Burger King

It was raining hard this morning. The storm "Egay" was making its wrath felt in Metro Manila causing a lot of flooding and the suspension of classes. However, the call to suspend classes came in too late and the students were in school already. I was early too, as my wife was scheduled to have an early morning meeting at work. Driving our way to Ortigas, we felt the storm winds get stronger, with a heavy downpour and scary thunderstorm this early morning. Visibity was reduced to less than 5 feet while we drove slowly in the Rockwell area. It took us longer to reach Ortigas as motorists were cautious with the driving speed and as streets got flooded faster than the clogged drainage could empty.

I took me more than 3 hours to reach my Makati office. And that's because, I was caught in a traffic jam at the Saint Paul College - Pasig when students where scrambling to get to their school service vehicles as classes were called off too late. It was only me, Chay and Gentley from among the managers who were able to brave the flooded metropolis. Rene was circling a couple of times his Marikina neighborhood and eventually gave up when flood waters reached non-passable levels. Maidette was on the Skyway ramp but was forced to turn-back as the exit was flooded. No vehicle was allowed to exit and all traffic eventually counterflowed back to Paranaque. Mimi was the last to venture out from the comforts of her home. She waited for the flood waters to subside in her neighborhood until about 10 am. Traffic was getting to a stand still that she change routes a couple of times until she reached the San Juan area. She eventually gave up, when at around 2pm, she was still in the vicinity of Shaw Boulevard. Feeling hungry, she stopped by Chow King to get a fix of hot noodle soup.

That left me and Chay as lunch buddies for the day as Gentley begged off as he needed to check out his car at Honda. Having paid a bigger lunch bill the day before, I suggested to Chay that we hit Burger King this time. She readily agreed as she needed to drop by Shoe Mart and Burger King is situated near SM Makati.

I ordered a double burger with bacon and mushroom. It was a set meal with drinks and french fries. Chay ordered a Whopper Meal that came with drinks, fries and sundae. She was not interested to get the sundae but was rudely told by the counter food server, that she has to take it or leave it. Huh!

I gladly accepted Chay's sundae and I had a great meal indeed. The double burger was good, but I liked BigMac better. The bacon and mushroom, I believe, could not even save Burger King's version. But at Php155.00 for the meal, why should I be complaining.