BIG things for BIG boys

Burger Avenue

A. Venue Mall

A. Venue Mall, Ground Level, Makati Ave. cor. Ge. Luna St.

Telephone: (63 2) 729-9108

I found this image of this pretty huge burger, as you can see, in the blog of an Atenean no less while looking for information on Pizza Niro, the home of the 30" pizza. But before I get to that, this burger hailing from the alley ways of Makati Avenue is somewhat special aside from its apparent bigness.

Now according to the blog site where I found this mouthwatering piece of meat, the restaurant is giving out this burger for FREE, yes, F-R-E-E. But there's a catch. This mountain of a burger has to be sucked into the black hole we call the digestive system in five mins or else, you pay the original price of about P200. I'm not entirely sure if the bet is still on but the blog post was uploaded online on November 18, 2008 so I'm pretty sure it's still legit. I'll find out for sure when I get the chance to visit the place armed with someone who can gobble this down under five minutes.

Pizza Niro

Ermita, Malate: 521-1910
BF Homes Parañaque: 825-5555
Ayala Dela Rosa 1 Carpark: 387-7395

Anyways, this is what I was really after. I am proud to present the result of humanity's insatiable gluttony--Pizza Nero's 30" pizza. Costing around a thousand pesos, i think it a reasonable deal. All of the available flavors of Pizza Niro's menu can be transmuted into this monster of a dish.

I will definitely try this thing out. Believe me, for all I'm worth, this is something I will not miss. I wonder if they deliver though.

So, who's craving for some pizza? There's enough to share :-P

Booboo

Yes, in case you haven't catched on yet, this is my pointing finger. Actually, it isn't as painful as it looks... after the first couple of hours. Oh by the way, this was about... three days, I think, after the incident? For my entertainment and the disgust of my readers, I shall narrate the story of how my wee little fingy was victimized by fate.Just before sunset on the fateful day of October 29th of the Year of the Brown Earth Rat ( thanks to Chinese Astrology Online), I was diligently and expertly carving boards of illustration in the confides of my humble home with a brand new blade. I was quite in a hurry for later that night, we were due at the Funeraria Paz to attend the wake of my late grandfather, Robert Tan. Boasting or spouting air is not my intention when I declare that my blade skills have become very efficient ever since I, together with my companions, took on the challenge of assisting in making props for our organization at the academe. Actually, some of my very good acquiantances were engaging in such work in my abode just a day before the tragic happening. Anywho, back to my narration, I was just up with the last piece of the structure when disaster struck!

For a second which seemed like a moment, time froze as I gazed upon a big chunk of my own flesh laying flat on the floor. The cutter which I held had apparently sliced a piece of my meat cleanly off my appendage of pointing--no immediate pain, thank God. Reluctantly, I shifted my view to my fingy then a fountain of blood oozed out. "Oh shit..." was my first thought and "Putangina!" was my second.

I rushed to a nearby sick to clean my wound as puddles of blood flowed out of my fingy. I shouted to the house help for disinfectants and cotton but to my dismay, she came running empty handed. I was pleading her to look for some but she kept on saying, "Wala! WALA! WALA! AHHHH!!!" She was just hysterical! I mean, I was the one cut here! I'm the victim (as well as the culprit! hehe) and she was the one panicking... my God, my finger's done for. But thankfully, she once again returned with a bottle of betadine and cotton helping me cover up my booboo and stop the bleeding. All's well that ends well, as they say.

Later that day, we passed by a coffee shop and I had no guilt whatsoever as to ordering an expensive cup of mocha frost. After all, what better day to indulge yourself than a time when you cut a piece of your own meat from yourself?

Anyway, the moral of the story is, if you wanna be guilt free, slice, slice slice! hohoho!