Shobe's Birthday Treat 2015 at Hong Kong Master Cook, Dampa Macapagal Boulevard, Pasay City Philippines

Ever heard of the term "Dampa Eating"? Well, it's a style of eating wherein you have the option of personally buying your meats/seafood/veggies from the numerous available stalls (aka palengke). A stone's throw away are your choice of restaurants who will cook them for you (aka paluto). 

For tonight, Shobe was treating everyone for her birthday and her chosen restaurant was Hong Kong Master Cook in Dampa Macapagal Boulevard.

This wasn't our first Dampa experience but this was our first time to try this particular "Paluto" restaurant.

Arrived at around 7:30pm and the place was packed! Good thing they made reservations.

After the palengke & the paluto (which took around an hour), here's what we had for dinner....

To start us off, we had Clam Soup (Halaan). Fresh clams in ginger & onion stock mixed with spinach. Sounds so simple yet oh so yum. This got wiped out in no time :p

Soup Blast at Shabu Yaki, Macapagal

** This is actually a late post. **

Our first choice for lunch was 1970 Yakiniku Grill, unfortunately someone mistakenly told us that this was their other branch.

And that's how we came to eat lunch at Shabuyaki.

Shabuyaki, Macapagal

I felt like a balikbayan with this HUGE signage by the door. :)

At 12nn, no one was eating. This was a pretty bad sign for any restaurant. This was a risky undertaking; but the heavy rain outside & growling tummies inside were enough reasons to stay & try. Let's see how Shabuyaki's wares fared...