Weekend Eats. Don Day Fresh Korean BBQ Restaurant

The restaurant was located on the second floor of the building in front of Budgetlane in Antipolo at Circumferential road, across the street from Seisha and Max's. 


Well, hello there Antips, we meet again! Heh I have made it a quest to try out different restos at least every sweldo weekend. I'm just so happy that my friends have the same interest - food trip! And this time our palates are craving something Korean. (Well, I kind of influenced them into craving something Korean.kkk) 

There are a lot of choices in Makati and Ortigas area. However, it's a weekend and I make it a point to shun Ortigas Ave or C5 since traffic is terrible no matter what day it is. Such. A. Horror. Story. (I know, it took you longer to read that.kkk mianheyo) The savior: Mareng Google who pointed us to the right direction that is LA, Lower Antipolo?hahaha Antipolo City is just less than half an hour away. Don Day Korean Restaurant is the one nearest my place, so Don Day it is. 


Don Day offers buffet lunch and dinner. The price though, is really not that buffet-ish.Hahaha I mean, starting at P239, this is a deal you should grab, right? 

Their price list. Posted by the (mini) buffet.

So after the Cell Group sesh at church, I made yaya my friends to have dinner in Antipolo. An easy feat, I must say, since it's just near Seisha in circumferential road. It's a coffee shop we used to frequent. Hence, finding Don Day is easy peasy. We left Cainta at past 6 pm and we were already at Antips at around 7. We still had 3 hours or so to enjoy our Korean dinner. So without further delay, tada... The food...

The rate posted above was actually still slashed for their 2nd year anniversary.
We had the Regular buffet + unlimited samgyeopsal (pork belly) which was originally for P335 but we just paid P299 each. The staff is unsure though when asked how long this promo will last. 
As of our time of visit - February 1, prices were:


Regular buffet                               P199
(lunch only)

Regular buffet + unlimited pork     P299
Regular buffet + Pork (5 plates)     P399
Beef (5 plates; combination)
Shabu Shabu                                 P399
Regular buffet + Shabu Shabu        P447

This was how round one looked.hehe Yeah, the plate looked bare. I didn't want to cram everything since I could just go back. We're having a buffet, and you know there's some reminder/tip about not eating too much before sleeping, right? Might as well do some leg workout by going to the buffet table for ... times :-P So what were in it? Banchan: pajeon, kimchi pajeon, baby potatoes, gimbap, tamagoyaki (egg rolls), and chicharon (because who passes up on chicharon?haha) Spicy fried chicken, jeyyuk bokkeum, bulgogi. 

Unli Samgyeopsal, yay! That's Meann's plate at the corner. They also had japchae but I passed on that. I'm not a fan of the sweet potato noodles. 

Others that I didn't try were mandu (dumplings), spring rolls, sisig (by the looks of it, it was definitely sisig but I'm also not sure if they have a version of that in Korea. I might need to ask my students to confirm.kkk) and the other leafy banchan. There were also two kinds of soup, egg and kimchi chigae according to my friend who did try them. 

 

Fresh fruits for dessert. They also had Bingrrae ice cream, frozen yogurt, and popcicles which were priced cheaper than other Korean restos I've tried.hehe Above: Frozen themed strawberry yogurt P60, and coffee flavored ice cream P30.

Flashing the "V" sign while munching on something.kkk Annyeong Haseyo! :) 

Ahh...mashitaa ^^ There were no more pictures of the succeeding rounds. I just had two. And after the ice cream round, I was done. I don't usually go to buffet restaurants because  feel like I can't get the value of my money. But then again, P330 for a filling dinner plus ice cream is not bad. So, where will our hungry tummies and happy feet take us next?.. Did anyone say Marikina? :) 



Don Day Fresh Korean BBQ
Cicumferential Rd.
11 am - 2 pm; Lunch
5 pm - 10 pm; Dinner

Recharging for a Day of Shopping - Lucca Bakery

This weekend started early (at least for me) and was pretty busy. When girlfriends come together you need the whole day to catch up on each other's busy lives. It doesn't matter if you saw them last month, last week, or even just two days ago.hahaha But seeing someone after more than a year? Now you'll need to hang out until the evening. What was supposed to be a lunch-ish date turned out to be an all day event, indeed. 

Hello girlfriends! 

So, we decided where to eat lunch first. As mentioned, we meant to meet up early so we all ended up skipping breakfast. But I had my obligatory morning cup of coffee, of course. (: That to me is enough to fuel me for a couple of hours or so but i, too was already feeling hungry.  Our first option was a no go. It's usually swamped that time of the day, plus it's weekend. 30 minutes of waiting to be seated just won't do. 

And then Pau remembered one pasta place somewhere in the upper levels. She vouched for the pastries but she hasn't tried their pastas. We decided now's the time we do, too. We ordered the Angel Hair pasta, Pesto, and Baked Ziti. They all tasted good and the servings justify the price. It's their baked ziti that surprised us, though, in a good way. (: it looked like a cross between lasagna and baked mac.hehe And the generous serving was more than I could handle alone even though I was hungry to begin with. 

Angel Hair P195, Pesto P245, and Baked Ziti P235

Now for the drinks, I normally just order coffee. Yeah, even at lunch time, and the hot ones at that. But because of the asar of being stuck in traffic yet again (it's a daily occurrence btw, hello it's Ortigas?), I felt that I needed a cold pick me upper instead. I had Mixed Berry and Opee had Frozen Nutella, yum! 

Smoothies: Frozen Nutella and Mixed Berry at P145

Obviously, there's no more room for desserts so I just took a snap of some of the baked goodies they offer. Also, we have a bazaar to go to and the chocolate festival to check out before Opee's other date.pssh I'll just have to come back here for the five layer chocolate cake, Bailey's cake, and their Mocha Bianca, can't wait. 

Menu: They have rice offerings under the All Day Breakfast listing. They also offer pizza, and at around P300 for tree people to share is not bad. But for now, they're still on our "must try" list. 

Lucca Bakery
4/F SM Megamall, Fashion Hall