CIRCLES EVENTS CAFE

Ms. Paula May De los Reyes of The Philippine Star featured an article about “Must-try buffet restaurants in Metro Manila.” The author named four (4) of Metro’s highly recommended buffet restaurants which are definitely worth every Peso you spend namely: Li Li Restaurant (Hyatt Hotel and Casino, Manila), Sambo Kojin (Eastwood, Greenhills, and West Ave), Vikings (Seaside Boulevard, MOA, Pasay City) and Circles Event Café (Makati Shangri-La).

This serves as affirmation for Circles Event Café – working in a food company, I was once assigned to assist our in-house chef in research and development for recipes which includes documentation and sensory evaluation. For research aspect, we received invitation from our boss for a lunch buffet. Thanking for her generosity, we learned that we are tasked to scout menu that is exciting, different, unique and for us to dissect flavors and transform into actual recipe with our own interpretation.

The venue was Circles Event Café, it was Friday lunch hour and the place was busy with crowd in serious business for exquisite taste, fine dining and culinary experience. Good thing we have reservation and soon settled I ordered bottomless iced tea in combat for carbohydrates, protein, sugar and fats I’m about to in take. Circles Event Café features a wide selection of cuisine found in different station, what makes it special is that chefs of different nationalities are stationed to assist with all heart by knowing ones preference and delightfully prepares your plate in particular to salad dressing and pasta sauces that I started with for warm up.

Geared up, I freely roamed the area and scouted for something exciting, different and unique menu but I had difficulty for everything at their buffet table was appetizing and falls under category I’m in search for. Circles Event Café was haven not just of food but of good food that will definitely delight your palate in every form; captivating cuisine that selections travels from Western to Asian. I must commend chef of Filipino cuisine for offering such authentic and native delicacies that is to be blamed for patrons for coming back and forth – it was best seller!

At one point I was carnivorous – lamb chops, steaks, roast beef and roasted duck; my plate went fishy – oysters, tempura, shrimps and salmon; went oriental with dim sums; dessert was tempting that I had sinned of gluttony. Over hot tea, we billed out – with 2,800 per head it was definitely a great value for money - Luxurious dining experience!