Marvin Agustin and Ricky Kim for Gen Korean BBQ House in SM Mall of Asia

                                                             August 25, 2017

Actor and celebrity entrepreneur Marvin Agustin and Korean-American, L.A. based actor and businessman Ricky Kim together in one gastronomic food partnership, the GEN Korean BBQ House located in SM MOA , SM By the Bay in Pasay City.

Maybe some of you might be wondering how these two who are very successful actors in their respective countries end up being restaurateurs and have flourishing careers as well in their business fields. 

Oh well we happened to see these two dashing men having dinner at the first Gen Korean BBQ House here in the Philippines with their adorable kids. 

Ricky Kim with his son Asher and Marvin Agustin with his twins Santiago and Sebastian happily dining together at GEN Korean BBQ House 

        Marvin Agustin, a managing partner of Excello Restaurant Management Group,  brought in Gen Korean BBQ House, a giant “cook and order-all-you can” Korean barbeque concept from California. He and his kids got together with Ricky Kim’s family to celebrate the success of Gen’s grand opening. 

Korean-American L.A. based actor Ricky Kim 

Ricky Kim, who is an LA-based Korean-American actor, is in the country to oversee the very first Gen Korean BBQ branch outside the US as Gen’s Marketing Director. Like Agustin, Kim also transitioned from being an actor to an entrepreneur. He and his family are known for appearing on a Korean show “Oh my Baby” and has also appeared in several Korean dramas. 

Being an international actor, Ricky was quoted as saying, " Being an actor is something I always gonna do. Sometimes I might take a small break from acting as a business. As an actor, it's the art of creating conversations. I think I'll always be acting.. eother promoting stuff or Hollywood movies, or tv shows or entertainment tv, game show or whatever it is, I'm always trying to be an artist doing it. As a businessman though, sometimes you have to joggle both of them." 

He also shares being a celebrity, "Gives you the chamce to eat really good food, to travel the world and meet great people, so when you make a new restaurant, you have good food, good people and a great atmosphere, know what's the trend, what's the new thing, being an actor gives me a quick way to get there, to experience everything, I mean when you're building a business, you're biilding a restaurant that you kinda learn from what  other people have done." He hopes to visit the Philippines at least twice a year and whishes to do some collaborstions here like tv show, a movie or he might produce a film here. 

Ricky was so proud to share what Gen Korean BBQ has to offer, he said, "Gen Korean BBQ is somewhere that we could have a great time, you're gonna get great food, which is bottomline the best that you can do, you've got great atmosphere and you're gonna leave here like wow, that was a lot of fun and I'm full. So I guarantee when you get to eat at Gen Korean BBQ, you're not gonna feel like you've wasted your money, your time, you wanted to comeback, you'll have more reason to est so much food, you're gonna be ppsting on social media, what you did here then your friends are gonna see that, then they're gonna comeback. You're gonna have a happy time and happy tummy and a great experience. So I am challenge all the people in the Philippines to come and try it out. 

Marvin Agustin

Meanwhile Marvin Agustin, a popular Filipino actor and a celebpreneur, shares his back story why he got interested in building and owning food chains. He said, "I was a waiter, even a mascot, before becoming an actor, and then I was able to save money I said this is the business that is very close to my heart then I decided to have my own food business." 

When asked about the similarities of being in the entertainment industry and the restaurant business, Agustin shared that both end goals are to make people happy at the end of the day. “As youe fans and casual viewers happy with your work in movies and TV, and as a restaurateur we make people content with good food that we deliver,” said Agustin.   

  The two men are definitely hard-working and devoted dads with time to spare at a sizzling hot new resto, with the best meats you can grill.     

                                                                           

The success stories of these two good-looking and very dedicated men was very inspiring. It's just goes to show that, if you think you can do it, go for what you reallly dream for, go for your passion and never be discouraged hence be inspired and diligent plus always have the positive outlook in life. 

Gen Korean BBQ House accepts private functions and that they assure us that when you get to dine in there, you get the same "feel" like you you dine at their L.A. and Vegas branches or any of their branches. The tips that Marvin and Ricky shared when ordering? They said, never fail to try the premium steak, garlic chicken, pork belly and a lot more, you can order all you can eat anyway. 

Finally, we get to try these!!! 

Hello, Gen Korean BBQ house!!! 

mEAT all you can here at Gen Korean BBQ house with my blogger/friends 

Hawaiian beef

Premium steak

Samngyeopsal

Chicken pops

Beef slices and Japchae

Soups

Salad 

Garlic Chicken

Rice cake

Pork with leeks

Aside from all those meats, they also have shrimps! My fave!!! 

So do you think we've had enough? Na' ah, because we'll be back! 

Thank you Marvin and Ricky for the time and for having us! 

RATES: 

Weekdays except holidays 

Lunch

from 10AM-3PM 

Php 798+ /person

25  menu items

Dinner

from 3PM to close

Php 1288+ /person

35 menu items

For great tasting meat, delectable Korean side dishes and great service, visit the Fil-Am fave at SM Moa by the Bay. For more information, like Gen Korean BBQ on Facebook @GenKBBQPH and follow us on Instagram @genkbbq_ph.

I 💘 Gen Korean BBQ House