NOT SO HOT DOGS =(

I have a confession to make. I have long wanted to try this one out. I pass by it in Rockwell with its shiny red seats filled with people having their fill of gourmet sausages and I always think it’s a must-try. Thing is, with Hubby Sweet on a health quest, I was never able to—until one night when I serendipitously found myself with time enough to have a quick dinner between a trade check (@ Rustan’s) and a late-night FGD/consumer visit in a call center somewhere in Mandaluyong.

Finally, my chance! =D

Sadly, I was disappointed. =(

See, the thing is, I had visions of….well…visions of me being able to replicate the experience of the wide variety of sausage sandwiches I once wolfed down on the streets of Vienna with BFF Cheffy, Ade and Gnie-Gurl during The Wander Years. Maybe it had something to do with the darn place being called WORLD. BANGERS. HAUTE (!). DOGS. I mean….darn.

I ordered the Swiss Cheese & Mushroom Melt Haute Dog. OK, so now I have SWISS CHEESE added to my darn expectation of how a WORLD. BANGER. HAUTE (!). DOG. ought to taste like.

I had visions of a gigantic, peppery, strongly-flavored sausage smothered with gourmet cheese, laid out on a special, lightly toasted, freshly-baked roll.

This is what I got. A ton of fries with a sausage sandwich on the side. Ngyar. =(



I wouldn’t have minded if the sausage sandwich was divine. After all, I once listed French Fries as the one dish I would gladly eat everyday for the rest of my life if I were forced to. The thing is, the sausage should have been the star of the show! How do I describe it?

Think pan-grilled Purefoods Beef Franks laid out on an unheated/untoasted (noooooo!) store-bought hotdog roll topped with sautéed mushrooms then smothered with heated Chiz Whiz. Which is a pretty good combination when you think about it—if I prepared and ate the darn thing at home! =(

More importantly, it would have been a good combination when you think about it—if I did not have to pay MORE for the darn thing than what I would have shelled out if I just used the ingredients at home....=(

I had a hard time eating it pa because the roll was too small to hold everything that was in the sandwich so the entire thing kept collapsing everytime I picked it up. After several tries, I gave up and ate it with a fork and knife. And you don't really eat a sausage sandwich with a knife and fork, do you?

Maybe I should have ordered some other sausage sandwich instead. Like the Ceasar Salad Haute Dog (?). Maybe I wouldn't have had such grand expectations. Oh, well. Hay...=(

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The other new sandwich place in Rockwell that I want to try is Elbert’s Cheesesteak, but after this sad, sorry experience @ World Bangers, I’m afraid to waste good money na naman. Has anyone tried eating @ Elbert's and is it worth it? Tell me before I go!