MODERN SICHUAN: A Taste of Sichuan Cuisine in BGC!

 Read: 10 Most Awesome Chinese Restaurants in Manila! Manila is crazy about spicy food these days, and it’s just the right time to introduce MODERN SICHUAN, the first modern Sichuan-themed restaurant in Manila.  Sichuan is my favorite among all the Chinese cuisines because of its unique hotness and distinctive flavors. Sichuan usually refers to the cuisines … Continue reading MODERN SICHUAN: A Taste of Sichuan Cuisine in BGC!

GLORIA MARIS Greenhills: Modern Cantonese Fine Dining at Our All-Time Favorite Chinese Restaurant in Manila!

 Read: 10 Most Awesome Chinese Restaurants in Manila! GLORIA MARIS Restaurant, specifically the one in Greenhills, is our all-time favorite go-to place for authentic Cantonese food in Manila since 1995. My wife’s Chinese family likes holding their special celebrations here, and I love the yummy consistency of their food every single time. Last year, Gloria Maris … Continue reading GLORIA MARIS Greenhills: Modern Cantonese Fine Dining at Our All-Time Favorite Chinese Restaurant in Manila!

DISCOVER BINONDO: Chinese New Year + Ramada Hotel + 168 Shopping

We celebrated Raphael’s third birthday in Binondo because his birth date, February 10, coincided with the Chinese New Year of the Water Snake this year 2013. It was a different kind of gimmick because we now have Ramada Hotel, an international standard hotel in the heart of Binondo, where you can stay overnight, enjoy the … Continue reading DISCOVER BINONDO: Chinese New Year + Ramada Hotel + 168 Shopping

MABUHAY PALACE: Our Favorite Cantonese Fine Dining and Chinese New Year @ Manila Hotel

Read: 10 Most Awesome Chinese Restaurants in Manila! MABUHAY PALACE is the Chinese fine-dining restaurant of Manila Hotel that serves authentic Cantonese Chinese cuisine, with an elegant modern Chinese ambiance. It’s one of the yummiest Chinese food restos in Manila with a well-curated menu, and innovative food that are usually off the menu list. It’s the … Continue reading MABUHAY PALACE: Our Favorite Cantonese Fine Dining and Chinese New Year @ Manila Hotel

UNO Seafood Wharf Palace Birthday Lauriat

Read: 10 Most Awesome Chinese Restaurants in Manila! We just love Chinese food. 🙂 One of the advantages of marrying into a Chinese family is getting to always enjoy a Chinese lauriat celebration every time there is a birthday or special event. We celebrated Ahiya Pierre’s 41st birthday in one of the best Chinese seafood restaurants … Continue reading UNO Seafood Wharf Palace Birthday Lauriat

To P.F. Chang’s or Not to P.F. Chang’s in Manila?

Read First: P.F. Chang’s in Manila? Shortlink: oap.ph/PFChangsManila P.F. Chang’s, the popular American Chinese Restaurant of Philip Fleming and Philip Chiang, finally opened its first branch in Asia. With 200 restaurants across the US, and branches in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Kuwait and UAE, it also now calls Alabang home. When you eat Chinese food in the US, … Continue reading To P.F. Chang’s or Not to P.F. Chang’s in Manila?

Hong Kong Roast: A Bagtikan Hole-in-the-Wall Favorite

When I first visited Hong Kong Roast, I had this nagging feeling that the food seemed familiar… Later on, we found out that this HK-canteen-type resto along Bagtikan St. in Makati was actually the morphed version of Fortune Empire, an Ultimate Taste Test 5.0. winner and one of the pioneers who helped us launch Mercato … Continue reading Hong Kong Roast: A Bagtikan Hole-in-the-Wall Favorite

Why Peking Garden serves the BEST Peking Duck in Manila?

 Read: 10 Most Awesome Chinese Restaurants in Manila! Kung Hei Fat Choi! Peking Garden undoubtedly serves the BEST Peking Duck in Manila. The crispiness of the skin and the way the duck is served are details that even Chinese restaurants in 5-star hotels cannot match. It is not a franchise but it is owned by the Maxim’s … Continue reading Why Peking Garden serves the BEST Peking Duck in Manila?

IMC (International Master Chef) Kavino Lau

Chef Lau showing the photo where he won a gold medal in the International Master Chef competition. Rumor has it that an International Master Chef (IMC) working for the Chinese restaurant in Heritage Hotel started his own Chinese resto in Jupiter Place (replacing Malacca). It even got the approval of foodies with discriminating taste, who … Continue reading IMC (International Master Chef) Kavino Lau

Suzhou Dimsum – A Xiao Long Bao Favorite No More?

  For the longest time, Suzhou Dimsum is our favorite for its Xiao Long Bao. Depending on where we are close to, we either hit the Malate or Mandaluyong branch when we want our Xiao Long Bao fix. We like to eat at the original Malate hole-in-the-wall branch where the dimsums are actually made. However, after … Continue reading Suzhou Dimsum – A Xiao Long Bao Favorite No More?