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| - I had never heard of Jollibee until now. I recently moved to Vegas and my girlfriend, the Pinay princess, insisted we stop.
I.....don't.......get.......it.
I'm crazy about my girlfriend, not so crazy about my initial experiences with her culture's food, and I'm have a pretty dynamic and welcoming palate. This place just confused me. There was the "Chickenjoy" which pretty much looks like your run of the mill KFC (I'm not much for fast food on-the-bone fried chicken) but apparently it's serviceable. After that, the menu is all over the place. Hamburger steak, spaghetti with hot dogs, hamburgers, corned beef, spam, slushies with beans in them? This menu seems like something I would be inspired to put together at 3AM after 6 IPA's and a couple of bong hits, right before grocery day, in an attempt to clear out my fridge and cabinets. Don't get me wrong, to each their own, and these are all great food items in their own right, just a weird menu to me.
The girlfriend was excited to go there, I think it's a nostalgia thing primarily. I think these foods for Filipinos are parallel to the comfort foods I've come to know from the Midwest and South areas of the US. Like a little taste of home. The place was pretty packed and it was attached to an Asian grocery store that looked like an interesting browse. I have to admit, I didn't eat, she did. My stomach was being fickle that day and nothing seemed appetizing to me. Three stars because it made the gf happy and the ambiance was intriguing, made me feel as if I were somewhere else besides the middle of Las Vegas.
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