Blame it on Elvis Presley, I was lured into this 50's Americana dimension in the heart of Greenbelt 5 via Mr. Jones. It's a well-executed dining theme from the Raintree Restaurants Group(headed by Martin and Andrej Wisniewski), the same group who brought to you Chelsea, M Cafe, and MoMo).
Mr. Jones' design elements were derived from the Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee lewis era. And like what I said, it was the continuous Elvis Presley that hypnotizes me like a Budol Budol victim to get my lunch there. It's essentially Austin Powers-centric resto with glazed sea-foam-colored vinyl dinner chairs, fire-engine red faux "sharkskin" booths, bronze Copenhagen pop walls and table surfaces, kitschy tablewares. The dwarf-plate Palm Trees dotting the al fresco area add a 1960's Palm Springs feel to the overall dining experience.
They say one can never go wrong with a house specialty, so I grab myself a US Beef Ribcap Tapa and Garlic Overload(Php295 + 10% SC). It's topped with a heap of crispy garlic chips, garlic fried rice, special MoMo, Atchara, and two Sunday Side-Up eggs. It's better than any tapa of any restaurant, but it taste bland for me. I should stick to the rule of thumb that says Filipino foods are best cooked at home.
I was supposed to order a Banana Split but upon getting it I was informed that cherries and almonds are not available. Where can you find a Banana Split without a cherry on top and not sprinkled with almond nuts.
So I decided to grab a second entree. This time, it was superb to the last bite. Rosemary Grilled Chicken and Turkey Melt(Php375 + 10% SC), served with Emmental & Gruyere Cheese, Pesto, Mixed Greens, Tomatoes, Onions, topped with Sweet Cranberry Compote on Toasted Rye, and with home-made fries.
They serve in American quantity which makes it really humungous serving far as Filipino eating capacity is concerned. Still, I vouch Mr. Jones hearty mix of quality and quantity food combo for my foodie friends.
the second food looks sooooo good.
ReplyDelete@Katey: i like it too, more than their US-meat tapa thingy. it taste so good that you'd probably want to ask some more, even if their serving is so huge.
ReplyDelete@Katey: name of that entree is Rosemary Grilled Chicken and Turkey Melt. i so like it i ordered one for take-out, hahaha, and i just ate it few seconds ago. night shift kase, kailangan may ngunguyain ka para pantanggal antok.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it was even topped with cheese. The Rufo's tapa is good, that's what we had last night.
ReplyDeleteSabi nga nila pang tanggal antok daw pag nguya, hehe.
@Katey: hehehe, i think it would be unfair for Rufo's to be compared with Mr.Jones. not that there's anything wrong with Rufo's but since Mr. Jones is using US Beef Ribcap, it would be a lot like comparing Innova with X3. :)
ReplyDeletehaha, true, well I'm not that hard to please, I'd go with rufo's parin, i'm okay with the regular tapa ^_^
ReplyDeleteI loooove chicken! and topped with cheese?? Oh I can't wait to try that.
ReplyDeletePS. Di ka na pwede mag-caroling sa amin kasi tapos na ang Christmas..LOL!
@Peach: wala bang valentine caroling?
ReplyDeletewooooow elvis presley resto! panalo :) kahit ako papasok just because of elvis.
ReplyDelete@Smarla: it's like Butter Diner muzak minus Elvis costume, or Johnny Rockets ambiance but better and tastier food.
ReplyDeleteI envy you. We didn't have a very good experience at Mr. Jones. We ordered some shrimp scampi which was super salty. Parang natapunan ng salt. The honey drizzled fried chicken with homemade biscuits was so nakakaumay. But I find their Caesar's BLT to be really good. The drinks were great too.
ReplyDelete@LadyE: oh noh, their supposed bestseller which is a US Beef Ribcap Tapa and Garlic Overload is not a good experience, but the Rosemary Grilled Chicken and Turkey Melt is superb.
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