Sango!

The Sango Burger store in Shangri-la has been there for the longest time but I haven't actually tried it yet. Dinner prior to my brother's trip back home to Aklan made for the perfect reason to try it; he and I are burger lovers.

Noy was quite disappointed at the slightly expensive price of the burgers. Not that there's anything new about that. =D Check out the menu:

We ordered the bestsellers - Master Burger with Cheese, Teriyaki Burger, Chicken Teriyaki Burger, and Yakiniku Rice Burger. The teriyakis taste great, the master burger was disappointing, but the rice burger made me think twice about not coming back to Sango at all.

As far as this first visit is concerned, I'm making this conclusion to myself that their burger buns need to pack in more bread; same goes for their patties. The meat is there, the flavor is there, but there's just not enough substance to it. At some point I was even reminded of the greasy burgers sold on the streets. The special sauce that went with the master burger tasted like liver spread on tomato sauce to me. Sad, but there. Too much hype on reviews and word of mouth just killed me. I must emphasize though that I'm making these statements just because I think they are overpriced. Had the price been about 50 pesos less it would have been the other way around.

Nevertheless, their rice burger is commendable. It's meaty, it's juicy, flavorful and filling. I wouldn't mind paying 160 pesos or so for this treat.

I would come back also to try their teriyaki on rice. I bet it would be a lot more satisfying on rice than on their buns.

The honey dew melon shake was too sweet, but would be great for kids.

Sango isn't exactly a bad choice if one would really crave for a different-tasting burger. I hope they'd look into customer feedback also so that they'd improve their products so that people would get more value for their money.

Excited for new year's,