Vikings Luxury Buffet has been around for quite some time now.  I've been to the Mall of Asia branch once.  They now have branches at SM Marikina, SM City Davao and have announced expansions in Makati and SM Aura.

I'm not really a fan of buffets as I'm not a big eater.  I just wanted to try it so that I could try the different dishes in their buffet.  Anyway, since most of the buffets nowadays have the birthday treat, I took advantage of this promo.  My Mom and I share the same birthday so that means we could get free dinner if we bring along 2 regular paying adults.  I reserved for our seats through their Facebook page and got confirmation.  The reservation holds from 5:30PM - 7:00PM.  After that, they could be giving away the slots to walk-ins.

I had thought that we would be paying for PhP1088/adult for a Friday, but they still consider it as weekday and the rate is still PhP888/adult.  Great!

We also got two kids with us (between 3 and 4 feet) and it's a good thing they've recently lowered the kid's rate to PhP288/kid (I think that's from PhP388/kid, weekday rate).

The table reserved for our group is by the window, with a view of Manila Bay... at least for some moments until it became dark. 

The Food.  They have variety of food laid out so that it's not just in one place and accessible to every part of the restaurant.  They have salads, pastas, variety of rice dishes, veggies and meat viands, soups, grilled meat, seafoods, dimsum, and a lot more.  Here are some pictures of the food they serve.

Tacos

Salad

Seafoods for grilling

Tempura!  Oh I love shrimps.  I just need to make some room for the other dishes so I only got 3.

Chicken Lollipop and some barbecues in the background

A reminder for Vikings... so just get what you can finish.

I hadn't gotten a picture of the meat section but here's a sampler from my nephew's plate... liempo, sausage (they have different kinds), barbecue, grilled lamb, lengua to name a few

Hotdog on sticks for the kids

Pizza

Sushi... there are also different kinds of maki on the side of this "boat"

Bibingka, Puto Bumbong and Crepe Station

Got some Puto Bumbong

Desserts (fruits, marshmallows, chocolate and strawberry fondue, moon cakes, other cake slices, bibingka and other Filipino favorites... and, of course, there's ice cream)

Mooncakes... It's the last day of the Mooncake Festival

Got my dessert (Black Forest, Chocolate-coated marshmallow and Tiramisu)

And last but not the least... our birthday cake (one for each celebrant)!  We were not able to wait for the team singing some songs to the celebrants as the kids are getting sleepy.

Drinks are also included in the rate.  One can enjoy unlimited soda, fruit juices, coffee and beer.

Thank you Vikings!

The last day of 2013's pyromusical competition is my first time to watch it.  I saw a deal at Ensogo and bought a VIP ticket (without dinner) for PhP299 instead of PhP500.
 

Our VIP tickets

VIP with dinner area

 We were there early so we took the chance to watch the sunset at Manila Bay.

Manila Bay sunset

For the competition, it would only be Canada who would be performing.  It started around 8:00PM.  I wasn't able to take some pictures as I'm still adjusting my camera every now and then.  I'm not used to taking pictures of fireworks but this is a good practice.
 

A few minutes after the Canada's presentation, around 8:30PM, most of the lights were turned off.  This is SM's way of joining Earth Hour.

Earth Hour

 

SM Mall of Asia

It was around 9:00 PM when the token of appreciation was given to the judges.  Oh, Randy Santiago was one of them.
 

Then the announcement of winners came afterwards.  Canada won first runner-up.  At least, we saw the presentation of one of the winners.
 

Canada took home the 1st runner-up trophy

 Now, it's time for the Philippines' exhibition.

 

I hope to be able to do this again next year.  I'll make sure by that time, I won't have a lamp post blocking my camera view. :)