Quirky life of Kim

Since I got assigned in Eastwood, I now have the chance to explore or navigate the place, and no doubt Eastwood brings the nightlife in the east, but not only that it's also home to famous buffets like sambokojin and something fishy. Now I'm a big fan of Something Fishy, its 200 peso buffet is really worth the price, I guess the only downside is the operational time of 12-3am.

Recently, a huge advertisement on the side of my building was placed. It was Bigoli's breakfast buffet for only 199! Now I didn't pass up the chance since it was really affordable and runs from 5 or 6am to 10am. The only question is, is it worth it?







We were an early riser, I brought along my friend and we went there on a Thursday at 5:45am knowing it would open at 6am. But unfortunately, they weren't able to open at exactly 6am, and some of the customers were already knocking at the door and sadly the staff didn't even bother to entertain or explain what's causing the delay. Some even tried to open the door using force and with success, they got in, and that was the only time the staff talked to the waiting customers. So, my tip, if you want to come early, 30 minutes later after the earliest indicated operational time would be best.

Bigoli's breakfast buffet has 4 stations, All day breakfast, Bigoli favorites, Pancake station, and Salad station.



All-day breakfast is composed of eggs, potato wedges, and sausages, it also had viands that can be for lunch and dinner like pork and vegetables. They also had plain rice and the yummy and heavy filling Italian rice. For me, the best-served food in this station was their fried chicken, it had a zing of butter and garlic that tastes just right.


Next was the Bigoli favorites which was just a small station composed of pizza, nachos, and pasta. I liked this station, gets you out of the normal breakfast mood. Their pepperoni pizza was great, flavorful, they also serve other flavors but not at the same time. I think the other one was cheesy garlic. Pasta also had different variants you can request for a bolognese or carbonara, and they'll make it in front of you. It's not the usual just get some, they usually serve it per plate. Nacho was okay, just the usual thin chips and salsa.


Pancake station was composed of, guess what? Pancakes! The topping was limited to sprinkles only, but aside from chicken, the pancake was also a favorite. It was soft, not overdone, just the right amount of fluff.


Last was the salad station, salad station had lettuce, cabbage, thousand island dressing, ceasar salad dressing, cheese, crouton, carrot, and gelatin. They also had lugaw in front, but it wasn't that good.

Now, was the 199 sulit for Bigoli's breakfast buffet? I'd say compared to Something Fishy it would still go in second place. But I wouldn't want to stay up until 12-3am just for a buffet. So I guess it's still in the sulit range, I just wish they'd add more food like champorado or pichi pichi now.

I was never really a fan of spicy food. I figured, why do I have to go all through this suffering when I can decline every time I encounter it? But with all the hype of Samyang 2x spicy noodles, I thought, could this reaper burger be any spicier than that? And even if I hate spicy foods, with the reaper burger rave I am just curious how it tastes like!

Now I have heard gruesome stories about the main ingredients ghost chili and Carolina Reaper, the hottest peppers, one where a man burned his throat, attempting to get views from eating the ghost pepper or ghost chili.I also heard it in a glee episode, which made me really curious.



Experience:

I first tried dipping a fry into the sauce. Oh, I forgot to tell you I bought myself some DQ ice cream mango cheesecake, just in case. At first, you'd feel nothing. I waited for about 5 seconds, I was expecting a burning tongue just like Samyang, but what I got is a burning throat. It was really spicy that I had to take in a few scoops of my ice cream.  When I finally calmed down I tried the burger with the Cayenne pepper spiced bacon and sauce. The same reaction, I was screaming inside and slightly outside. It was really spicy. But compared to the Samyang 2x, that was still spicier.

Taste:

You could easily neglect the taste of the burger since all that surfaced was the spicy feeling. The sauce tasted neither sweet nor salty, just bitterness you get when you taste a really spicy food.

Price:

Affordable for 159.00
+40.00 for fries and drinks
+60.00 for large fries and drinks

Would I try it again:

These are the types of food that you taste for experience, and since I am not a fan of spiciness. I'd say no. But at least I got to try the hottest peppers.

Rate:

3/5