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Did you know that San Francisco has a total of 44 hills?

One of the known hills there is called the Russian Hill, one of the original Seven Hills. Of all the places I've gone too (Wow nemen parang ang dami na! hahaha of all the places pa alam haha!), San Francisco has the most interesting landscape. Actually, months before I knew I was going to the states, I watched a viral video in Facebook wherein they were dancing along the streets of San Fo. I thought, it was just one street but it turns out that the roads and streets especially in the Bay Area are all hilly.

I've found a website wherein you can see the steepness of each street in San Francisco, check it out here: link.

REPRESENTING THE PHILIPPINES!!! HAHAHA!

Russian Hill is a neighborhood and its most famous landmark is the Lombard Street which I have included in this post. Before going there, it was only Lombard and Golden Gate Bridge that I think of when someone mentions San Fo to me.

Victorian Houses?

If you're going there, might as well visit the Painted Ladies. It's the most famous Victorian Houses in San Fo.

We found a parking space in front of Lombard Street.

I don't get why I looked thin in pictures. Hahaha. When got back, most people were like, "Hala, kala ko namayat ka na?" Tapos sabayan pa ng, "Nangitim ka lalo." HAHAHAHAHA. THANK YOU HA! Ganda ng pang-welcome eh. :))

The Famous Lombard Street

We've drove there for three times. I read somewhere that those beside this street are the more expensive properties in San Fo.

We decided to walk upwards and not just settle from looking at it from the other side of the road.

The view you'll see from there is another hill called the Telegraph Hill where the Colt Tower is located. Ang ganda pa ng buhok ko! Kainis. Can I live in San Francisco, universe? :)) Isang Pacific Ocean lang naman ang layo sa'kin eh! haha!

This is the left bottom picture of my new blog banner. :)

First person point-of-view

San Francisco Bay, Oakland Bridge, Colt Tower, and the beautiful flowers of Lombard Street.

This was featured before in a Kapuso mo, Jessica Soho documentary and I never thought that I'll be given a chance to visit there hehe. Salamat, universe!

Lombard Street Selfie. :))

The view at my back kind of reminded me of Amalfi Coast in Italy even if I haven't been there. HAHAHA! Kasi naman the colorful hill houses. Someday diba? :))

Goodbyeeeeee

In case you're wondering, the switchbacks were created to slow drivers down. This is also considered as the most crooked street in San Francisco, but it's not the steepest.

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Do you drive?
Is Lombard Street a part of your "road bucketlist"?

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Nasan ka Over Rice nung mga panahong active volunteers pa kami sa Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) at nung mga panahon na sobrang dalas ko sa Katipunan pero hirap na hirap ako maghanap ng mura pero masarap na kainan?! Kakanta na ba kami ng, "Bakit ngayon ka lang?" Haha! Joke! Na-miss ko lang 'yung PAWS days namin bigla, dun kasi ako dumadaan sa location ng Over Rice everytime na pumupunta ko sa shelter. :)

These are the current items on their menu. They will be adding more to the list in the coming months.

The food names and their prices aren't readable in the picture but I'll be linking their Facebook page below so no worries. Take note though that the food they serve aren't authentic halal, they're Halal Inspired. New York Halal Inspired that is.

You can see your food being made.

As much as it's entertaining to watch your food cooked in front of you, I dig the take out counter of Over Rice. It's a plus for me how convenient it is to get a to-go food there. At least there are more delicious and affordable options for people who would buy their food before heading home or before facing the (minsan lang naman or hindi lang talaga minsan) insane traffic ordeal of Katipunan. Yup, tama na 'yung fastfood when you can get real food naman for the same price, diba? Chos. :))

Pero more than that, the take counter is being true to its name 'cause of the fast-paced lifestyle of New Yorkers wherein they just grab their food from a food stall then just eat it fast or eat it while walking.

Hi Chef! Cohen and Aldous sa glass reflection.

While waiting for our food, we all agreed with how witty and well thought of the names of their sauce are. The bottles here are Overrice's version of hot sauce with their names: Pwet Goes Boom, and Pwet Goes Boom Boom! It was so catchy that even if I have a low threshold for spicy food, I tried these too.

Overrice
P 99.00

This is a mixed order so this has beef and chicken on top of the rice.

I like that they put in two slices of pita bread there just to balance out the tastes of the meat, crema de mama and rice.

I am a strawberry person but it's very rare that I enjoy strawberry shakes because some tastes like they just added an artificial strawberry flavoring in theirs. It's a given that it's hard to source fresh strawberries here in Manila so they use frozen strawberry but it's none of my concern because the blend of this was just perfect especially when paired with the meals.

Ito 'yung akala mo, hindi mo na kaya pero kayang kaya mo pa pala. HAHAHA!

I got full already after having the Over Rice 'cause that's a full meal na, pero when we were served this Gyro. Sabi ko, tikim lang but I ended up eating everything. We even asked for the sauce 'cause we couldn't get enough of the crema de mama.

This is my favorite of the three that we ate there that night. There are two sizes. The one in the picture is their regular size gyro and they have a giant gyro which is 10 inches long.

Over Fries

Over na! Or pwede pa?

Syempre pwede pa.

For those who would rather eat there with their friends or want something to eat while waiting for their order, this one's a must-try. The question that was asked that night was, "How to eat this?" Of course, there isn't a right or a wrong way in eating this. Depends lang on your preference. Ako, I ate this using fork. Wala lang. Just want to have the fries and the toppings in once forkfull. Ganern forkfull kasi for hindi spoon. HAHAHA.

Thank you Overrice and Team Aldous for a super and over filling night!

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Over Rice

Golan Arcade, Katipunan

Over Rice is very easy to locate.

This I have proven to be true 'cause when I posted the picture of the food I ate there on my Facebook account, a lot of my friends asked me where it is located exactly and I would tell them, "Terminal ng Katipunan - Balara/ Katipunan - UP na jeep. Dun banda sa tulay. Medyo baba ng SM Blue Condo. " And all the time they answered me, "Okay. Alam ko na. Thank you"

And my food buddies that night!
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