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Last Valentine's Day, hubby and I were blessed to celebrate it at EDSA Shangri-La's HEAT Restaurant for FREE!  I won two (2) Lunch or Dinner Buffet gift certificates from our company's internal contest last Christmas.  It's just timely to use them last Valentine's Day.

Luxury Gift Certificate for two (2 )Dinner Buffet

But first, my non-RED-Valentiney-Feel-OOTD:

Mustard symmetrical dress - Online Store Black Belt - Divisoria

Camel pumps - tyangge Bag- Tommy Hilfiger Watch - Casio

Count on me when dining out buffet style, but not dinner.  I originally wanted to celebrate it over lunch because traffic is lesser and I could stay up to three (3) hours trying each and every entree, small portions of course.  But hubby wasn't available that afternoon so we settled for dinner.

Dining Experience.
HEAT Restaurant means: Healthy, Eating, Amazing, Taste (as per EDSA Shangri-La's FB page info).  They boast of a resort-like dine area with 13 open-theater kitchen stations.  They cook a la minute so food is freshly prepared and hot.  Their dining area seats 426 people with two outdoor patios and four private rooms.

Rock star hubby and me at HEAT Restaurant

Each table has this place mat and cutlery set

Spacious dining area for that ultimate buffet experience

Food.
Their 13 open theater kitchen stations have dedicated chefs who cook food professionally.  Whenever I hear theater, orchestrated is the next thing I think of.  It felt like that when I visited each station.

Drooling already?  Now let me take you through the kitchen stations from where I took small portions of food to satisfy our hungry tummies that night.

Different cheeses and nuts to choose from

Choose from mild to strong cheese

Bread Party!

Prime Beef, my favorite!  Well-done please?

Tempura

The Asian/Wok Station

Dim Sum Heaven

Pastries Galore

This giant choco fountain is a stealer! YUM!

More cake slices for you

Fruit crepe station

The Review:
Food.  You will not be disappointed with the choices of international dishes at HEAT.  Since they have an open kitchen, you are assured that their food are made from the freshest ingredients.  Each dish we savored were flavorful.  The only downside was, drinks do not come with the buffet price.  You have to pay Php200.00 additional.

Service. Their staff of waiters is enough to look after every corner of their dining area.  They are quick to reply to your needs.  They even anticipate what you may need such as extra or new set of cutlery.  They also refill your glasses with water almost automatically.  They even look after your belongings when you're roaming the buffet stations.  Their waiters and receptionists are professional and helpful
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Cleanliness.  You would rarely see uncleared table after guests leave.  Tables were set as soon as we arrived.

Price and Overall Experience.  Don't expect that a breakfast, lunch or dinner buffet in a restaurant inside a 5-star hotel will come inexpensive.  You pay the price for the quality and freshness of the food cooked by chefs in their respective theater kitchen or stations.  You pay for the classy ambiance, the premium service and the over-all VIP experience.  I'm just so lucky that I was able to get free gift certificates, but if not, I would settle for a lesser priced buffet restaurants that offer the same international dish selections, even more, than HEAT Restaurant.  But don't get me wrong.  Overall, it was an experience hubby and I truly won't forget.  We loved the food and we were happy about the service.  Will I come back?  Why not?

Super full and happy dating couple, hubby and I

For more information about HEAT by EDSA Shangri-La Hotel:
Call: Phone (02) 633 8888