Old Manila Food Walk Tour
I love having friends. They help to keep me sane and introduce me to new people and new experiences. A “CR” friend arranged a tour to walk China Town in Manila and we would eat at different areas. The Big Binonda Food Wok was well worth the 1,100Php ($26). We ate at 5 different locations, learned about China Town and how it came to be in Manila, and enjoyed spending the afternoon with friends.
China Town in Manila is the 2nd oldest in the world.
This part of Manila has horse pulled carriages.
Inside of an old church. It had some amazing murals on the ceiling.
First food item: LUMPIA. We tried eating it plain, then with peanut sauce, and then with vinegar. We started off with half and then order another half.
2nd stop was at Dong Bei Dumpling where we got 3-5 different items to try.
We went inside this Chinese store to learn more about the culture. We could purchase candles, god statues, paper money to burn, etc.
Can’t remember much about this 3rd food stop, except it is above a bakery and the owner helps support the firefighters…and the food was good.
Most Chinese are Buddhist. Most Filipinos are Catholics. This place or worship intertwines both religions.
4th food stop to try Sio Pao…it reminded me of a Hawaiian food called manapua.
Also on the 4th stop we tried BichoBicho. It is basically 2 churros stuck together.
There were many places to buy vegetables in China Town and they looked pretty good…this place also had some fish you could buy.
Last stop we were able to try Hapia. I was so full buy this point that I couldn’t finish mine.
And we could purchase any snacks at our last stop. So many new types of snacks that I didn’t know were out there.
The friends that went on this Walking/Food Tour with me…plus about 20 other Filipinos that somehow got in on our “private tour”!
