{"id":302400,"date":"2019-06-28T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=302400"},"modified":"2019-06-28T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:00:18","slug":"home-of-saipans-biggest-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/home-of-saipans-biggest-burger\/","title":{"rendered":"Home of Saipan\u2019s biggest burger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-302400 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/home-of-saipans-biggest-burger\/inas-kitchen-pix-3\/'>Inas\u2019 Kitchen pix 3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302402'>\n\t\t\t\tInas\u2019 Kitchen is located next to the Mobil gas station in Sadog Tasi on the road going up to Capital Hill. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/home-of-saipans-biggest-burger\/inas-kitchen-pix-1\/'>Inas\u2019 Kitchen pix 1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302403'>\n\t\t\t\tInas\u2019 Kitchen\u2019s 3-lb monster burger. (Contributed Photo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/home-of-saipans-biggest-burger\/inas-kitchen-pix-2\/'>Inas\u2019 Kitchen pix 2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-302404'>\n\t\t\t\tChef Francisco \u201cSonnie\u201d Sablan, right, poses with Inas\u2019 Kitchen staff. (Mark Rabago)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Contrary to popular belief, the famous 3-lb burger at Inas\u2019 Kitchen is not on the Sadog Tasi restaurant\u2019s regular menu.<\/p>\n<p>Chef and co-owner Francisco \u201cSonnie\u201d Sablan said the monster burger is actually made-to-order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened when someone called us up and asked if we can make them a 3-lb burger for a special occasion\u2026we can actually make any of our burgers\u2014grilled cheese, swiss, and pika\u2014into a monster burger&#8230;We just need a day of prep time,\u201d he said during an interview with Saipan Tribune yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan said they make the buns of the monster hamburger themselves and the giant patty takes as much as 30 minutes to grill.<\/p>\n<p>The burger comes with a side of French fries\u2014all 5 lbs of it\u2014and bottled water. Sablan said three to four hungry people can wolf down the monster burger.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from burgers, Inas\u2019 Kitchen has also become a favorite hangout for its carne asada, tacos, and plate lunches. <\/p>\n<p>And while on the topic of plate lunches, Sablan volunteered that the restaurant has actually introduced a lunch plate absolutely perfect for the times.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called APL, short for Austerity Lunch Plate, and consists of Inas\u2019 Kitchen\u2019s meat dish of the day, a cup of rice, side salad, and bottled water.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan doesn\u2019t want to label Inas\u2019 Kitchen as Tex-Mex cuisine because at its core, the restaurant is a culmination of his journey in the culinary world that has saw him hone his gastronomy skills in restaurants in Oregon, Arizona, and Saipan soon after completing culinary school in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the restaurant has been a go-to-place for Federal Emergency Management Agency staff on island still helping out with post-Super Typhoon Yutu recovery. Locals and a smattering of tourists make up the rest of Inas\u2019 Kitchen\u2019s clientele.<\/p>\n<p>Inas\u2019 Kitchen has also gone green as witnessed by its use of paper bento boxes for lunch and actual dinnerware in the evenings. They are also looking for an alternative for single-use plastic straws, which they currently only provide on customers\u2019 request.<\/p>\n<p>Hands on in the kitchen and very focused on good customer service, Sablan said even Inas\u2019 Kitchen\u2019s signage has a real meaning to it\u2014the stylized \u201cI\u201d symbolizes a chef\u2019s knife, while the \u201cK\u201d is shaped like the islands\u2019 iconic latte stone.<\/p>\n<p>Sablan\u2019s family has always been into food service long before Inas\u2019 Kitchen opened in March 2018. His grandfather, Ignacio DLG Aldan, used to operate a mini caf\u00e9 and gas station where McDonald\u2019s Garapan along Beach Road now stands.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Inas\u2019 Kitchen is named after the family patriarch and the burgers and plate lunches are sort of an homage to Ignacio\u2019s old business.<\/p>\n<p>Inas\u2019 Kitchen is open lunch time, from 11am to 2pm, Monday-Saturday; and dinner, from 5pm to 8pm, Monday-Wednesday. It is closed on Sunday. It is located next to the Mobil gas station in Sadog Tasi on the road going up to Capitol Hill and comfortably sits 28 people, but can accommodate a party of 50. For orders and reservations, call 488-1627.<\/p>\n<p>MD: Contrary to popular opinion, the famous 3-lb burger at Inas\u2019 Kitchen is not in the Sadog Tasi restaurant\u2019s regular menu.<\/p>\n<p>KW: Inas\u2019 Kitchen, Francisco \u201cSonnie\u201d Sablan, monster burger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to popular belief, the famous 3-lb burger at Inas\u2019 Kitchen is not on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":302402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}