FLAVOURS OF ILOILO

With the novel idea of creating your own burger and eating as many you want, Steps of Rome recently launched KRAZY BURGER. Happening every Wednesdays and Thursdays for the whole month of September, satisfy your burger cravings without borders and limits! For PhP150, you get to create a burger that fits your taste by choosing your own bun, dressing and toppings. Each table that goes "Krazy Burger" is given this menu where guests check their choices and wait a few minutes for their orders to become "a reality".   So last Thursday, me and my fellow food blogger Greg of Cafe Ilonggo , decided to check it out for ourselves betting whose gonna last this burger challenge. So I created my first burger (topmost photos) with smoked ham, cheddar cheese and bacon bits dressed with garlic mayo in a Kaiser bun. I just loved how the patty was cooked "well done" for its always the one I prefer.  My second burger came in quite late for there was a long queue...

With no less than Chef Pauline Gorriceta-Banusing herself welcoming us, bloggers and Skyscrapercity "forumers" to  Steps of Rome at Plazuela de Iloilo a few days ago, it was indeed a very wonderful dinner right from the start. "It's a long overdue treat" she says and it was indeed a treat ... make that TREAT ! And the appetizers started pouring as we all enjoyed the Mozarella Cheese Sticks , oozing with deletable creaminess. So good that we asked for a second order that eventually vanished right then and there as everybody loved it. With a resounding crunch in every bite, I personally loved this Herbed Crusted Calamari . It really came in fresh from the frier and even after some period of clicks and flashes from us bloggers, it still remained deliciously hot - literally and figuratively. As Steps of Rome is by Gruppo Al Dente , pasta and pizza are integral part of its extensive menu. First to come out the kitchen was Spaghetti Bolognese and even...