Our Super Dinner Date in Super Bowl of China

“Where should we dine?” – This is one question that always crop up whenever we have our dinner date. This is a difficult question because of so many restaurants to choose from.

The Question is on our minds one night until we caught Super Bowl’s 1-peso deal. There was a catch, however, because we have to order one main dish to avail of the promo. That was not a problem and we still chose to dine in Super Bowl.

Super Bowl of China obviously serves Chinese dishes so we already had an idea what to expect with their food. There are the usual noodles, dimsum, yang chow, and chicken. They all looked yummy in the menu but what got our mouth watering was a seafood dish sprinkled with what seemed like siling labuyo.

The staff of Super Bowl was generous enough to give us a bowl of chicharon while they’re preparing our food.

The Super Bowl branch that we dined in is in SM Megamall. The place has some Chinese elements fused with Western designs.

Our orders finally reached us after a few minutes of waiting. We ordered the cuttlefish with spicy salt:

We also took advantage of their promo so we ordered Stir Fried Beef with Oyster Sauce for just 1 peso.

We enjoyed our dinner date not only because I’m with My Beloved but also because of the great food. The cuttlefish looks scary because of the labuyo but it was not very spicy. I believe that Bicolanos will not get the kick that they want with this dish.

The beef dish also tasted good. The best part of this is that we only spent 1 peso for this dish.

The food was too much for the of us that we had to ask a Super Bowl staff to pack the leftover stir fried beef. Thus, my Super Bowl dining experience continued during breakfast the next morning.

All in all, we had a great dining experience in Super Bowl of China. The cuttlefish and the stir fried beef. Their staff was courteous and helpful with our “selfie”. We will definitely dine again especially if they have a repeat of the 1-peso promo.

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Breakfast at Charoen Krung Road

Breakfast is what I needed that day when I met up with a Malaysian friend because I know that I'll be needing the energy for the walks that we will be doing around Bangkok. Good thing that my friend already has a plan. He wanted us to have breakfast in a Chinese restaurant.

The name of the restaurant is Prachak, established in 1909. This restaurant is located along Charoen Krung Road near the BTS – Saphan Taksin Station. Just look for stall number 1415 to find this restaurant.

I guess it is a typical Chinese restaurant, complete with ducks hanging at the front. I've seen similar Chinese restaurants in Binondo Chinatown in Manila.

Prachak is small like the typical Chinese restaurants that we have in Binondo Chinatown. But don't let looks fool you because Chinese restaurants are not to be judged by space it occupies but by the food it serves.

We ordered a duck dish, which my Malaysian friend said is the best dish in this restaurant. I can't recall the name of this dish nor its price but I can say that it tasted good.

I enjoyed eating this dish with rice and I can say that is the best breakfast that I had in Thailand.

Our breakfast in Prachak is just the start of my adventure for that day. There are more to come so please stay tuned.

By the way, do you wonder who is this Malaysian friend I'm talking about? Maybe this photo will give you a hint.

Lunch Break at Lan Zhou La Mien

Lunch time found our group in Manila's land of yummy Chinese food. AJ, our group leader, wanted to reach Binondo at lunch time not only because of Binondo Church but also because he wanted us to try his highly recommended Chinese restaurant. That restaurant is the Lan Zhou La Mien located along San Fernando Street.

I was surprised that the Chinese restaurant that AJ recommended is just a stone throw away from Hou Kui Tea House, which is the restaurant highly recommended by my Boss.

Lan Zhou La Mien is a cozy place. The space is quite small to fit many tables and chairs and even customers. Despite of that, AJ said that this restaurant is popular and many people still go to eat at this place. I think that cozyness is typical for the restaurants in Binondo Chinatown.

Fortunately, Lan Zhou La Mien has a second floor. Each pilgrim had a table for himself.

AJ guaranteed that the noodles at this place is delicious so I ordered the Kan Pan Lamien. Our group also ordered the steamed dumplings. We waited 15 to 30 minutes for our orders to come.

The first to reach our tables are the water and the tea.

The long walk from Monumento made us very hungry. I could eat a whole cow just to satisfy my hunger.

Kan Pan Lamien

The serving of the Kan Pan Lamien is big. I think that two people can share one plate of this noodles. Fortunately, my appetite during that day is for two people. I finished Kan Pan Lamien in no time.

I understood now why AJ recommended this restaurant. The Kan Pan Lamien tasted good. It is one of the few best-tasting noodles of all the noodles that I tried.

The steamed dumplings that followed also tasted good.

I think that Lan Zhou La Mien's dumpling is way beyond that typical dumplings offered by the stalls of Master Siomai or even by Chowking. The dumplings have meat and leafy veggies inside.

Yum yum yum yum.

If you want to try wating at Lan Zhou La Mien, I suggest that you prepare enough money because the dishes in this place is not that cheap. The Kan Pan Lamien costs 130 pesos while the twelve pieces of steamed dumplings cost 160 pesos. Refer to the image below to see the costs of the dishes from Lan Zhou La Mien.

The food at this restaurant may not be cheap but the taste of the food will not make you feel that you are robbed. The food at this place tastes really good.

We, the pilgrims, were energized again after eating at Lan Zhou La Mien. We left the restaurant to finish the final stretch of our pilgrimage to Baclaran Church under the hot afternoon sun.

A Parade of Delicious Chinese Dishes

Binondo Chinatown is just a small area in the City of Manila but it has nooks and crannies that delights the blogger in me. The whole town town is brimming with culture, history as well as food. That's why I believe that I can make a whole blog that is just focused on Binondo Chinatown, especially on the restaurants found in its every streets.

This belief of mine was affirmed when I, together with some officemates, went to small restaurant located along San Fernando Street. The name of the restaurant is Hou Kui Tea House. My officemate said that Chinese restaurant is as narrow as a corridor but many people eat at the place.

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My officemates are especially hungry, that's why they ordered a lot of food. The dishes that they ordered came one by one, as if they are in a parade. The first dish that reached our table is a plate of lomi (100 pesos), which is good for 3 to 4 persons. I enjoyed eating the lomi, which definitely tastes better than the ones in Chowking. 

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Big plate of lomi and my cup of rice.

Since it is a tea house, the lomi is accompanied with a cup of tea.

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Another delicious dish that we ate is this fish dish in sauce with onion springs.

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I focused too much on eating that I forgot to know the name of that Chinese fish dish.

We also ate beancurd (tokwa) with salt and pepper (120 pesos), which was hghly praised by an officemate. Another dish that I liked is the Taiwan pechay in oyster sauce (120 pesos).

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We talked about other restaurants and food shops in Binondo Chinatown that offers delicious dishes. My officemates mentioned a lot of restaurants that made my mouth water. I will find time (and money) to visit those restaurants and discover the yummy things that Binondo Chinatown has to offer.

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Hainan Chicken and Roasted Duck

Before one of my friends flew to USA, he decided to treat me for a free lunch. Of course, as a person who likes free food, I gave his treat a go. Since we are in Binondo area and we are sated with the food from the fastfood restaurant, we decided to look for a Chinese Restaurant and this is the restaurant that we found:
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Golden Fortune Hongkong Cuisine

It is my first time to dine in a Chinese restaurant in Binondo. I have eaten in Chowking but that restaurant is not a real Chinese restaurant. Golden Fortune is a nice place. It has courteous and attentive crew, which made me give them a generous tip.
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My friend and I both ordered a meal of one cup of rice with Hainan Chicken and Roasted Duck.

I can’t recall the price of my Hainan Chicken and Roasted Duck meal but it is will not exceed 100 pesos. I first ate the roasted duck and I find it tasty. That is not bad for my first taste of roasted duck. I guess the cooking is right and it is still juicy. I did not event use any sawsawan (dip) for my roasted duck.
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Hainan Chicken and Roasted Duck

My friend first tasted the Hainan Chicken and he commented that it tasted like Tinolang Manok without sabaw (broth). For those who doesn’t know, tinolang manok is a dish made by boiling chicken meat then adding papaya, chili leaves, and spices. I agree with him that the Hainan Chicken tasted like that. In the future, I might not order another Hainan Chicken.

I enjoyed eating at Golden Fortune. I’ll go back there to taste their roasted duck and taste other Chinese delicacies.

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