My Bono Yaki Dinner Experience

I once went out with friends to this restaurant along C5 right across the entrance to Eastwood City. It was a late reservation because the original restaurant where we intended to dine was already full. So we decided to try Bono Yaki Smokeless Grill. It wasn’t such a bad decision after all. It is priced much like most smokeless grill buffets in the Metro, P599 per head. Contrary to what most articles I have read in the Internet, Bono Yaki sports good food and many of their cooked dishes are excellent. I didn’t see where the spoiled food or old fish meat were...

Sambokojin Yakiniku Smokeless Grill: A G...

Named after the Japanese god of the kitchen, Sambokojin Yakiniku Smokeless Grill is a place where Japanese and Korean food come together. Sambokojin Restaurant is an example of the Yakiniku style of dining, where raw meats are provided and diners cook these over a grill and dip the meats in whatever sauce they like. That’s the Japanese part of the buffet. The Korean part comprise the cooked dishes served as part of the buffet: Chapchae, Korean beef stew (loved this one), tofu steak and six or seven selections of Korean appetizers including a variety of kimchis in...

Red Kimono’s Better Than Buffet

Here are some tips on how you can best enjoy Red Kimono’s ala-carte buffet.

Grappa’s Ristorante: a grand buffe...

Grappa’s Ristorante is an Italian restaurant located at the second floor of the Greenbelt 3 Mall in Makati City. Noreen and I wanted to see a movie but we decided not to see one when we passed by Grappa’s Ristorante Italiano and they had a buffet special. A dinner buffet for as low as P595.00 (US$12.14), plus 10% tax. Noreen urged me to have buffet rather than watch a movie. So what made her go for buffet other than the price? See this. Seen here is the centerpiece of the buffet, the suckling pig, also known as the cochinillo, as the Spanish would call it....

How to best enjoy eating at Kamay Kainan

(Photos in this post were taken using a Samsung Innov8) Priced at P244.00 (US$ 4.88) per person, Kamay Kainan is probably one of the cheapest buffet restaurants in Metro Manila. Down South, there are cheaper buffets, but Kamay Kainan is known for serving mostly Tagalog or Kapampangan delicacies. The name means to eat with your hands, a practice as common to ancient Filipinos as it is now. We love to eat with our hands because it makes you eat heartier, without inhibitions, never coy, though sometimes messy more so for those who have never tried it. Everybody loves to...