OVER RICE NYC Halal Inspired Place is Now Open For You!

What beauty it is to see how your food is being prepared in front of you!  You see the caring that they put on each order and the way how they imagined you to visually like your food.  Such is the way of this new food place in the busy point of Quezon City. You can watch them slice, cook and fix your plate every time you dine here.  Welcome to the flagship in its branded line of food – Over Rice.

Located just a few steps away from the gasoline station at the corner of Aurora Blvd. and Katipunan and right before you reach SM Blue, you will see this small but food wonder place called Over Rice.  Managed by a trio of wonderful looking guys, this food concept was inspired by the Halal street carts of New York City.  Meet the trio, Sonny Angelo O. Valencia, Emil G. Javier II and Mark Lester D.L. Lodriga as they tell you their hopes and dreams through the dishes that they serve.

Simply put, what you will have here is a different kind of comfort food.  It is not the type that you have at home (like what mama cooks) or the one you can easily grab at a convenience store (ice cream), but something that will have your fill and satisfy your cravings without you making lose time and opportunity.  Yes, you can dine here or simply have it to go.  It is your beef and chicken meat cooked on top of a flat grill and served to you either with rice or wrapped inside pita bread – with vegetables of course.  Everything here is made by them from the type of meat sausage to the bread and then the sauce, as in everything!  And you can just wrangle yourself to oblivion as to how they made that white sauce that is not of yogurt.

They have 3 main things that you can order:

                Halal over Fries

                Halal over Rice (beef, chicken or mix)

                Gyro (regular and large – I call the large one a whopping club of a meal!)

The Over Fries dish is best with friends unless you are really hungry.  Trust me on this. Chances are you haven’t finished a regular serving of nachos on your own; so for this dish better call a friend.  Like what I mentioned it is like your friendly classic nacho dish served with a twist.  Instead of a light crunchy corn chip or sweet potato chip (as served by a food place), they make use of fries.  Golden fried crunchy potato fries covered with ground meat pieces and their special (according to them it is from the heart) white sauce.  It is good!  I am not a beer drinker but yes, I will recommend beer as the perfect drink paired with this dish.

Their Over Rice creation is nicely presented with the vegetables on one side, so set in an orderly manner while the rice is arranged nicely before topping off with the protein of your choice and that loving white sauce.  You might say it is heavy but honestly, it is quite light but filling.  You may want that Mother’s Cream and Pwet Goess Boom Boom (their white sauce and hot sauce - I love how they name things!) nearer.  They give your plate an additional kick in your face attitude, in a friendly manner of course.

Now the gyro.  I am so full that I cannot describe it anymore! Just kidding!

Yes you can compare it to a shawarma but the difference is how the meat was cooked.  Look the same but taste differently.  This one is one belly filling dish.  It is lighter compared to a burrito but the flavor is real and clear.  You will ask for 2^nd’s if you only took the regular and you can blame the hot sauce for that.

Limited offerings you may say but this is just the first phase of the company.  Soon there would be more stores and more offerings for you to try out and enjoy.  For now, simply go at their present location and enjoy!  They also have a loyalty card that gives you freebie.

See how food is prepared for you!