on a hot sunday afternoon, my hunny and i went to Ongpin St. in Manila to check out the chinese new year. Ongpin is the main business district of manila's china town, the premium place for oriental shops, and feng shui's luckiest place to start a business.
we were expecting a lot when going there on a chinese new year. however, i think we went there a few hours late. fire cracker residues already litter the streets indicating that the celebrations have ended.
if i'm not mistaken, the chinese new year is celebrated on a very specific hour of the day. no earlier...no later.
but we were welcomed by dragon dances strutting their way through the traffic laden streets going from store to store.
a chinese friend of my hunny recommended 'La Mien'. A noodle shop on a street parallel to ongpin. but the shop is closed because of the new year. i should've figured that out!
so we went to a different dimsum place. i can't remember the name of the shop but it is on the street on the right after crossing the second bridge of ongpin.
majority of its customers are chinese businessmen in casual attire. we asked the waiter to have the dimsum cart parked beside our table. there we asked the waiter what they offer and gave us a very gawky pinoy descriptions of the fascinating dumplings.
1. vegetable dimsum but with pork (chinese spinach and ground pork)
2. adidas (chicken feet)
3. fish dumpling (shark fin...but i guess it's actually not the real shark fin. the waiter's telling the truth)
4. seafood dumpling (i saw bits of shrimp and more of ground pork)
the waiter might have had a hang-over from the celebrations but the dimsums are good. i'm not sure if it is authentic but i would recommend visiting the place when in Ongpin.we tried their lechon macao checking if it is ok. their version is just plain lechon. not much chinese spices added and it was served at room temperature. the lechon macao of North Park, a chinese fastfood restaurant chain, is far better.
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