DISCLAIMER: We judge based on our own criteria!
Tired of the usual samgyupsal and side dishes? Sometimes we get tired of the usual and just want to try something new! But why not try an old favorite that's worth your money? But today, we're craving for some Chinese cuisine. In comes Tong Yang Plus! A new branch has recently opened in SM North Edsa, so we grabbed the opportunity to try it out!
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| Tong Yang Plus at SM North Edsa 3F The Block |
Tong Yang Plus is located at 3F The Block, SM North Edsa. A caution to parents, in front of Tong Yang stands Toy Kingdom and Play and Explore, so you better hold you kids close or you can let them play at the kiddie play room while you wait. Parking is definitely no problem since the restaurant is situated inside the mall. You can park at the 4th floor of the Main Parking by the Block entry so you'll arrive at Tong Yang faster! The ambience of SM North's Tong Yang is still fresh and clean since it just recently opened, the tables aren't cramped, with enough space to walk around for your food! There are couched tables for some major comfort, but the chairs are mostly wooden. The walls are decorated with window-styled mirrors, and paintings. You'll be confused though on what their theme really is since it's supposed to be a Chinese buffet but the decors are mostly American. A lush and well decorated entry way will greet you as you enter, and the first thing you'll notice is that the grilling and shabu shabu ingredients are situated in the middle for easy access! Thumbs up for not getting lost!
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| The meat and veggies hall |
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| Dining Area |
The quality of the food is excellent! Especially the meat, which you have to order from the grill counter, cards with the available meat is displayed for you to choose which meat you'd like to grill. The assortment of the choices is marvelous since you have so many options to choose from for your grill and shabu shabu, this includes different kinds of noodles, vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, dumplings, and meat!
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| Vegetables and Mushrooms galore |
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| Your dose of pig innards |
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| Seafood choices |
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| The "special" choices of meat |
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| The japanese section |
There are some entrees you can eat like the different kinds of tempuras and also different kinds of fried rice. There's also a Japanese section for your usual dose of sushi. There are also some drinks available, including beer on tap! Each table has 4 small electric stoves for each person for the soup, and a large grill in the middle. The waiter will ask you for your own soup preference for your shabu shabu:
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| "We chose Laksa and Seafood!" |
One major turn-off for the grill is that the longer you grill food, the oil accumulates and eventually becomes a deep-frying grill. They just replace the parchment paper in the middle, so the oil still remains in the grill. A little technique is to ditch the butter they provide the grill with. Let the pork sweat that oil for you!
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| We already had it changed twice |
The dessert bar was kind of disappointing for me since I'm a huge sweet tooth, there were at least 3 variants of panacotta, mousses ,and brownies to choose from, and there was ice cream (magnolia) and halo halo available. No cakes! The sadness.
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| Similar to Viking's desserts |
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| Ice cream Bar |
We didn't get to check the bathroom if it was a 10/10, but we have good faith that it's clean and has a bidet. Our overall experience was great since the waiters, as well as the managers, were very attentive! We had no hard time to ask for grill changes or asking for more soup, they try to take all the empty plates off your table as well. We can't say about how fast they do refills though, there weren't much guests since it was a Tuesday. We would recommend this for seafood lovers and shabu shabu lovers as well because you get to brew your own pot of goodness! Some branches might have had some bad reviews, but the SM North Edsa Branch is worth going to!
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| 1 - lowest, 5-highest |
ADULT RATE
Adult Weekday Lunch - 588
Adult Weekday Dinner - 688
Saturday, Sunday and Holiday - 688
KIDS RATE
Kids Below 3ft - FREE
Kids 3ft to 4ft - 188
Kids 4ft to 4’6 ft - 388
SENIOR CITIZEN RATE
60-74 y/o - 20% special discount
75 y/o and above - 50% special discount
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