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A Cup Will Melt Your Heart at Melt Kitchen


As with many other people, my food choices and eating habits are arbitrary, but there are food places that I keep coming back to.

I describe myself mostly as a budget eater. So when the menu appeals to my *pitiful* wallet, okay go!

Fast food places are a given. Other than those, I also go to food stalls and food carts.

The last two decades or so have seen the increase of food stalls and food carts in the country. You can see those food stalls and food carts everywhere -- the sidewalks along EDSA, office buildings and even some of the poshest malls in the metro.

Fortunately, people won't be bored because food stalls and food carts of today are more than just peanuts, chichiria, fish balls and sago't gulaman. Now you can find sandwiches, rice meals, pearl coolers, brewed coffee, doughnuts, burgers, fries, fresh lemon juice, smoothies, nachos and so on and so forth.

They're more than just cheap and quick tummy-fillers. Food carts and food stalls have set their feet firmly on the Filipino food culture, so to speak, and it's highly unlikely that they'll go away.

Many people have their own favorites. Mine too. Including this one, Melt Kitchen which is located across the supermarket in Mega B building in SM Megamall. I've been eating there for almost two years since I first discovered it while waiting for a friend.

All of their rice meals are topped with gravy and a blanket of cheese that's melted by a torch flame. The combination gives their meals quite a distinct taste. Seriously, I didn't think gravy and cheese are good together. I like them separately, but I doubted if they would work well as one. Until I first got to taste their Philly Cheesesteak meal and my doubts began to dissipate in the air.


Melt Kitchen offers a variety of meals:
  • Philly Cheesesteak
  • Beef Jerky
  • Beef Keema
  • Buffalo Chicken
  • Chicken Teriyaki
  • Pork Teriyaki
  • Burger Steak

As of this writing, you can choose the size of your meal - ₱59 ("Light") and ₱69 ("Hungry"). You can also order any of the three add-on's: gravy, rice and egg (surprise, I see no cheese there -- what if you want it a lot cheesier?).


Philly Cheesesteak -- an absolute favorite!
I admit that since then, it's almost always the Philly Cheesesteak that I order because it's a favorite. However, I have also tried Chicken Teriyaki (my date's favorite, by the way) and Buffalo Chicken. But it's the Philly Cheesesteak alone is the reason why I keep coming back to Melt Kitchen whenever I pass by inside Megamall.

Yep, another helping of this Philly Cheesesteak!

The combination of marinated thin strips of beef, green and red bell peppers, gravy and melted cheese -- winner! It is tasty, a bit spicy, savory and of course cheesy. It is so flavorful that you might want to order an extra cup of rice.



Buffalo Chicken
The Buffalo Chicken was interesting -- the chicken was spicy and then a bit sweet, and it was topped off with the savory gravy and cheese. At first, the combination was a bit weird to me because of the sweet factor, but after a few more spoonfuls, my taste buds were beginning to get used to its flavor. It was good, but still.... Philly Cheesesteak pa rin!

Just thinking about the Philly Cheesesteak alone is enough to make my stomach wamble. I mean, how could they come up with such interesting and yummy combination?

As for the pricing -- it is just commensurate to the servings and the flavor. The meals are not just filling but delicious too. You can order a cup of cold and sweet sago't gulaman or just a bottled water to partner your meal. And still you'll get a small change from your ₱100 bill. How nice is that?

I don't know if Melt Kitchen has other branches but I hope that they should open more. I have been partial to Philly Cheesesteak but I will try their other meals someday.


Melt Kitchen
SM Hypermarket, Upper Ground Floor, Building B, SM Megamall, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City

(Migrated content from Wordpress. Originally published on May 3, 2019)


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