Jollibee Daly City
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Friday Nov 7, 2008
I don’t know if you remember Pamie that female American blogger who, several years ago, wrote a blog post completely bashing Jollibee food when she and her friends tried some at one of the US branches. Obviously that lady is an idiot who doesn’t know that food can be altered to suit a certain society’s palate, which won’t necessarily agree with the one she is used to. I’ve always wondered if American Jollibee food tasted any different from the Jollibee back home. One rainy evening my boyfriend and I drove all the way to Daly City from San Francisco to find out.
The first thing I thought when I stepped inside was, Holy shit I feel like I’m back in the Philippines, and this made me feel good. Except for the prices, which were in dollars, the Jollibee at Daly City pretty much looks like any Jollibee you can find in the Philippines. The menu is exactly the same, down to the dessert, which included the peach mango pie and halo-halo.
My boyfriend had the closest thing to a vegetarian option Jollibee offered – cheesy fries minus the ground beef. The fries sat on top of a layer of nachos, which I guess was added because Mexican food is very popular in California. Seriously, I think every street in San Francisco has a taqueria or Mexican restaurant nestled in the buildings. Anyway, the fries tasted just like the Jollibee fries back home, which I prefer to McDonald’s fries because the former is crispier and saltier.
Because we had dinner about two hours ago, I wasn’t very hungry. I kept myself from ordering the Chickenjoy (I was feeling fat from American food) and got the pancit palabok instead. I expected it to taste bland and flat but I actually like it better than the one served at Jollibees back home – the sauce of American palabok is a creamier and more flavorful.
The only downside is that it came with packets of lemon juice instead of calamansi! While it did give the palabok that sharp, tangy flavor, nothing beats good old fashioned Pinoy calamansi on my pancit.
do u still have the Vigan empanada recipe? i’m having a hard time with the dough. if u could help that would be great!
your right, nothing can change the taste of food like jollibee.
even in the other country, jollibee was so popular because of its enjoyable taste.
i like your blog.
give the person a break. they were rude, yes, but its her opinion. no one can change it.
don’t get me wrong, i’m on neither side. I just found others Pinoys overreacting. i’ve seen my fair share of stories about Pinoys commenting rudely about other country’s foods and likewise.
on a lighter note, i like this blog