Shabu Shabu/ Hot Pots March 22, 2009
Posted by jennipot in Food and Drink, Life.add a comment
My favorite topic has always been food, and one of my favorite meals when I eat out is the hot pot or shabu shabu. I love that everything was boiled and usually I would put the noodles at the latter part of the meal when the soup is flavorful with all the stuff we threw into it. I remember when I used to live in our staff house at Alabang, I’d organize shabu-shabu parties with my team mates. That was really fun but with all of them being guys, I ended up being the one cooking as well 
Places that I enjoy going to are:
Healthy Mini Shabu Shabu - I love that I have my own individual pot so I can anything I want with it, and I don’t have to compete with others to grab the food, and they also serve good steamed dumplings on the side. You choose the main course (beef, chicken, etc.) and they serve it with a platter of veggies, etc. Branches I’ve visited: Rockwell, Boni High, Greenhills. I know there are lots more
Tong Yang - Eat all you can! And they have smokeless grill too. This is great if you are 4 or less people, you get to try as many stuff as you can. Fat beef still my favorite there. They also have a buffet of cooked items and sushi, but not as good as I want.
Thousand Cranes - this is in Greenbelt 3, similar set up with Mini Shabu Shabu, they’re a little cheaper I think.
Luk Foo Hot Pot - if you go to Pure Gold Sucat, they have 2 Luk Foo’s, one’s a Chinese restaurant, the food’s really good and price is reasonable. 2nd one is Luk Foo Hot Pot. It’s not eat all you can, but the price is reasonable, and their shrimp wonton and shrimp dumplings are YUMMY! I usually use the sate soup base. Nice about them is when they serve the soup base it already contains pechay and tofu. Service is good as well!
Tian Tian Hot Pot - Gosh. I was just there yesterday. The last time I was there was 15 years ago. It’s in Pasay Road, beside what used to be Mars Disco (for those old enough to remember! hihihi). I was pleasantly surprised that when I went in, I saw the place hasn’t changed much. And the food is still as good as I remembered. Their dumplings and wontons, as well as the beef and pork balls are great! And their sliced beef is just right, not too much fat. One word of caution, they give you a list of everything they have, you check the box and order all you want. Tendency is when you’re hungry you tick too many boxes, and then you end up worrying about how to finish everything. Only order what you really want to eat, you can always order more if it’s bitin. It’s all raw anyway so it only takes minutes for them to serve your order. The good thing is, you can take home the remaining soup and food because they use microwaveable containers. Service is great too! I’m definitely going back. Oh, and they give 20% discount if you pay in cash, from 11am - 2pm I think. Only for shabu-shabu orders.
Usual things I order: taiwan pechay, baguio pechay, beef balls, sliced beef, pork balls, japanese corn, sliced chicken, wonton, dumplings, sotanghon (only if I’m really hungry).
I don’t usually order sea food because I prefer to eat at Dampa if it’s sea food, more value for money
Well that’s it for now… maybe one of these days I should organize another shabu-shabu party at home… hehehe
BDO Card woes March 22, 2009
Posted by jennipot in Life, Shopping.add a comment
I gotta blog about this because it’s one of my worst experiences with a credit card company. My credit card used to be Equitable Bank Visa, but then BDO bought Equitable so they converted my card to a BDO card. It was ok at first and since I shop a lot at the SM stores, the tie ups they had are great.
3 weeks ago I received my bill and was surprised to find that there was amount under Fees/Other Debits. I called BDO card customer service but was informed they were in the middle of a system maintenance or migration and can’t access my account. I called a few days after, and this time I was able to tell them about the problem. They told me they will text back but never did, so after 1 week, I called again. I was told then that they have to verify my old credit card number, so I gave it to them. They said they’ll follow up and expedite resolution of this matter. And for good measure I even gave them the transaction numbers and dates of the last 2 payments I made on my account. By then I already figured that my January and February payments didn’t reflect on the BDO card account. I was told to call after 3 banking days.
I waited for 4 banking days to be sure, and I was really upset when the person I talked to said EXACTLY the same thing as the last time. They need to verify my card number AGAIN and that they will “expedite” and “follow up” the issue. I got mad and told the agent I cannot accept that answer and insisted I talk to her supervisor. By the way, I waited about 30 minutes before my call was answered so you can imagine that I’m not very happy. And to have that answer again. I looked at my old bills and noticed that they were using my old card’s number, but this one that has a problem, they already used my BDO card number.
The supervisor asked me to fax them a letter and my proof of payment which I did. He said I should call after 2 banking days to confirm receipt of the fax. That’s going to be Monday. I just hope that they can come up with a solution because it’s already been 3 weeks since I first called them. And it’s unfair for me to pay for something I already paid for. I was advised to pay for the amount first, and they will just reverse once this issue has been resolved. We’ll see. I paid today the whole amount. If they mess this up I am REALLY going to get mad and I’ll make sure all my friends hear about it! I am so disappointed with BDO card!!!
Abangan ang susunod na kabanata!
