FOODQUESTS

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Circles Event Café (Makati Shangri-La)

Ah, hotel buffets. Many fond memories of getting a reservation, asking if the parking is free, of me being under-dressed, and oh yes, great food. These are the things that come to mind when we recall our several trips to Circles Event Cafe in the Makati Shangri-La. Every visit was a delight, with the courteous staff and subdued yet opulent ambiance. Makes me feel rich already.

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KPUB BBQ Meat All You Can (BGC)

I've always thought that the KPub in the BGC was some sort of party place, but it turns out it's a restaurant! Well, a restaurant with a party-ish ambiance anyway. Since we like the Korean take on protein, we gave this place a whirl a few weekends ago. They had a promo on their 1 hour timed buffet (more on the mechanics in a bit) so we tried that. It's a bit on the noisy side when you get to a seat, but you'll notice immediately that it's a pretty spiffy place. From the crew costumes to the tables and decor, the place screams K-Pop.

So the way the 1 hour buffet works is that once your first plate of buffet meats reaches the table, the 1 hour starts. You then have 1 hour to order whatever you want off their menu. Here's the first plate of food we got: the usual appetizer dishes (various pickled items + the ever-present kimchi) and salad greens with some sesame-like dressing. All of these were quite flavorful, and the dressing was quite good. Kind of reminded me of Japanese style salad dressing. We also had some of their Kimchi rice. And yes, it’s spicy. Sweat inducing spicy :)

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Sambokojin (Eastwood)

Ah Sambo Kojin. For us, it's the standard by which we judge all other non-hotel buffets. When we first went there, it was a real treat. You get many good food selections, Japanese and Korean food, at a not-too-expensive price. Plus their Eastwood branch is easily accessible from where we live :). So we decided to document one of our recent trips there, to see how things are at our buffet of choice. Hint: mmmm.

Like what we said before, there's a lot of choices for food, cooked or cookable. From Japanese style katsu to Korean Kimchi, from chilled green salads to hot soup, from the grilled-at-your-table meat dishes that used to walk or used to swim, I think it's safe to say that everyone will find something nice to eat here. Chesca starts off with her usual sushi and sashimi plate, and it's great, as usual. The sushi was a little large though, so it may be hard to eat in one gulp, but we're not complaining.

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Cafe Midas Buffet (Pasay City)

We decided to try out the Midas Hotel's restaurant a few weeks ago. Partly due to curiosity, partly due to the desire for a hotel buffet eating binge. Getting a big discount coupon from an online outfit pretty much sealed the deal. At almost half off, why not give it a shot?

The hotel is located along Roxas Boulevard, near the intersection from EDSA. A good spot for tourists, as they can get a nice faceful of Manila Bay sunset daily (barring the weather that is). Parking is a bit of an issue; the outside parking spaces were all full by dinnertime. The inside was all sparkly and new, but it did feel a bit cramped for some reason. Probably because the building's a little on the petite side. There's a casino somewhere in the hotel, and a bunch of restaurants as well. We only got to try the Midas Cafe tonight, because that's where the buffet was.

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Yakimix (Greenbelt 3)

Hello from the Greenbelt 3 Yakimix. We've been here before quite a few times before. It was a bit disappointing to see that there were fewer cook-able meat varieties compared to Sambokojin or even Tong Yang this time though. But maybe it was because it was nearing closing time. Anyway, here is Chesca's usual starting plate: a couple of rolls, some salmon sashimi and a some nori (seaweed) variants. Nothing too noteworthy in the taste department here.

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Tong Yang (SM Megamall)

We liked our previous experience at the Jupiter branch; this time we tried the one in Megamall for comparisons. We got the spicy broth and the sinigang soup this time. The sinigang was ok (though I did find it vinegar-y for some reason). We both found the spicy soup better tasting at Jupiter. The vegetables were nice, I really liked the Taiwan pechay. Too bad I missed the spinach refill.