Went to Wai Ying in Binondo last weekend with my family and it was exactly what we needed after a…read morelong day exploring. The dim sum cart came around quick, and we loaded up on hakaw, siu mai, char siu bao, and those amazing crispy taro puffs--everything was hot, fresh, and tasted just like the old-school spots back home. The spare ribs were tender and saucy, not overly sweet, and the yang chow fried rice had that perfect wok hei. Service was friendly even though it was packed; our server made sure we had hot tea refills without us asking. Super affordable too--we fed six of us and still had leftovers for under 2k. Total comfort food win. Definitely heading back next time we're in the area. Five stars all the way!

What's the big draw? Long queue for late lunch on a week day? I don't get it. We ordered HK style…read morefried noodles, spare ribs, siomai, roasted duck congee, roasted duck and asado rice. I can summarily declare that all the items we ordered were below our culinary standards in the following order from worst to not so bad. HK style fried noodles, the sauce was peanuty tasting poured over noodles. Horrible looking. The congee is not very appealing to the eyes and the palate. The duck was bony. The congee itself was barely hot. Siomai was no good either. The roasted duck with rice again lacking presentation appeal. The tofu skin roll is ok thus the 2 star. The waiter was very green. Served our sodas without glasses. Avoid and don't believe the hype.

Discovered Tasty when I started working decades ago. This is a hidden gem... not well known…read morecompared to other restaurants. Favorite among the locals. Located beside Binondo Church. I always order the Fried Pork Cho Rice. It comes with a huge, tenderized, thin, and breaded pork chop with plain rice. The outside is crispy and well seasoned. Yummy! Do not miss the sauce! It's on the table (look like soy sauce but it's not) that goes very well with it. It also comes with a bowl of soup. I have ordered the dumplings before... they are good. You have the option of having it steamed or pan fried. I also always order the winter melon juice. Not sure how to describe the taste but it's a sweet and refreshing drink esp when it's hot outside. Staff is pretty efficient. Once seated, they will give the menu for you to look at and come back (or wave them over) to place your order. Decor is basic... more like a hole in the wall restaurant. Check them out when you are in the area.

I usually order for delivery as the people in our office loves them. They offer fresh noodle soups…read morethat are filling. The bigger-than-your-face pork chops alone are worth the trip. Dumplings come in meat only and with kuchay (chives).

Let me tell you a story about how I lost a tooth in Wai Ying…read more I was sitting alone in the far corner of this famed dimsum place, minding my own business and enjoying a hearty bowl of beef mami (their signature savory beef cubes with hand-pulled noodles and tasty broth) and their fried shanghai lumpia when suddenly, commotion erupted and people started scrambling to safety. It turned out that someone was getting robbed, and the lady seated next tot the door was struggling to hold on to her purse. A thief hurriedly grabbed everything else before running out of the door and into an awaiting getaway car. Before I made sense of what was happening, I felt a sick crunch as I bit down hard on the tines of my fork out of shock and panic. I watched the crime unfold as my tongue was feeling the jagged ridges of my broken tooth. Thankfully, Wai Ying bolted the doors and the entrance was no longer open on my next visit. I keep coming back for the mami, the steamed spare ribs and the hakaw which are all yummy and quite affordable. The Taft/La Salle branch of this popular dimsum chain in Binondo is not as crowded as its mother branch, so if you mind the crowds, you can check this place out.

Wai Ying is this Chinese dimsum place at the ground floor of EGI Taft. If anything, I have to give…read moreWai Ying credit. It pretty much NEVER closes. EVER. In 2 years of living here, I've seen Wai Ying closed maybe three times. The first because of its expansion project, second on Holy Week, and third on sundays during the summer. However, pretty much on every other time of the year, it's open. Signal 4 storm with floodwaters that go up to your knees? Fuck yeah it's open. Papal visit? You bet your booty that it's open. 1AM on a random Saturday night? Still open baby. I don't really understand how it can still find people willing to work during these times, but still, you have to give them credit. On every day where you expect nothing to be open along Taft, you're normally going to find that only two places are open: McDonalds and Wai Ying. Even then, I've come across one instance where McDonalds was closed and Wai Ying was still open. That's balls right there. I'm giving them a 4 because of that, but not so much for the food. The food is fairly average run-of-the-mill dimsum, at a mid-level price point. You can expect all your typical spareribs, chicken feet, and siopao available here. They also have a fairly decent selection of rice meals and noodles; I recommend their lemon chicken. The environment is a little suffocating, but that's because the place isn't really that cold and there's always A LOT of people around, which is fair because dimsum places are far and few int he area. But regardless, Wai Ying is aces for its magical ability to never close up. Ever.

Beef noodle and siomai and asado siopao are the best combination. The original restaurant is at t…read more Alonzo and still the best noodle house for over 50 years or more. I've been at the Alonzo restaurant since I was a child. Still the same taste. I prefer ling nam over ma Mun Lok (masuki)

I looove dimsum as much as the next person, but I am just too darned lazy to make it from scratch…read more See, for someone who doesn't eat meat but loves dimsum, this is a struggle. Metro Manila is littered with so much dimsum kiosks every-freaking-where, but no vegan dumpling or siomai easily accessible. One time I had a really bad craving so I tried making jiaozi in my kitchen and failed miserably! So it was such a delight to discover that at Dimsum N' Dumplings, they've started serving organic dumplings and "paopets" (a small siopao, not a furry little creature). At Php 98-110 per order, with servings that are really tiny, they're quite overpriced if I might say so. I mean, they're just made of vegetables, it would make sense for these to be cheaper, right? Perhaps it's the 'organic' label that's jacking up the price? I haven't sampled the Mixed Veggies Siomai yet since it wasn't available during the times I visited. The super tiny Mushroom Paopet tasted strangely sour to me, so I didn't really enjoy that. But the Mushroom and Chives Siomai is wonderful--I would buy more if I could spend more. This kiosk is also located near the cinemas, so might be nice to have some healthy, guilt-free dimsum during your next movie date.

Exemplary Hong Kong style dim sum in Manila…read more The Hakaw (prawn dumplings) had thin, pliable translucent skins with snappy shrimp within. The SioMai had a savory pork and shrimp and shitake mushrooms with few to no fillers. The HarCheongFun noodle rolls with shrimp were stretchy, tender and filled with snappy shrimp. The Egg rolls with egg white and prawn filling had thin crispy wrapper and a clean tasting interior. The LoPatKou (radish cake) featured chunks of daikon and dried shrimp embedded in slabs of toasted crispy batter. And, the LouMaiKai (glutinous tice in lotus leaf) had perfect, fragrant rice cloistering clods of succulent savory Chinese sausage, deeoly seasoned chicken and a whole shitake mushroom. Pricey, but well worth it.

Baked Bun with BBQ Pork: This will always be in our list of…read moreorders. That outer crunch concealing very hot, sweet, and meaty fillings always impresses us. Beancurd Skin Roll with Pork & Shrimp: I found this fascinating. It's not our regular order and I enjoyed its overall flavor. This will be considered for another adventurous return. Braised Chicken Feet with Abalone Sauce: My mouth was very busy trying to segregate the bones and meat and it was a fun experience! I'll enjoy this dish in any sauce and theirs was pretty good! Braised Soup HK Style with Shredded Chicken and Mushroom: This was okay. I'm probably not a fan of this type of soup but I wouldn't mind eating it again. Cold Barley Water: It was bland but what else could I have expected? Haha! Pork Dumpling with Shrimp: If we don't get Prawn Dumplings, this one is almost always present at our table. So yes, it's good! Since each bite was packed with pork and shrimp, it was pretty worth it. Pork Rib with Black Bean Sauce: I found it simple, subtle, and oily but perfect to my liking! Prawn Dumpling: Such a dumpling is our all-time favorite and this is the first kind we'd usually look for at any restaurant serving dumplings. The wrapper looked cute and fluffy yet it did a good job keeping all the generous pieces of shrimp packed together without easily breaking apart. Vermicelli Roll with Shrimp: My experience of this was simple: It's like an elongated Prawn Dumpling but with sauce.

Checked in at Red Planet Malate. Ganda ng review ng Xiao Long Bao at Taiwan Beef Noodle Soup sa…read moreSuzhou Dimsum kaya inisip ko at sinubukan ko Ang Tala... ayon pala Tala-gang di kapanipaniwala Ang Lasa... Makapal makunat reheated dimsum di soupy.. disappointed. Worst Xia Long Bao. Ung Beef Noodle kaunti beef di fresh matigas, matabang ang soup tapos ung pechay Isang kapiranggot lang.. disappointed. Dined May 23, 2024.

Automatic stars x 3 for being able to feed me something that isn't fast food, always being open,…read moreand for being reasonably cheap (at least by US standards). If I could, it would likely be more of a 3.5 star place for me. Note that my rating only applies to eating here at 3am. It may be a much different experience when normal people are going there to eat. Manila is 14 hrs ahead of my hometown so whenever I am there, I am up in the middle of the night without fail starving for what should be lunch. Most of my options are the local 7/11 but you can only eat so many instant noodle cups at 3am before you feel like you are shortening your life span. So I elected to go looking for something more substantial and stumbled upon this place. The brightly lit sign proclaims it is always on 24/7/365 and it sits in close relation to the Red Planet (just like the Moon if you get the pun). Getting there at 3am is a little challenging on foot as you must negotiate a dark and traffic laden street where the sidewalk is missing in many places, or cratered in others along with touts chasing you to try to sell viagra, stray dogs fighting and eyeing your leg like a ham, ladies of the night offering you special massages, and the seriously drunk night clubbers looking to challenge anyone to anything. By the time I made it there, I figured I had avoided multiple trauma, rabies, and an STD before even walking in the front door. There should be a medal for that. The place was empty and quiet and the staff looked tired and bored. Even the security guy at the front door was sacked out and did not stir as I entered. I briefly wondered if I should check him for a pulse but figured I'm out of my country and off duty with a goal for food. Not my problem. I think the staff were surprised to see someone walk in. They were courteous and prompt. So prompt that they came to take my order within 10 seconds of handing me the 5 page menu so I had to wave them off. That was a bad move since they never came back so I had to get their attention when I was ready to order. I got the sense that they are used to regulars eating there and regulars probably know what they want before even walking in. Asking for time with the menu likely outed myself as a Suzhou virgin and must have confused them and made them back way off. I did receive a complimentary glass of lukewarm but tasty Oolong tea while waiting about 10 min for my Mapo Tofu and an order of Xiao Long Bao. Once arrived, the food was tasty. Vinegar and fine shreds of ginger came with the Bao but take note, rice does not come with the entree plates unless you order it. Everything was tasty and made to order. Maybe not the absolute best tofu or the most delicate dumplings I've ever had but definitely they got the job done and for a small amount of bank too. A serving of tofu and 4 dumplings was under $6 USD and filled the black hole in my gut while awaiting sunrise. Cash only here is the rule and I did have to go find the server when I finished to pay my bill. Like I said, at 3am, not much was moving around the place except for a few mosquitoes and cockroaches. Overall, a perfectly serviceable spot and especially notable for always being available. Service could be upped a bit but the food was comforting and tasty especially considering my other options at 3am. I would have no problems going back under similar circumstances. I think it is very worthy of the 3 stars it gets from me.

Golden Dimsum is one of the more popular choices in San Beda's snack bar. It's affordable and the…read morefood is good. It comes a s no surprise then that Golden Dimsum often burns through its inventory sooner than most of the other stall in the snack bar. As far as siomai goes, the one thing I have to like about Golden Dimsum is that they have excellent chilli. I like bathing my order with lots of soy sauce and chilli and prefer steamed, although you can request to have your siomai fried. I prefer to keep it boiled since the chilli is oily enough as it is. Studying for long hours can leave a person mentally exhausted. Exerting the effort to think about where I want to eat can become a struggle after a long day's worth of study. Golden Dimsum is my go to place when I don't want to think too hard about where I want to eat.

Eating at Paotsin always takes me back to my college freshman years. A lot of us especially from…read moreour block would always dine here during lunch break because it was the only one that's affordable at Rob. Because of the frequency of eating here, I think I may have tasted all the flavors of their siomai. I haven't tried out their other options such as the noodles. Going back to their siomai, my favourite will always be the scallops and shark's fin (don't worry. It's not really made from a real shark's fin but of a mushroom that tastes like one). I also prefer them fried instead of steamed. What also makes me go back here often is their special Lemak rice that just makes you full and energized for the whole day. It may be that oily but it's not too heavy on the stomach. Something we college students really need.

Got here an hour before they close and prepare for dinner. Staff were very nice and gave us a heads…read moreup that they close for a period of time. Did not feel rushed at all. Food was plenty and fresh. They had a wide selection of meat and dumplings for your soup, and also had a grill area where you can request for some teppanyaki/hibachi meat. They also have a dessert bar with a few choices of fruit and other sweets.

Came here for lunch and this place was already packed prior to them opening at 11am. They have a…read moreline for reservations and a line for walk ins just like at the DMV. There was maybe a good 100 people when we arrived 5 min prior to them opening. We were placed in a nice glass enclosed VIP room for the 9 of us. And it was neat that each place setting had its own burner and hotpot so that you could individually cook your own stuff. The selections here are huge!!! They had rows and rows of food. From cooked food to uncooked food. Including seafood, beef, chicken, pork. They even had several types of noodles you can add into your hotpot from udon, to black squid ink pasta to other types. For goodness sakes they had about 4 different broth bases to use as ur liquid from fish stock, beef stock, chicken stock and regular hot water. The had an entire wall to ceiling area of just vegetables to add to your hotpot as well. Desserts they had a plethora of them from Korean style to hong Kong style to halo halo to ice creams and many other deserts. They had about 10 different non alcoholic juices and ice teas to try from which were all delicious. They also had about 5 different beers UNLIMITED beers to choose from and even a beer on tap!!!! They even had a tepenyaki type area to cook your foods as well as a sauce station with about 15 different dry seasonings and liquid sauces. Just incredible. Service tho was slow. There was a lot of people working so i dont know why it was slow. From topping off our broths to clearing our dishes. We had dishes piling up clear to the ceiling before they would be removed. Just not acceptable. Price wise to its the most expensive ive seen yet for an all you can eat in the manila area at 888 pesos. The amounts of food justifies the steep price. But i was just expecting quicker service. A good place to bring someone too if they r new to manila. For a quick second i was going to say that this place might rival the hotpot of Taiwan. But still the seafood in Taiwan is still a lot fresher and of better quality.