When I used to make tacos at home, I would use the El Paso Kit, ground beef, shredded Kraft Cheese (Cheddar, 3 flavored Cheddar, or Mexican Style), and La Mexicana Salsa instead of Tomatoes and Onions. My wife loved it. Alas, Cooking at home is far and few in between due to a work schedule that gets me home after 8 pm, and my days off, she wants to go out to eat at her favorite restaurants. As she seems to be getting weaker from the cancer, I want her to be the most comfortable.

Not for dinner, but a Jolibee's restaurant opened up last month about 10 miles away, so after her oncologist appointment, she wanted to eat there for a taste of home. It didn't taste the same, and she doesn't want to go back. I had my favorite dish from there which was a 2pc. Burger steak with rice and mushroom gravy which at first tasted the same (when hot), but as it cooled off a more pepper flavor came out of the gravy as well as the rice was very starchy. She had the Spaghetti and it had very little beef, a lot of hot dog slices, and the cheese was totally different. It seems that in the USA, it is more of a fried chicken (ChickenJoy) place than a burger place. The Yum burger here was close to $4.00 by itself, to me not worth it for a burger that only has a special sauce akin to mayo/ketchup mixture. What I had is basically 2 of the same patties and rice for $1.39 more.

Anybody else eat at an American Jollibee's that has eaten at the Filipino ones see the same thing?