Shabu-shabu Buffet at King One

King One has been in business for a couple of years now. Despite its proximity to our home, we never got a chance to try it until early February 2009. King One is an eat-all-you-can shabu shabu restaurant. There is “train” in the middle where the shabu-shabu items can be picked up. However, you have to request for the meat to be served. Check out their shabu-shabu choices here: Aside from the shabu-shabu choices, they have free short orders namely: spare ribs salt and pepper, fried tofu with cuttlefish, oyster cake, fried dumping plus yang chow fried rice or plain rice. You can also choose from 8 types of soup base – satay soup, century egg wansoy soup, spicy szechuan soup, plain soup, Hong Kong curry soup, Korean Kimchi Soup, Thailand Tom Yan Soup and Hong Kong style pork soup.
We liked the HK Style pork soup – they put in a pork bone to flavor the soup. For the shabu-shabu choices, we’re fans of the mozzarella cheese ball while my mother-in-law likes their pork blood with glutinous rice. She’s also happy to find that the Ma-Ki cut of beef is available.
We were regulars of Mini Shabu-shabu and Healthy Shabu-shabu. But with our experience at King One, this is now our shabu-shabu favorite. The meat is freshly sliced and the variety of shabu-shabu choices is overwhelming.
During the weekdays, cost is 499p per head, including drinks while its 499p without drinks on the weekends. However, they have a no leftover and no take out rule. If you have leftovers, you will be charged the leftover price of 599p.
King One is in Hobbies of Asia complex at D. Macapagal Avenue. It's in front of the Mini-Stop. Park near Security Bank and walk towards Mini-stop. Reservations are a must. Ask to be seated near the "train". 5561370 or 5561827.