Feeling Yang

Because Tong Yang as a birthday celebration place is always a good idea.

With all the food and drinks, "Happy Burp-day" would be more appropriate.

Happy Sad

No, this isn't about one of my favorite Pizzicato Five ditties. But hey, let's play it anyway!



This afternoon, Mark and I decided to hit the merienda buffet at Dad's. We've been thinking about it for a while now, but today, we found the time and opportunity to go. So, it was a happy afternoon of food, food and food.

Surprisingly, the crowd wasn't as wild and "PG" as we initially anticipated. The last time we ate here, it felt like people were on panic-buffet mode - loading up their plates as if they were feeding a multitude. Today, it was calmer, more orderly, and there was actually food on the buffet spread. Again, another reason to be happy.

Sad? Well, that refers to their taco. Behold:

Thankfully there were other buffet offerings to make up for Mr. Sad Taco. (Like Mr. Corn Dog. See left side of photo.) Overall, I'm very happy at how our Saturday was spent.

Sushi strangeness

For some strange reason, Mark and I have never tried eating at a revolving sushi bar in Tokyo. We've been there so many times, but it's something we haven't experienced yet.

And when we finally decided to try it, we ended up doing it in Manila!

Yup, we tried the Sakae Sushi all-day sushi buffet! It was a good deal for P399 since you can eat all the sushi and maki you can, along with bottomless green tea and miso soup.

Of course, the maki and nigiri weren't like the ones in Japan. (As Mark noted.) It was a hit and miss thing, with the misses being really scary and the hits being really good.

Overall, we enjoyed the experience, but not as much as the other people around us who devoured sushi like there was no tomorrow. We were able to finish 18 plates, while the others around us had 20 and more!

Maybe we should go back and improve our record next time.