Andie's 13th birthday celebration with Lola Deedee and the rest of the family was held at Hanayo Grill along Scout Lozano St., very near the corner of Tomas Morato in Quezon City. We were lucky that the restaurant was celebrating its first anniversary with a promotional offer, and thus for every 10 of us, one ate free! It was a Sunday morning, and parking space was pretty easy. We were warmly greeted by the Korean owners, who explained to us that the restaurant was recently ranked second in the list of top Korean buffets in Metro Manila (not bad at all for a restaurant with just a one year track record).
It was a simple home-cooked style buffet spread, quite reasonable for P580 per person. They had several appetizer items: Korean peanuts in honey glaze, kim chi veggies and boiled spinach, plus cross-over sushi rolls and sashimi. I particularly liked the seaweed soup, the hot broth provided soothing warmth to my tummy while we waited for the guests to arrive. The kids, of course, made a beeline for the four cooked highlights--chap chae, beef stew, tempura shrimps and crispy fried chicken with sweet-spicy sauce. The highlight of the meal, however, is cooked do-it-yourself style; each table has its own grill, and you choose thinly sliced meats from the freezer. The ones on the left side of the freezer were marinated overnight, while the ones on the right side, were not marinated.
To cap the event, we all had fun with the Melona ice cream bars that were available at the dessert section (this comes with the buffet price). Everyone wanted a second bar! Happy Birthday, our sweet little angel!
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