RESTAURANT HOPPING: JOHNNY ROCKETS

Hubby and I just celebrated our 3oth month together yesterday, Dec.7, 2009. And we decided to eat burgers on our special day so we decided to eat in Johnny Rockets.

PRICE RANGE: 150- 600PHP

LOCATION: EASTWOOD MALL (NEW MALL), LIBIS, Q.C.

OTHER LOCATIONS: USA

Johnny Rockets, Eastwood, Libis, Q.C.

I have this penchant for diners. I would always eat in Grams diner and 50's diner if I'm in Baguio. I guess I just love the overall vintage feel of diners. So when I passed by this 2- months ago, I decided to make this a must- visit in my restaurant hopping list.

Onion Rings. It is cooked in their special batter. Serving is too small. And of course, there's nothing special about the taste.

Here's my Route 66. It has swiss- mushroom, caramelized onions and cheese on a wheat bun.

Here's hubby's #12. It has lettuce, tomatoes with a special sauce (which is not so special accdg. to my hubby). It's also on a wheat bun. Pardon the dieters.

Since I'm on a diet for a year now, this milkshake is bliss for me. I managed to almost finish the strawberry banana milkshake. But the silver shaker is a refill. It contains half of the shake so I guess I just got my 250php's worth. :)

And here's hubby, about to enjoy his #12. :)

And here's moi. Posing before I sink my teeth on Route 66:)

Truth be told, there's nothing special about the burgers. It's kinda' hefty but I think it's too expensive. I kinda' suspect that it would be better if I ate the white flour bun instead of changing it to the wheat bun but I think the patty is a bit bland. If not for the cheese and mayo, it wouldn't taste somehow good at all.

I don't know if their marinade or spices are not good enough to make the patties taste awesome. Grilling food makes the spices come out that's why grilling is the best option to cook food. So I guess, there's nothing special with their marinade and it shows because the burgers were grilled.

At least the milkshake is love. The fries were kinda' good.

You could pretty much assume that I'm sorta' disappointed with my first experience. I'll still give this restaurant the benefit of the doubt. I will eat the burgers in the white flour bun on my next visit.

Will I go back to this restaurant again? Of course. Just for the sake of giving it another chance and try. But not in the near future. It's expensive. And when I come back, I hope they've done something about the case of the bland patties. :p

But truth be told, I'd choose Brother's Burgers anytime.