Specialty Side Dishes

Rice Ball, Tteok-Bokki, Jap-chae and assorted Ban Chan

Seafood Jeon

 
The key to a quality grilled meat is to make use of charcoal. 

Beef Belly and Doenjang Beef Belly

♥ Cream Cheese and Mozarella Dip

It even has the unlimited cheese dip.

♥ Cream Cheese and Mozarella Dip

♥ Charcoal Grilled Egg

When all the meat and cheesiness gets overbearing, this charcoal grilled egg will refresh your palate.  This is unlimited too.

Samgyupsal Wraps

 You can also ask for a refill of the fresh lettuce and sliced garlic.

Doenjang Beef Belly Cuts

We enjoyed grilling so much, we didn't even notice the grill plate being all burnt. 

Daepae Samgyupsal

But, the server noticed it and asked our permission to change it into a clean one.

♥ Samgyupsal

The servers are so attentive and well-trained.

They even have a grilling plate tray ready to replace burnt grilled plates anytime. 

Drinks
Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
CCYG Chung Choon Yeon Ga (청춘연가) definitely has what it takes to be the leading Korean BBQ chain in South Korea and even here in Manila too.  We're eager to see how prominent it can go.

 

J. Park is a 24-hour spacious two-story restaurant fully surrounded by glass panes.  It's greens and classy interiors is like a paradise inviting every passer by. 


A step inside will even offer an overwhelming comfort with its clean, fragrant and cool vibe.  Aside from the casual dining area on the first and second floor, the second room also provides more privacy with individual rooms by the back hallway. 

Food
While J. Park offers unlimited Samyupsal for only 500 php (minimum of two [2] persons), we opted to order ala carte because the menu had a lot more to offer. 

Pajeori (파절이)

The Pajeori (파절이) literally means seasoned green onion in Korean.  This is a basic Korean barbecue companion especially for marinated meat. 




Beef

Special Wagyu Beef (Rib-Eye) (2800 php)

As indicated in its menu, all meats used by J. Park are Monterey Meat.  As you can see, the Special Wagyu Beef (Rib-Eye) is as promised.  Of course, this is so delicious when grilled perfectly!

Kkot Galbisal (Grilled Beef Prime Ribs) (1,600 php)

With delicious beef variants like the Kkot Galbisal (Grilled Beef Prime Ribs), you would agree that opting more than Samgyupsal is the best way right?


Pork

Samgyeopsal (Fresh Pork Belly) (400 php)

Meals

Bulgogi

Unfortunately, you can only cook either grill or hotpot in a single table.  We were lucky to dine in a big group so we were able to get some dishes from the nearby tables.  Both the grills and the Bulgogi we had were delicious and price-worthy. 

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Kimchi Jjige (Kimchi Stew) (400 php)

Dwenjiang Jjigae (Soybean Stew) (400 php)

The Kimchi Jjige and Dwenjiang Jjigae are both stews.  The Kimchi Jjige is dominated by the flavor of kimchi.  While the Dwenjiang Jjigae is dominated by soybean flavor.

Galbi Tang (600 php)

Who needs a chicken soup for the soul when you can have a healthy and comforting serving of Galbi Tan?  The pork ribs slowly falls of the bone as it simmers in the hot bowl.  Parts of it are melting and mixing into the mild tasting soup which is slightly sweetened by the juju berries.  

Side Dishes

Japchae (500 php)

What we appreciate with Korean restaurants is that the management is very hands on.  You can see that the Korean owners and managers are the ones doing the hard labor as well.

Tsinoy Foodies Verdict

The craze for unlimited Samgyupsal has taken over Manila.  Can you tell what is coming next?  We know!  Four in Love BBQ and Hot Pot Buffet offers an upgraded unlimited buffet experience by combining four different Asian cooking techniques in one.

So allow us to invite you to try Four in Love BBQ and Hotpot Buffet especially now that it has a 20% off opening discount until October 7, 2019.  
 

Four in Love BBQ and Hot Pot is located at the lower ground floor SM Manila.  This is only the pioneer branch and more branches will be sprouting soon!


Four in Love BBQ and Hot Pot offers three sets at different price points.  Naturally, the higher the price, the more inclusions. 

Harmony Set (Unli 399 php)
The most basic set is the Harmony Set (399 php) which limits its inclusions to the ones on the buffet spread which includes: 

*Sushi (which may vary)

*Three (3) raw meats: (fixed)
 ~Pork slices
~Pork in sweet marinade
~Pork in spicy marinade

*Sauces

 You can mix and match your own sauce...

or follow Four in Love's guide.


 *Cold dishes (which may vary)
 ~Side dishes (like banchan)


~Salads 

♥ Tonkotsu

*Six (6) kinds of hot dishes  (which may vary)

♥ Gyoza

*Desserts (which may vary)


Includes in addition to those above:
*Premium beef chuck

Premium beef chuck in sweet marinade

*Premium beef chuck in sweet marinade

Premium beef chuck in spicy marinade

*Premium beef chuck in spicy marinade

*Chicken thigh cut
The chicken thigh parts served were really tender and soft to chew.  

Chicken thigh in sweet marinade

*Chicken thigh in sweet marinade
 

♥ Chicken thigh in spicy marinade

 *Chicken thigh in spicy marinade

*Pork belly
*Beef rib eye
*Squid
*Mussels
*Salmon belly
*Shrimp
*Korean Spicy noodle

♥ Beef short ribs in mozzarella cheese dip

*Mozzarella cheese dip

Abundance Set (799 php)
Includes just adds three (3) quality food items which for us makes it very worth it:

♥ Beef short plate

*Beef short plate
*Beef short ribs
 We love these the most!

 

♥ Scallops

*Scallops


Now that we have all the ingredients, let's talk abut the four (4) Asian cooking technique that Four in Love has to offer.


We can divide them into two (2) major categories: 

Grills 
(1) Thai Mookata (add 99 per table)
(2) Korean Samgyupsal (included in price)
(3.1) Japanese Yakiniku

Hot Pot (add 99 for 1 soup and 159 for 2 soups per table)
(3.2) Japanese Shabu Shabu

♥ Mala Soup

(4) Chinese Hot Pot Steamboat (火锅)



Drinks (add 39 php)


Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
Four in Love BBQ and Hot Pot Buffet offers a top-notch bbq and hot put buffet experience.  For the 20% off price, the Abundance Set is definitely worth a try!  Because of the soup and mookata add-on price, its best to bring at least three companions.  Overall, we Tsinoy Foodies enjoyed the grill, hotpot and sauce mixing experience.  We also liked the three price point for the sets so you can choose depending on your appetite and budget.  Perhaps, for simplicity though, the price could be more inclusive for the soup and drinks.