Pop's Place Bistro Burger

by: Ron Coselman

Pop's is a new restaurant located next to Robinson's Mall/ next to closed gas station.  Info and pictures can be seen on it's Facebook Page. Clean, cool and nicely done bistro.  Reasonably priced and friendly staff. 

The Burger, which comes with onions,lettuce, tomato and the ever present Mayo is about 125grams of  Angus meat that gets lost in the huge bun.  The bun seemed like the same heavy European bread that Bogarts and Why Not uses. A nice heavy bread, but, not the best choice for a hamburger bun. The dough texture would be at home with a tangy mustard, cheese and some sausage. But, at p150 the burger is certainly has value. It came with a few fries. 

While the meat was tasty, ours was a little over cooked. 

I am coming to the conclusion that cooking in the Philippines is more a result of culture the culinary training. There is a ingrained tendency to over cook and over cook. Serving dishes that are rare or med rare is a no no due to a general lack of refrigeration and market sanitation in the past. While all restaurant have refrigeration, most food preparers grew up with limited or lack of it.  The tendency is to cook the way grandma did.  Filipino's also love mayonnaise on everything. From burgers, to fries, to Nacho chips. 

All in all. We had a pleasant dinner with friends. Please stop in and check out this place.  The reviewer gives this burger a 2 1/2 rating.




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