Chickenjoy lunch! (a few days late)
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
May 24, 2021 7:35pm CST
This is probably mostly interesting to my Filipino readers, but we have a Jollibee not far from my workplace. Last week I went there for some lunch and got a Chickenjoy tenders meal with fries (and gravy for dipping both my fries and tenders) and a drink.
Unless you're from the Philippines or one of the United States cities that has a Jollibee, you've likely never heard of this place. It's a Filipino fast-food chain similar to McDonald's, but with a focus on Filipino tastes (like pancit palabok or their special spaghetti with sliced hot dogs in the sauce or ube hand pies). You can order burgers there as well, either with fries or mashed potatoes or rice on the side.
The chicken is usually my favorite, but I also enjoy their burger steaks with mushroom gravy. I almost always get a side of gravy whenever I order fries from them, as I am originally from Pennsylvania and love my gravy fries!
What did you have for lunch today?
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@DaddyEvil (174441)
• United States
25 May 21
That sounds interesting... but yeah, I've never heard of that restaurant chain.
Uhm... dad burned me out on eating gravy. He had to have biscuits and gravy for breakfast every day. I still don't want gravy... and dad passed away when I was 13. (Mom couldn't stand gravy by the time dad passed away, either.)
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
That's ok, you could get ranch or BBQ as a dipping sauce instead. 
We didn't have gravy and biscuits every day, but my mom did make hamburger gravy on toast for us pretty often. I actually liked that as a breakfast or light dinner growing up. It's closer to the white sausage gravy though, although with less seasoning.
We didn't have gravy and biscuits every day, but my mom did make hamburger gravy on toast for us pretty often. I actually liked that as a breakfast or light dinner growing up. It's closer to the white sausage gravy though, although with less seasoning.3 people like this
@GooglePlus (3806)
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25 May 21
Gravy is something famous or popular when you will come to India... 
I don't know how you will react to it when you said you burned down to eat gravy
@vandana7 can clear you how people fight in restaurants for Gravy 
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@DaddyEvil (174441)
• United States
25 May 21
@spiderdust I usually don't want any dipping sauce with my chicken or fries. As long as the fries are hot and have a bit of salt on them, I'm good. 
White gravy is what mom always made for dad. Sometimes she'd make it with sausage in it but usually it just had seasoning. I still don't want any.
White gravy is what mom always made for dad. Sometimes she'd make it with sausage in it but usually it just had seasoning. I still don't want any. 1 person likes this
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
26 May 21
@rebelann My "gravy fries at a diner" days were in my teens while hanging out with friends.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
Ketchup is also good with fries. The gravy fries are... well, think of gravy on mashed potatoes, but with the brown caramelized flavor of the fries. They were also good when you wanted something more than just plain fries but didn't have a lot of money.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
25 May 21
Yay for Jollibee!
Try dipping your freshly cooked hot fires in vanilla ice cream. Thank me later.
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@allen0187 (59761)
• Philippines
26 May 21
@spiderdust I do this too. The Wendy's soft serve ice cream is called Frostee here in the Philippines.
My favorite food from Jollibee is their Champ. Basically, the counter-part of McDonald's Big Mac. OF course, I also like Chicken Joy and its spicy version. Jollibee burgers are juicer compared to that of McDonald's that is why I prefer Jollibee over McDonald's.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
A popular thing around here is dipping fries in a chocolate Frosty (which is sold as a very thick milkshake, but it's pretty much chocolate soft serve ice cream) from the Wendy's fast-food restaurant. 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
Also, what's your favorite thing to order from there?
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
25 May 21
OHhhh. We have one Jollibee sort of locally . . . I have known about it for years from my Fil friends but have never ventured in there (been meaning to but you know how it goes).
Today's lunch wasn't much of a lunch for me. Took out a bunch of little containers in the fridge of leftovers and ate that 
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@GooglePlus (3806)
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25 May 21
I have tried mixing 2-3 things together.... Found out that 3 different veggies in fridge with rice and form a good tasty food too. So leftovers can be a converted into good lunch too 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
@much2say Give it a try sometime! They've got such a cute mascot too.
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@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
26 May 21
@spiderdust Is their spaghetti "sweet"?
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@lady1993 (27221)
• Philippines
27 May 21
@spiderdust For me, the sauce they put has become less and not as sweet and meaty.
I used to look forward to it every time we ate at Jollibee.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
What's different about the jolly spaghetti now?
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
29 May 21
@lady1993 Oh, no. It's disappointing when companies cut the quality of foods in order to keep the prices down (and profit margins high). 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Jun 21
I think we have a few here because there's a very large Filipino population in the area. My daughter's friends were always talking about it and describing it as "the Filipinio McDonalds".
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Jun 21
@just4him I don't get fried chicken very often, although I enjoy it a lot.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
It looks like there's one in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, but I don't know how far away that is from where you live.
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@kaylachan (84784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 May 21
Popcorn and I managed to eat some mac and chease. It hadn't been an easy day.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
Oh, I'm so sorry. At least you had some comfort food, or at least handy food. 
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
9 Jun 21
Oh gosh that looks so good
Lunch..coconut milk ice cream lol
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
10 Jun 21
Nothing like an ice cream lunch! Mine today was curry ramen, so not the healthiest thing ever.
@sallypup (69176)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Jun 21
I've not had lunch yet. Thinking about that cause its getting toward noon and my stomach is beginning to holler. I made fresh bread last night so maybe a sandwich.
@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
27 Jun 21
@spiderdust Never heard of Jollibee but my goodness, it looks so yummy!
@thelme55 (79324)
• Germany
28 May 21
@spiderdust I had it when I was in the Philippines. Chicken joy is common and famous in the Philippines.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
25 May 21
Oh, is there one in Germany too? Or do you have it when you visit the Philippines?
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@cool83 (4465)
• Sri Lanka
9 Jun 21
We have missed so much those things due to lock down ,How about your country situation about the covid ?
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
9 Jun 21
We're opening back up more after the 15th. A lot of people have been vaccinated, which helps tremendously.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
29 May 21
Glad to know you patronize Jollibee. It's one of our pride. When I was in college in the late 70's I used to frequent their small place. I always love the burger and sundae. I don't remember any chicken then. The burger was being served on a platter brought by a waiter. 
