Cycle 5 – Item 245

7 (Sun) September 2014

Grill Buffet

1.5

at Yaki Mix

(Robinsons Place)

-Ermita, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines-

with EK

Try Every Restaurant in Robinsons Place (84) (see also TERRP)

Living above Robinsons Place, I’ve been eating my way through the mall.  As far as I know, nobody has ever done anything like this, my unique contribution to the city’s food/blog scene.

Yaki Mix is a buffet restaurant.  No available information on history.  Would seem to be Filipino-owned.  At least a handful of locations around Metro Manila.  Specializes in grill items, mostly pork, sausage, seafood, marinated/seasoned in a variety of Korean/Chinese/Japanese-ish styles, cooked DIY Korean-style on the built-in table-top grill.  Also offers various cooked dishes and sushi, plus sides, as well as fruits and desserts.

As much as I hate buffets in general, these grill buffets are infinitely worse.  Not only do I have to go out of my way to get food that isn’t worth the effort, but I also have to go out of my way to cook it.  In essence, the setup is one step removed from a supermarket.  Never again.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN PHILIPPINES)