about 3 times I believe. Of course, me not being adventurous, I decided to get what I would normally get from a US fast food chain. First and second time I got their Chicken Joy meal. I notice though the taste of Chicken Joy tends to vary a bit by location. The one in the SM Mall in San Pablo City tasted very similar to KFC but you can tell the difference. The second time I ate Chicken Joy was in another location but still in San Pablo and it tasted pretty different. Still good but not used to it. Unlike the US, where our fried chicken is served with southern sides, Jollibee's Chicken Joy is served with rice and gravy, however the gravy is very similar to southern gravy most of the time.
Now during the second time, my cousin had ordered a Hash Brown Burger...and I looked at it...and had been craving it until the third time I went. So yes, third time I went, I ordered this Hash Brown Burger...two of them (although I should have just ordered one, but it was delicious!). It was basically a meat patty, cheese, and ketchup using two hash browns as the buns. But instead of fried, these potato things were baked, so it did cut down the bad stuff a bit. But yes...I forgot they were potatoes...and potatoes are starchy and a bit heavy...so finishing the second burger took a little more time. But it was good. I have no picture BUT, this is basically something you can make at home. So...I will make this someday, and take a picture, and enjoy this delicious potato-y burger.
As for the rest of the dishes of Jollibee, if one day I come back to the Philippines, perhaps I'll try more things. The Filipino dishes had pancit and Filipino spaghetti. Some meat and rice dishes, so yes if you don't want burgers or chicken, you can get those.
Chowking...meh
I have no pictures of Chowking, but to be honest, I didn't like it. Chowking is basically a fast food chain with filipino dishes and Chinese inspired/style dishes. They had Sio Mai, and the bigger juicy dumpling (I forgot what it was called). They had fried rice. They had bean cakes. Heck they even had fried chicken and beef with broccoli. For the filipino dishes, they had mami and I do believe they also had pancit. They also had Halo Halo.
I had the fried chicken because I thought my sister wouldn't like the beef mami she ordered (She only ordered it because it looked like ramen). But she ate it...and I'm glad she did because when I tasted her leftovers...I did not like it. It was...bland or tasted funny or something. Didn't like my chicken either because it was way too salty. The rice was really dry, yuck! Never again if I ever come back to the Philippines.
This was probably one of the first things I ate on my trip to the Philippines on Christmas Eve. Heck, I have been to Jollibee about 3 times I believe. Of course, me not being adventurous, I decided to get what I would normally get from a US fast food chain. First and second time I got their Chicken Joy meal. I notice though the taste of Chicken Joy tends to vary a bit by location. The one in the SM Mall in San Pablo City tasted very similar to KFC but you can tell the difference. The second time I ate Chicken Joy was in another location but still in San Pablo and it tasted pretty different. Still good but not used to it. Unlike the US, where our fried chicken is served with southern sides, Jollibee's Chicken Joy is served with rice and gravy, however the gravy is very similar to southern gravy most of the time.
Now during the second time, my cousin had ordered a Hash Brown Burger...and I looked at it...and had been craving it until the third time I went. So yes, third time I went, I ordered this Hash Brown Burger...two of them (although I should have just ordered one, but it was delicious!). It was basically a meat patty, cheese, and ketchup using two hash browns as the buns. But instead of fried, these potato things were baked, so it did cut down the bad stuff a bit. But yes...I forgot they were potatoes...and potatoes are starchy and a bit heavy...so finishing the second burger took a little more time. But it was good. I have no picture BUT, this is basically something you can make at home. So...I will make this someday, and take a picture, and enjoy this delicious potato-y burger.
As for the rest of the dishes of Jollibee, if one day I come back to the Philippines, perhaps I'll try more things. The Filipino dishes had pancit and Filipino spaghetti. Some meat and rice dishes, so yes if you don't want burgers or chicken, you can get those.
Chowking...meh
I have no pictures of Chowking, but to be honest, I didn't like it. Chowking is basically a fast food chain with filipino dishes and Chinese inspired/style dishes. They had Sio Mai, and the bigger juicy dumpling (I forgot what it was called). They had fried rice. They had bean cakes. Heck they even had fried chicken and beef with broccoli. For the filipino dishes, they had mami and I do believe they also had pancit. They also had Halo Halo.
I had the fried chicken because I thought my sister wouldn't like the beef mami she ordered (She only ordered it because it looked like ramen). But she ate it...and I'm glad she did because when I tasted her leftovers...I did not like it. It was...bland or tasted funny or something. Didn't like my chicken either because it was way too salty. The rice was really dry, yuck! Never again if I ever come back to the Philippines.
