Project 12 x 2 - 1: Mister Kabab, Nuff Said

“Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.”
- Socrates

The next grub place I want to blabber about is not really something "new" and we've been frequenting this place since before me and the Potato became an item. I even treated friends here for my birthday about three years ago. But saving the best for last, the next few articles capping our Project 12x2-1 would be our own personal favorites. And so we ought to be biased, starting with this one.

You've been warned.

Ang pasakalye:
I pity the uncool who've never dined or, at the least, knew/heard about Mister Kabab.

From that humble shack along the West Ave. - Quezon Ave. intersection to its current and superficially better place further down the West Avenue stretch, the Persian resto has always been one of my lamon-place of choice. Walang panahon na hindi ko kinekwento ito kapag kainan ang pinag-uusapan. Para saken, harboring info about the existence of this place from your friends is a crime punishable by eternal craving.

mister kabab

As mentioned, Mister Kabab is along West Avenue in QC. Kung galing EDSA then turning right into the avenue, nasa kaliwa ang Mister Kabab, just past Col. Martinez street. May katabi itong talyer at maliit na eskinita (kahit redundant ang "maliit" at "eskenita").

Let's go!

Ang inupakan:

• ox brain
• chelo kabab
• chicken liver stick and dish
• shawarma plate
• pita bread
• lamb korma
• yoghurt shake

braaiiiiinzzz!!!

Palaging out of stock ang ox brain nila pero on our latest return-of-the-come-back doon, naka swerte kami't meron! Lasang yellow ng balut ang ox brain. Medyo mas rich lang ang lasa ng balut ng konti. Trip ko na nilalagyan ng malupit na garlic sauce yung ox brain ko. It also comes with calamansi, pampatanggal ng lansa.

sikret weapon

Chelo kabab ang secret weapon nila. Ang pinaka sikat sa menu. Dalawang skewered meat (may option for chicken or beef), grilled and topped with rice (topped with butter) at inihaw na kamatis (na hindi ako kumakain). Pwedeng papalitan ang rice ng pita bread.

Hindi ko alam kung anong meron sa kanilang kabab pero sobrang nakaka-adik in combo with their equally addictive garlic sauce (na malupit talaga!). It tastes smokey at kung minsan ay makunat, pero patok pa din sa amin.

Yung liver stick ay inihaw na atay habang ang liver dish naman ay yung sinabawan na version neto. May sauce ito na parang sa korma (malabnaw na curry). Gusto ko yung luto ng atay, eksakto lang para hindi maging mapait at hindi din undercooked. Get the dish over the stick.

plato ng shawarma

Shawarma plate is as it is, shawarma beef na nakalagay sa platong may chopped kamatis, pipino, at sibuyas. Pita bread served separately, with the aim of having you create your own shawarma wrap. Although frankly, the ingredients would make TWO shawarmas... for the price of one!

extra pita

I have no idea how an authentic korma should taste or if I, in my several visits on grub places around the metro, have already tasted one, but their lamb korma is creamy enough, flavorful enough, and spicy enough for us to warrant a thumbs up. Malambot ang lamb at chewy. When Mister Kabab was featured on TV, they claimed their cook is Persian (no idea if he was cooking there regularly) so their korma might be authentic anyway. In any case, it's worth trying.

yoghurt shake

I'm not a fan of yoghurt shakes pero dahil lang ito sa ayoko ng yoghurt in general. Si Katlina ang nag-order nito at masarap naman daw.

garlic sauce of adik doom

On each table is a canister-ful of garlic sauce at hot sauce. Yung garlic sauce ang sobrang patok! Up-to-sawa pa. Parang nilalagyan nila ito ng drugs kasi nakaka-adik, haha! Binabalik-balikan din ito dito at personally, malaking factor ito kung bakit patok ang lugar. Sinasabaw ko ito sa kanin ko. So so lang yung hot sauce. Not really that hot, kaya medyo kelangan damihan.

Mga chechebureche:
Maraming options sa menu pero ang kelangan lang na mandatory matikman ay ang mga kababs nila at shawarma. Most nung mga ibang ulam ay pa unti-unti naming sinusubukan habang bumabalik-balik kami sa kanila para kumain. So far ox brain at korma ang nasa top ng list.

hangin hangin

Open air yung lugar pero hindi naman mainit. Punong puno ng ceiling fan at tuloy tuloy ang daloy ng hangin. Never mind the interiors, it's not much superficially. Pero kumportable naman ang pakiramdam kapag nasa loob na't kumakain. Wala silang individual na upuan but instead used long wooden stools (bangko sa Tagalog). In short, halos karinderya ang experience. Medyo pina-class lang na version. I see no problem with it.

waitress gallore

Gadami ng mga waitress! Napaghandaan nila ng husto ang sandamakmak na customers na pumipila sa kanila araw-araw (lalo na pag holidays at sa gabi). Speaking of, on most cases, may pila laging pagdadaanan bago makakain dito. Ganun kadami ang customers. At partida, their new location is almost twice the size of their old place already pero napupuno pa din.

Ganun sila kasikat.

Kaching!:
Price range is at P80 to P140 lang.

Sobrang mura for the food they offer. I can rave all day about how people would go back for the food but it will always boils down to the relative cheapness of their prices as one of the main reasons.

At around 180 buckers, gagapang ka na palabas ng Mister Kabab sa kabusugan. Chelo kabab na yun at good serving ng inihaw na atay or shawarma plate. Nom nom!

hi, i am mister kabab!

Ang hatol:
A good majority of those who've tried this place will swear by it. At parang laos ang pakiramdam kung hindi masusubukang kumain dito while people around you are talking about it with gusto.

Until now, several years after I first tried eating here, bumabalik pa din kami regularly at laman pa din siya ng aming cravings.


14 out of 14!


*****

Project 12x2-1

...is a year in the palates of me and my Couch Potato.

January (Month End): Nihonbashi Tei (Click Here) 
February (Filler): Good Taste, 50's Diner, Oh My Gulay! (Click Here)
February (Mid Month): Sakae Sushi (Click Here)
February (Filler): Ba Noi's (Click Here)
February (Month End): Makan Makan (Makansutra) (Click Here)
March (Mid Month): Toast Box (Click Here)
March (Month End): My Thai Kitchen (Click Here)
April (Filler): Cafe Mediterranean (Click Here)
April (Mid Month): Le Ching Too (Click Here)
April (Month End): Dong Bei Dumplings, Wai Ying Fastfood (Click Here)
May (Mid Month): Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken (Click Here)
May (Month End): YakiMIX (Click Here)
June (Mid Month): Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu (Click Here)
June (Month End): Wingman (Click Here)
July (Mid Month): Nanbantei of Tokyo (Click Here)
July (Filler): LZM Restaurant (Click Here)
July (Month End): Old Penang (Click Here)
August (Mid Month): Spaghetti Factory (Click Here)
August (Month End): Adobo Connection (Click Here)
August (Filler): Chubby's Rib Shack / Buffalo's Wings N' Things (Click Here)
September (Filler): Pizza Volante (Click Here)
September (Filler): Jim's Retro Diner (Click Here) 
September (Mid Month): 101 Hawker Food House (Click Here)
September (Month End): ElarZLechon (Click Here)
October (Mid Month): Luk Yuen (Click Here)
October (Month End): Vikings Luxury Buffet (Click Here)
November (Filler): Mister Kabab (Click Here)

Project 12 x 2 - 1: Mister Kabab, Nuff Said

“Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.”
- Socrates

The next grub place I want to blabber about is not really something "new" and we've been frequenting this place since before me and the Potato became an item. I even treated friends here for my birthday about three years ago. But saving the best for last, the next few articles capping our Project 12x2-1 would be our own personal favorites. And so we ought to be biased, starting with this one.

You've been warned.

Ang pasakalye:
I pity the uncool who've never dined or, at the least, knew/heard about Mister Kabab.

From that humble shack along the West Ave. - Quezon Ave. intersection to its current and superficially better place further down the West Avenue stretch, the Persian resto has always been one of my lamon-place of choice. Walang panahon na hindi ko kinekwento ito kapag kainan ang pinag-uusapan. Para saken, harboring info about the existence of this place from your friends is a crime punishable by eternal craving.

mister kabab

As mentioned, Mister Kabab is along West Avenue in QC. Kung galing EDSA then turning right into the avenue, nasa kaliwa ang Mister Kabab, just past Col. Martinez street. May katabi itong talyer at maliit na eskinita (kahit redundant ang "maliit" at "eskenita").

Let's go!

Ang inupakan:

• ox brain
• chelo kabab
• chicken liver stick and dish
• shawarma plate
• pita bread
• lamb korma
• yoghurt shake

braaiiiiinzzz!!!

Palaging out of stock ang ox brain nila pero on our latest return-of-the-come-back doon, naka swerte kami't meron! Lasang yellow ng balut ang ox brain. Medyo mas rich lang ang lasa ng balut ng konti. Trip ko na nilalagyan ng malupit na garlic sauce yung ox brain ko. It also comes with calamansi, pampatanggal ng lansa.

sikret weapon

Chelo kabab ang secret weapon nila. Ang pinaka sikat sa menu. Dalawang skewered meat (may option for chicken or beef), grilled and topped with rice (topped with butter) at inihaw na kamatis (na hindi ako kumakain). Pwedeng papalitan ang rice ng pita bread.

Hindi ko alam kung anong meron sa kanilang kabab pero sobrang nakaka-adik in combo with their equally addictive garlic sauce (na malupit talaga!). It tastes smokey at kung minsan ay makunat, pero patok pa din sa amin.

Yung liver stick ay inihaw na atay habang ang liver dish naman ay yung sinabawan na version neto. May sauce ito na parang sa korma (malabnaw na curry). Gusto ko yung luto ng atay, eksakto lang para hindi maging mapait at hindi din undercooked. Get the dish over the stick.

plato ng shawarma

Shawarma plate is as it is, shawarma beef na nakalagay sa platong may chopped kamatis, pipino, at sibuyas. Pita bread served separately, with the aim of having you create your own shawarma wrap. Although frankly, the ingredients would make TWO shawarmas... for the price of one!

extra pita

I have no idea how an authentic korma should taste or if I, in my several visits on grub places around the metro, have already tasted one, but their lamb korma is creamy enough, flavorful enough, and spicy enough for us to warrant a thumbs up. Malambot ang lamb at chewy. When Mister Kabab was featured on TV, they claimed their cook is Persian (no idea if he was cooking there regularly) so their korma might be authentic anyway. In any case, it's worth trying.

yoghurt shake

I'm not a fan of yoghurt shakes pero dahil lang ito sa ayoko ng yoghurt in general. Si Katlina ang nag-order nito at masarap naman daw.

garlic sauce of adik doom

On each table is a canister-ful of garlic sauce at hot sauce. Yung garlic sauce ang sobrang patok! Up-to-sawa pa. Parang nilalagyan nila ito ng drugs kasi nakaka-adik, haha! Binabalik-balikan din ito dito at personally, malaking factor ito kung bakit patok ang lugar. Sinasabaw ko ito sa kanin ko. So so lang yung hot sauce. Not really that hot, kaya medyo kelangan damihan.

Mga chechebureche:
Maraming options sa menu pero ang kelangan lang na mandatory matikman ay ang mga kababs nila at shawarma. Most nung mga ibang ulam ay pa unti-unti naming sinusubukan habang bumabalik-balik kami sa kanila para kumain. So far ox brain at korma ang nasa top ng list.

hangin hangin

Open air yung lugar pero hindi naman mainit. Punong puno ng ceiling fan at tuloy tuloy ang daloy ng hangin. Never mind the interiors, it's not much superficially. Pero kumportable naman ang pakiramdam kapag nasa loob na't kumakain. Wala silang individual na upuan but instead used long wooden stools (bangko sa Tagalog). In short, halos karinderya ang experience. Medyo pina-class lang na version. I see no problem with it.

waitress gallore

Gadami ng mga waitress! Napaghandaan nila ng husto ang sandamakmak na customers na pumipila sa kanila araw-araw (lalo na pag holidays at sa gabi). Speaking of, on most cases, may pila laging pagdadaanan bago makakain dito. Ganun kadami ang customers. At partida, their new location is almost twice the size of their old place already pero napupuno pa din.

Ganun sila kasikat.

Kaching!:
Price range is at P80 to P140 lang.

Sobrang mura for the food they offer. I can rave all day about how people would go back for the food but it will always boils down to the relative cheapness of their prices as one of the main reasons.

At around 180 buckers, gagapang ka na palabas ng Mister Kabab sa kabusugan. Chelo kabab na yun at good serving ng inihaw na atay or shawarma plate. Nom nom!

hi, i am mister kabab!

Ang hatol:
A good majority of those who've tried this place will swear by it. At parang laos ang pakiramdam kung hindi masusubukang kumain dito while people around you are talking about it with gusto.

Until now, several years after I first tried eating here, bumabalik pa din kami regularly at laman pa din siya ng aming cravings.


14 out of 14!


*****

Project 12x2-1

...is a year in the palates of me and my Couch Potato.

January (Month End): Nihonbashi Tei (Click Here) 
February (Filler): Good Taste, 50's Diner, Oh My Gulay! (Click Here)
February (Mid Month): Sakae Sushi (Click Here)
February (Filler): Ba Noi's (Click Here)
February (Month End): Makan Makan (Makansutra) (Click Here)
March (Mid Month): Toast Box (Click Here)
March (Month End): My Thai Kitchen (Click Here)
April (Filler): Cafe Mediterranean (Click Here)
April (Mid Month): Le Ching Too (Click Here)
April (Month End): Dong Bei Dumplings, Wai Ying Fastfood (Click Here)
May (Mid Month): Peri-Peri Charcoal Chicken (Click Here)
May (Month End): YakiMIX (Click Here)
June (Mid Month): Thousand Cranes Shabu-Shabu (Click Here)
June (Month End): Wingman (Click Here)
July (Mid Month): Nanbantei of Tokyo (Click Here)
July (Filler): LZM Restaurant (Click Here)
July (Month End): Old Penang (Click Here)
August (Mid Month): Spaghetti Factory (Click Here)
August (Month End): Adobo Connection (Click Here)
August (Filler): Chubby's Rib Shack / Buffalo's Wings N' Things (Click Here)
September (Filler): Pizza Volante (Click Here)
September (Filler): Jim's Retro Diner (Click Here) 
September (Mid Month): 101 Hawker Food House (Click Here)
September (Month End): ElarZLechon (Click Here)
October (Mid Month): Luk Yuen (Click Here)
October (Month End): Vikings Luxury Buffet (Click Here)
November (Filler): Mister Kabab (Click Here)