12/24/2023 0 Comments Skull and bones restaurant![]() Is this going to be a home run for the folks behind Skull and Bones? Fans of their previous restaurants will be satisfied for sure, and this menu reads like everyone’s guilty pleasure. Walls are decorated with remnants of the partners’ childhoods, from old notebooks, trophies and footballs, to photos from their parents’ yearbooks. Homemade twinkies, PHP 45 Midnight Cupcake. Chef Cuit plans to put his homemade pop tarts on the menu soon, and those are bound to be a sugary heart attack. ![]() Rice krispie treats are made with brown butter and homemade marshmallows, which you feel guilty for preferring over the ones you made with your mom for the monthly bake sale. A dark chocolate cupcake blows a lot of the treats on the market out of the water, sinful, dense and dark, with a hidden surprise in the center. ![]() There are twinkies that are baked fresh, and full of glorious, sweet cream, and some are even rolled in raspberry and coconut to mimic lamingtons. Fluffernutter and Fluffernuteller sandwiches are no-brainer crowd pleasers, with a crumby, moist brioche surrounding a mound of Nutella, peanut butter, and homemade marshmallow fluff. Gingered Pork “not your instant ramen”, PHP200 Fried Fluffernuteller Sandwich, PHP200.Īs usual, it is the desserts and pastries section where Skull and Bones shines, with everything made in house by the chef. We had a gingered pork which was sweet, salty, and all sorts of umami, but he’s dreaming up some more versions, like a pork satay and beef BBQ. ![]() Chef Cuit uses all the ramen techniques in creating his bowls (24 hour stock, for example), but adds tongue-in-cheek ingredients and flavours to make them reminiscent of cup noodles. The bowl was generous and comforting, and is something people will come back for, and something I wished they served in their establishments nearer to my stomping grounds. Our hands-down favourite was Chef Cuit’s take on instant ramen, which had me weak at the knees. The gigantic dog was slathered in enough chili to fill a bowl, with flavors that were spicy, deep and intense, then the all-beef frank was covered in enough cheese to bring it to the right side of salty. A chili cheesedog was good for two, with homemade rolls that were soft with every touch. The BBQ pulled pork didn’t skimp on the ingredients, and was of much better value than what some Mexican shacks have been churning out. While a little pricy for the area, it delivers on exactly what they promise-greasy grub made just a little more grown-up. The food, as to be expected from the group, is better than good. BBQ Pulled Pork Burrito, PHP 400 Footlong Chili Cheesedog, PHP 320. There’s everything from burritos to burgers to an intriguing section labeled “Not Your Instant Ramen”. Because of Skull and Bones’s location near UP and Ateneo, the partners dreamt up their ideal version of a college experience, and decided to inject it into their space. Chef Cuit Kaufman remembers his days at George Washington University, where all he had was a tiny kitchenette and a hot plate to create any type of meal, living off boxed mac and cheese and cup noodles. The menu comes from our conception of university grub-from classic TV shows and movies stuff that you’d definitely see Van Wilder or Harold & Kumar downing while on their latest shenanigan. While their previous outings were all inspired by New York, Skull and Bones is an entirely different creature. A new concept by the group behind successful restaurants Borough, Nolita, LES Bagels, and The Bowery, it serves up the kind of food you wish you had when you were in college-heftier, upscale versions of stuff you loved back then.īacon Cheddar Ranch Pull-Apart Bread, PHP 360 Skull and Bones was born out of this nostalgia. No matter how far from gourmet this food is, this kind of grub always holds nostalgia for anyone who’s gone many sleepless nights living off of the microwave. College food has a lousy reputation around the world, usually relegated to microwave burritos and cup noodles or anything greasy, heavy and cheap.
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