I’ve been hearing King One stories from Richard, Irene and Wendy ever since the Foodie Club meet at Beijing Hand Pulled Noodles and since then it’s been included in my “food/restaurant” hit list to try.  I don’t know how the King One Plurk thread started but when somebody said June 6, it was immediately a “green light” for me without even peeking at my calendar.

 

 

June 6 was such a hectic Sunday.  Bubba and I went from one end of Manila to another end but nothing could have stopped us from joining the King One lunch get-together.  It wasn’t too tough to find the place with specific directions from Richard.  A little before 12 noon, Carlos, Bubba and I were welcoming Irene and Richard back in Manila (fresh from a Davao trip).  Our group of five sat comfortably in the reserved booth near the conveyor belt.

 

 

King One has a conveyor belt that showcases all their little plates of ingredients available for hot pot.  They will basically provide the Hong Kong curry broth on your table and set it to boil.  Once boiling starts, cooking begins.  Grab the plates that you want to add to your curry soup.  Sze Chuan sauce is also available as an additional spice. 

 

 

On the Table

 

I’m so happy that I was sitting across Irene because she knows good food!  She picked the right plates off the conveyor and requested some more plates directly from the servers who are stationed inside the “belt”.  We started off with:

 

 

Tao Pao

Tao Pao is basically beancurd skin.  I learned from Irene that this is used to wrap Kikiam meat.  Interesting huh?  It takes a while to cook them but it’s worth the wait to bite into the soft beancurd skin.  It gives a different texture to your palate –the beancurd sheets have a unique bite about it I can’t quite explain.  It was soft yet textural… almost still crunchy.

 

 

Mozzarella Balls

It’s Singaporean fish balls with mozzarella inside.  Be careful when you bite into it because even if the outside might not be that hot, the inside could be piping hot!!!  It’s best, as Irene advised, to cut it first on your plate. 

 

 

I like the soft fish balls (I’m not a fan of fish balls, maybe squid balls, but Singaporean version is good!) without the evident fishy taste and interestingly semi-sweet and cheesy mozzarella bit inside.

 

 

Lamb Slices

Bubba and I love Healthy Shabu Shabu but it can get quite pricey.  Some plates there cost PHP 500 already and your limited to just one plate for that price.  King One has great meats available with the “all you can eat” price.  I particularly loved the lamb slices and I think even finished one plate by my own.  It had enough meat and fat combined in the strips.

 

 

Instead of dumping the meat/shrimps on the boiling soup that makes them a bit overcooked and dry, the trick is, I learned again from Irene, to place the beef on the ladle, submerge it in the hot pot and wait a few seconds for the pink to turn light brown, then pull it out onto your plate.  The lamb tasted so delicious soaked a bit in the curry soup.

 

Hong Kong Curry Soup

 

 

Enoki Mushrooms

Also known as Golden mushrooms… it’s one of my favorite

 

 

Fresh Scallops

We didn’t get to try this since it wasn’t available that day… but Richard and Irene were able to try it on their previous (dozens) visits.

 

 

Shrimps

Do the same trick with the lamb slices to the shrimp.  King One can serve the shrimps without the shells anymore.  Best to dip the cooked shrimp in the Sze Chuan sauce… it’s like dipping suahe in Chinese restaurants into the semi-sweet soy sauce with spring onions.

 

Dip and Shake -and it gets cooked!

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Other than the above, we also tried litid, pork dumplings, shrimp dumplings, watercress, fresh squid, Hong Kong fish cutlets, etc.

 

 

Richard and Irene brought several pasalubong from Davao –langka yema of 2 brands and durian yema.  My favorite (and I think Joan and Carlos agree with me on this) is the Apo ni Lola Yema Langka –has the sweet milky yema flavor to it and strands of fragrant langka adding a different sweet tang to it.  I almost finished the whole bag.

 

Apo ni Lola has the sweetest yema langka!

 

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Richard and Irene

Love this HAPPY photo!

 

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Abet and Joanne

 

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Carlos aka ZP aka Zipster

 

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It was a battle won by “us”

 

 

After eating the yema langka, I had to eat some more savory food.  I can’t end with only a sweet note on my palate.  I ate more shrimps soaked in the sze chuan sauce and half a plate of lamb slices.  It was a wonderful lunch where the food are abound and of good quality –prepared well I should say.  I get turned off with restaurants that offer buffet sometimes because of the way the food is prepared… but in this case, King One’s staff handles the food properly.  Service was friendly, prompt and inclined –more reason to enjoy your King One feast.

 

 

King One’s “all-you-can-eat” hot pot was such a pleasant and satisfying lunch –all for a good price of PHP 529 per head.  It’s a bit far off the usual Metro highways but the trip to Macapagal Avenue is worth the while.  Best to go on a Sunday where traffic is really light in the area. 

 

 

King One Rotary Hot Pot

M2-A Lower Hobbies of Asia

#8 Macapagal Ave., Pasay City

(632) 556 1370

 

 

King One Album

 

Related Entries

FoodieManila King One

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Photo Credit:

Carlos Palma of FoodieManila.com

Richard Co of TalesfromtheTummy.blogspot.com

 

 

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National Election Results as of May 11, 2010 11:35 AM:

 

Presidential Candidates:

 

1	AQUINO, Benigno Simeon III C.	12,688,024
2	ESTRADA EJERCITO, Joseph M.	8,084,861
3	VILLAR, Manuel Jr B.	4,525,913
4	TEODORO, Gilberto Jr. C.	3,367,778
5	VILLANUEVA, Eduardo C.	951,622
6	GORDON, Richard J.	440,626

 

*Villar concedes to Aquino (11AM)

*Presidential candidate De Los Reyes concedes to Aquino and calls for their camp to provide a more defined platform

*Sen. Gordon concedes to Sen. Aquino (2:40 PM)

Dick Gordon’s Post-Election Statement

I would like to congratulate Sen. Aquino for his spectacular victory. I call upon this nation to unite and support him.

I would like to thank everyone who supported me especially my volunteers and those who gave up their limited resources as a manifestation of trust in my brand of leadership and track record.

I ran a very truthful, straightforward and candid campaign and thought we could run on the basis of our platform, track record and volunteerism.

I would like to congratulate all the winners and pray that they serve our country well.

We accept the will of the people.

Today, we have a victory for democracy with the successful exercise of our first nationwide automated election despite naysayers and doubters.

The fight for this country goes beyond this day. Let us forge on in building a Bagumbayan foe our people.

*Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro concedes presidential race (2:55 PM)

-Gibo will go private after this race.  He will continue civic duties but is no longer interested to hold a government position.

*4 more candidates (Jamby Madrigal, Nick Perlas, Bro. Eddie Villanueva, Former President Joseph Estrada -who’s filing a protest regarding trending of the votes) have not yet conceded. 

As of 5:15 PM, Bangon Presidential Bet, Bro. Eddie Villanueva congratulates Sen. Aquino on apparent victory.  Claims this might be the last time he will run.

*Former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada will not contest the Presidential result but will not concede the Presidential race at this time.  If his lawyer contests the result and protest before the commission, he will supposedly let his lawyer be. 

Vice-President Candidates:

1	BINAY, Jejomar C.	12,464,331
2	ROXAS, Manuel A.	11,629,706
3	LEGARDA, Loren B.	3,426,781
4	FERNANDO, Bayani F.	872,564
5	MANZANO, Eduardo B.

 

Senatorial Candidates

1	BONG REVILLA, Ramon, Jr. B.	16,407,143
2	ESTRADA, Jinggoy E.	16,115,025
3	DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, Miriam P.	14,747,874
4	DRILON, Franklin M.	13,490,275
5	ENRILE, Juan Ponce -.	13,349,517
6	CAYETANO, Pilar Juliana S.	11,676,882
7	MARCOS, Ferdinand, Jr. R.	11,293,762
8	RECTO, Ralph G.	10,536,077
9	SOTTO , Vicente III C.	10,147,602
10	OSMEÑA, Sergio III D.	9,865,737
11	LAPID, Manuel M.	9,253,940
12	GUINGONA , Teofisto III D.	8,762,785
13	HONTIVEROS-BARAQUEL, Ana	7,797,410
14	BIAZON, Rozzano Rufino B.	7,358,332
15	DE VENECIA, Jose III P.	7,114,594
16	REMULLA, Gilbert Cesar C.	6,411,373
17	LIM, Danilo D.	6,255,972
18	ROCO, Sonia M.

 

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Malacanang has issued Proclamation No. 2020 declaring Monday, May 10, 2010 as a Special Public (Non-Working) Holiday throughout the country to give the people the fullest opportunity to participate in the said elections.

 

 

In this regard, employees who will be assigned to work on this day will be given premium pay in accordance with their company’s existing policies.

 

 

I can’t wait to cast my vote in this upcoming national election.  I’m also excited for first time voters who got to register and will exercise their right to vote on May 10, 2010.

 

 

I wonder how the automated election will go.  I pray that whoever wins the presidency or the LGU seats, at the very least, it was really an honest election… with the right count and no tampering of the actual results.

 

Locate your Precinct number online.  Just click on the link below:

 

http://www.comelec.gov.ph/precinctfinder/precinctfinder.aspx

 

 

PLEASE VOTE! 

 

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