Tajimaya Charcoal Grill in SM Mall of Asia Review

Beef lovers rejoice. The Mall of Asia(MOA) branch offers unli beef!!! Almost tried the Rockwell branch but luckily we didn't push thru because Rockwell does not offer the unli beef. 

Price is at Php580 per head to avail unli beef, pork, sausage, shrimp, squid, Japanese rice, salad and appetizers. There is a cheaper price for non beef eaters, I think it's around Php420.

For the appetizers, I really like the lettuce with sesame oil dressing and beansprouts laced with sesame oil. Kimchi is a bit too hot for my taste since I really shy away from spicy food. Squid was sweet and tender. There are other food choices such as fresh shrimp, sausage and pork slices but we mainly concentrated on the beef. Beef is fat marbled, I personally don't like fatty beef, I grew up throwing fat away because I think it's icky but Paolo Sy really loves marbled fat beef so I also dug in and lived a little lol, dip it in the sauce provided before grilling. Yum yum! Smells really nice and heavenly. Now I understand why people love their beef with fat, it's sinful but it's really melt in your mouth goodness. I just downed green tea when I got home to wash the grease away.

Tajimaya Charcoal Grill
2137-2139 2/F SM Mall of Asia
Tel no. 5568929

Stuff Yourself Silly at Sambo Kojin

Finally, a reasonably priced buffet offering fresh and quality ingredients 

Price is Php659 for Sat/Sun/holidays plus Php85 if you want to order unlimited drinks. 

The Good

• Shrimp with a solid slab of butter and minced garlic and leeks wrapped in foil, this is the most interesting thing I grilled and the garlic butter seeps right through the shrimp, heavenly! 
• Marbled beef dipped in BBQ sauce before grilling 
• Pork slices dipped in sesame oil with salt and pepper
• Yabu style tonkatsu, you get to grind the black and white sesame seeds and pour tonkatsu sauce over it
• Shredded cabbage with sesame oil dressing 
• Fresh sushi 
• Korean glass noodles tastes really yummy
• Tempura's shrimp is superb and fresh 
• Gyoza packed with a lot of meat and less filler 
• Ice cream with marshmallow and candy sprinkles, yum!
• Cakes from Red Ribbon(?)
• Brownie with a large marshmallow on top is superb, the brownie is chocolatey and dense
• They offer slices of kiwi! To think kiwi is quite an expensive fruit 

The Bad

• Blueberry 'cheesecake' isn't really cheesecake, more of gelatin lang 
• Saw a small cockroach lurking on a chair and informed the attendants, kudos to them they immediately disposed the cockroach 

So far I can't think of any more downside since this is a really good dining experience for me. =)

Sambo Kojin- 15 West Avenue, Quezon CityTel. no. 3728846 or 9212873