Ye Dang

It was Andi's second time to celebrate her 11th birthday, this time with Gwammy and Kong Kong, and the rest of her titos, titas and cousins.  We opted to hold the lunch at Ye Dang, a Korean BBQ restaurant located along Julia Vargas Avenue at the Ortigas Center, right under the Meralco Street overpass.  As we sat down, we had a succession of appetizers.  Food came in fast and since we were doing a lot of grilling ourselves, food was cooked to our liking.  As you can see, we ate a lot!

Stir-fried vegetables with seafood bits

Pajeon (green onion pan-cake)

Tofu stew

Jap-chae (glass noodles) which was so yummy! 

Sliced beef on a grill plate

Clear beef soup

Noodle soup with mushrooms

Andie's favorite--Galbi Jim (beef stew)

Beef Bulgogi BBQ

Our average per head spend came to around P500 (we were so full that we were practically bloated).  The restaurant has a lot of exhaust fans directly atop the stoves, so you don't get much smoke into the eating area.  If you notice at the picture below, they put some hexagonal volcanic stones on top of the flame, probably to get concentrated heat--cooking is done pretty fast.  The wooden chairs and the interiors make you feel transported to Korea, so the place is a pretty popular BBQ spot.  It would help to get there early in order to have parking space--it was as Sunday lunch, and the place was approximately 90% occupied.  Only drawback--service can be a bit slow, given the number of diners.