Sunday Night with my Family @ Tempura Japanese Grill

The first Sunday of July was my busiest one so far. I fixed all the necessary permits needed by the store, made some reports and went to the promo cascade at Manila Mall 092. I was horrified by the sudden fall of hard rain. I did not bring any umbrella with me that time so It seemed like I just came from a swimming pool... I went home to Pampanga afterwards and met my family at SM City Pampanga. They were buying clothes that time and I am convincing them to eat because I was starving.

We were supposed to dine at David's Tea House but the waiter said that they were about to close and they are not accepting customers already. We walked to building 4 and we passed by Tempura Japanese Grill and daddy decided to eat there.

The waitress happily welcomed us and she listed down our orders. She kept on offering us different beverages but afterwards she told us that our order is not available for three times. Our dinner was serve on time, but we were supposed to have additional orders but the waitress told us that they already closed their ordering system so we were left having foods that left us GUTOM!

Everything was okay from food to costs. We ordered the house favorites and those that we like from our last visit.

Here is a favorite of my sister

Pork Tonkatsu with Apple Cedar sauce,, this is one of my personal favorites.

Tori Teriyaki

Ebi Tempura for everyone! This is my brother's favorite especially when dipped into vinegar... hahaha

Baby Back Ribs Teriyaki

This is my favorite! The taste is good and very satisfying.. But I guess I was craving for a bigger packaging.

I was just pissed by the waitress that night. We were so hungry but the waitress list down our orders already and in no time they served us our choices. We were supposed to have additional orders but they told us that it can't be done anymore. I told her in a respectful way that next time she should advise the customers if they will close their ordering system for last orders like the way they do in other restaurants. She seemed apologetic so I said it's just okay. I can't stand making a lady cry in front of many. We still felt starving after consuming all of those, probably because we were expecting more. 

Buffet Dinner @ YakiMix, Tomas Morato and the fear of Taenia species

I was feeling weak that day and I haven't eaten anything since the previous night because of the heavy rain when Ate Aljane called me if I want to have dinner with her sister at Yakimix Tomas Morato. I said yes since I was alone that day. We called Fritz to join us. We agreed to meet 5:30 but I was not able to tolerate my hunger so I ate at KFC Morayta an hour before our supposed to be meeting. I was an hour late but Fritz was  better on me when it comes to that art.

We rode a cab to Tomas and by the time we got there, the place is already jam packed. We were number 9 in the waiting list but good thing there were seats and complementary drinks for everyone which made the wait a little comfortable on our part. After 30 minutes or so, we were able to go inside and the battle began!

YakiMix is a Japanese Themed Restaurant which offers buffet lunch from 11:00am-2:00pm during Mondays to Thursdays and 11:00am-2:30pm during Fridays to Sundays. Buffet dinner starts from 5:30pm-10:00pm from Mondays to Thursdays and 5:30pm-10:30pm from Fridays to Sundays.

One of the famous attractions that they have is the Smokeless Grill where you cook the food yourself in the center of the table. There are lots of options from pork, chicken, beef, sausages and sea foods.

They also have cooked food if you don't have the patience to grill your own food. They have varieties of dishes not limited to Japanese. Some have Chinese, Korean or slightly Pinoy touches. They also have these Sushi Bar where there are lots of Sushi options to choose from. I did not bother to go there since I am not a Sushi fanatic after all.

Here is my plate from the Cooked food section. It was a wrong move to get plenty of their rice since this is a buffet. I felt full at once since I just ate lunch plus Japanese rice leaves me with a heavy feeling. I really love the spareribs and their tempura which is the only Japanese food that I can eat all day long without complaining

Here are the raw foods I picked from the bar for grilling. I really enjoyed their sausages, shrimp and different beef preparations. I felt stupid getting a lot of hams since they can be easily found in any supermarket... wala lang just sharing. There are a lot of food which I find weird up to now but they do taste good. I am just quite doubtful whether my food is already cooked or if it's still raw inside. I was afraid to ingest Taenia saginata from beef or Taenia solium from pork.

Here are my weird friends who enjoyed the night a lot. I felt bad that I ate Lunch very late while my friends prepared for this. They went there with starving stomachs. hahaha

We chose to have this Tropical Lemonade which is color blue. They have lots of drinks to choose from.

Here is a glimpse of our grilling session.

After that Gluttony feast, the eating session continues... This time dessert! They have a bar filled with cakes from red ribbon, different pastries, ice cream toppings and a freezer full of different flavors of ice cream, Popsicle sticks etc...

This is the strawberry ice cream which Fritz made for me... he topped it with chocolates and mallows.  

Here is the Leche flan he also got for me. It's perfect! I'm madly in love with this pudding!

These are my choices of pastries. Egg Tarts, macaroons, mini cupcakes, fruit tarts and icing bars...

There are also cheesecakes which are really delicious... I did not get Cakes from red ribbon since I can taste them outside. I prefer to have those which I can only taste there.

Among all the sumptuous  desserts, I really like the egg tarts and the blueberry cheesecake.

Here are our satisfied faces(not to mention tummies) after our BIGATING DINNER!

We were supposed to go home when I told them that I want to watch Green Lantern that night. and they agreed even if Ate Aljane contested our choice. Only I and Mia enjoyed the movie. Fritz was also bored with the movie's plot. Oh well, I can't deny that the ending was a disappointment but I like the message that the movie tries to tell us... go and see the movie yourself:) I don't wanna be a spoiler;)

Dinner @ Tempura Japanese Grill with my family (05.22.11)

It's a usual Sunday night. It's my rest day the following day so I went home to Pampanga. My family waited for me at SM Pampanga. They bought some supplies needed at home to burn time. Good thing there was no traffic that time. Mom was starving already when I arrived. She asked me where do I want to eat and gave several choices. Since I haven't tried eating at Tempura, I chose to dine there.

Tempura  Japanese Grill is commonly seen all over the country's cities. I am not a fan of Japanese cuisine but there is something about Tempura which I find interesting.

I love the simple yet elegant interior of Tempura in Pampanga.

Cris (my dearest sister) is the one who ordered all the food since I was busy talking to mommy. I let her do the job since I know that we almost had the same list of to eat and not to eat:)

Of course we had the very common California Maki. What I like about this is that it's not too sour unlike those which I had at a famous fast food.

This is a free dish from Dad's bucket of San Mig Lights:) It's like pork strips with mushrooms

I think this is Tori Teriyaki

We also ordered two sets of 8piece Ebi Tempura:)) yumyum

I love this dish, very powerful and the taste is a big wow!

Pork Tonkatsu

Another favorite is this. I actually forgot the name of this

Of course it won't be complete without our favorite four seasons fruit shake.

This is my family. Mom and Dad at the extreme right while Cris is on the leftmost portion. I sat between my two cousins while the one standing is Jethroe, a friend of the family.

Oh well, actually the main reason why they went to SM is that they bought Smeagle some clothes.

Here are some of his clothes

I am happy with how they fit with Smeagle's body., but nothing will compare to the happiness brought by a simple meal with the one you love.