Our family loooves hot pot. Thus, to celebrate my twenty-nth birthday, I decided to treat my family to the wonderful world of Tong Yang Shabu Shabu.
Usually, we have hotpot at the comforts of our home. But to try out something different, I brought the whole family to the fairly new Tong Yang @ Eton Centris.
What I love about Tong Yang is the variety. There are rows and rows of ingredients to choose from! In fact, the pictures I have below are just two of four rows of ingredients that are available. You have your unlimited choices from the thinly and beautifully sliced meat section (lamb and beef), to various types of fishes (they even have fish heads) and shells. Of course, there’s no hot pot without the shrimp balls, lobster balls, etc. Endless. You wouldn’t even know what to get with the many choices there are!
Below is our soup pot. You can choose from their different types of soup. We got the Spicy and Chicken soup base. The waiter said the spicy was their “best seller” but I find the chicken soup base better, considering I am fond of hot and spicy food. The plate with shells is probably my Dad’s as he looves shells.
Aside from the hot pot, Tong Yang also has a grill… similar to Yakimix. I loved cooking the thinly sliced meats here.
Another thing I like about Tong Yang is that everything is unlimited. You know how buffets like Heat or Circles, you have to pay extra for the drinks. Here, everything’s free and unlimited. And for those who don’t like hot pot food, they also have a few “cooked food” choices. When we were here, there was Yangchow fried rice, and even crab! The dessert area wasn’t so bad either. I ended up eating two bowls of halo halo. Couldn’t help it. If only I had some space left in my tummy… I would have eaten more. The service wasn’t bad either. Maybe because the restaurant wasn’t full, but my mom didn’t have to stand up to get her drinks. The waiters got her what she wanted all the time. I guess the waiters thought that she was the one to pay the bill. Hmmm… too bad for me then! haha
Now if only I am willing to spend 600 pesos per meal, I would definitely go here all the time. But still worth the money. Everyone had fun, everyone enjoyed the food, and no regrets paying the huge bill I got after the festivities.
Naawa yata dad ko, kasi when we got home, even though it was just November 02 that time, he gave me ampao at once. Hahaha
Happy Birthday to me!
