A food trip to Binondo is the best option to savor Filipino fares with Chinese flavor. Go to Binondo and it is like stepping into the food street of Hong Kong. Here are Binondo’s best restaurants.
QUICK SNACK
637-639 Carvajal Street
This little snack joint found in a street market called Carvajal Street has yummy treasures to discover. Must try their mouth-watering Pancit Guisado, Sate Mi Gisado, Fried Lumpia, and Kuchay Ah, Tenderloin Steak with Onions, Guinumis Quick-Snack
LAN ZHOU LA MIEN
818 Benavidez Street
Drop by the fabulous houseof ‘La Mien’ or pulled noodles. Enjoy their Beef Lamien and Spareribs Lamien and you will surely ask for a second order.
KIM HIONG FOOD GARDEN
1028 Ongpin Street, Santa Cruz, Manila
Have you tried eating in an old dai pai dong type of restaurant? They serve the best Teochew (or Chiuchow) style dishes. Have your fill of their Stir Fried Noodles with Beef, Fried Wanton.
SUZHOU DIMSUM
807 Sabino Padilla St.
This dim sum place is serving flavorful Shanghainese dishes from Eastern China. This restaurant has been renamed as Ongbin Golden Dimsum. You have to sample – Xiao Long Bao, Steamed Beef in Garlic.
CHUAN KEE FAST FOOD
650 Ongpin Street
Located in the most crowded corner of Ongpin, this fast-food resto served canteen-style. It is owned and managed by a Chinese family that brought to the island Eng Bee Tin. They served Kiam Peng with Lechon Kawali or Asado meals, Maki Mi and Goto Soup. They are so delicious that you will surely come back for more.
THE ORIGINAL SALIDO RESTAURANT
2nd Floor, 839 Ongpin St, Santa Cruz, Manila
Salido Restaurant is an institution in Binondo as it is considered one of the most classic and timeless Chinese eatery in this place. Salido is situated on the second floor of an old building in Ongpin. Their Roasted Asado combo with Brewed Coffee is so awesome that you would like to take home for a midnight snack.
TASTY DUMPLING
641 Norberto Ty Corner Yuchengco Street
This tiny joint is great or their dumplings. You would not expert that a bigger-than-palm-sized fried pork chops and signature chili sauce would taste so good. An order of fried pork chops anddumplings could satisfy the mosr discriminating food gourmet.
SHANGHAI FRIED SIOPAO
Sabino Padilla St, Santa Cruz, Manila
Amidst the busy Ongpin Street,you will not miss this place that served food pork bun stall. Being one of the most affordable and delicious food, fried siopao can be eaten on the streets or take home to your family. Fried siopao is not only an economical fare but very sumptuous.