Expatriate Communities and Their Cultural Influences in the Philippines

[thomasian]

What about the most affordable (but clean) but delicious Chinese food?

[Manila-X]

I don't eat Chinese food but Northpark and Superbowl China seems popular there.

[sista]

Originally Posted by WANCH

I don't eat Chinese food but Northpark and Superbowl China seems popular there.

Yup both serve good Chinese food!....

In the Chinatown area, President and VIP (serves very good and big siomai) has good and affordable Chinese food. Also, there's this small Chinese restaurant near cd-r king (forgot the name) that has one of the cheapest and most delicious dimsum ever lol (but clean heheheh).

In the Banawe area, Causeway and Light Year (they serve half of a pineapple after every a set meal...I think this applies when you're ordering only a few dishes) serves good food.

[bagel]

OMG... President, I LOVE President. There used to be a place called Ocean Dragon but that has sadly closed down.

Lots of good Chinese restaurants on Banawe. Is Causeway the one that looks like a boat?

[Lili]

Gusto ko pa rin ang mga makalumang panciteria.

[bagel]

President is one of the classics that I remember going to back when I was a munting food lover. It's an institution. Parang yung Ocean Dragon na dati meron silang eat all you can dim sum na kanilang pakulo noong bago pa ang eat all you can craze. Napalugi siguro ng customer na katulad ko.

[Lili]

Is there still Kowloon House dimsum? I don't think this franchise is located in Chinatown but I like their siopaos and beef curry pies.

[Æsahættr]

Originally Posted by Lili

Is there still Kowloon House dimsum? I don't think this franchise is located in Chinatown but I like their siopaos and beef curry pies.

It's still there. I love thier stuff!

[Lili]

Yes! Thanks lotrfan! Hey, you've got lots of fans in the Skybar!

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by TJ

It is true all chinatown or chinese cities have these strange funky smell of decaying organic matter in them... i don't know where it comes from, maybe it is because of tea or food they dump in the sewers?? i don't know really... Even when i went to Hong Kong this funky chinatown smell similar to binondo is present...

I love the way TJ described it as "this funky Chinatown smell"

I wonder if there's a funky chinatown music to go with all the aroma - what about some of that squeeling Beijing opera?

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by WANCH

Chinatown in Manila is very interesting but it can be a bit dangerous there at night. But the place sort of reminds me of Aberdeen in HK.

Cantonese (HK)


Fujianese (MNL)

I think the Manila Fujian girl is prettier - just my opinion!

[bagel]

They both need to use de-frizzer for their hair. Maybe a leave-in conditioner so that they don't have that just-got-out-of-bed look, unless that's intentional.

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by Lili

My sister, when she went to mainland China when it just opened itself for tourism (I think in the province of Guangzhou) said that she was appalled that a lady just squatted on the street and urinated there. That was in early 1990s.

That is soooo gross! Maybe she was a "street performer"?
Imagine how many flogs she'd get if she did that in Singapore or Malaysia!

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by boybaha

They both need to use de-frizzer for their hair. Maybe a leave-in conditioner so that they don't have that just-got-out-of-bed look, unless that's intentional.

hmmm could be intentional - adds a certain come back to bed with me baby allure.....

[Lili]

Originally Posted by WANCH

Fujianese (MNL)

She's pretty but it looks like she had something done to her nose and eyes.

[Lili]

Originally Posted by drfeelgood17

hmmm could be intentional - adds a certain come back to bed with me baby allure.....

I'm glad you think that drfeelgood since my hair has some natural wave and occasional frizzies in it.

The just out-of-bed look is 'in' nowadays.

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by Lili

She's pretty but it looks like she had something done to her nose and eyes.

I used to think it was just a crazy urban myth but I recently saw a doc about how popular eye lid surgery is all over East Asia - Japan, especially. The trend is being copied everywhere in the Far East. Ok some of the results look good but quite a few turn out to be real disasters - they look so deformed!! Just imagine the fortune they spend on these. On a similar note, "whitening soap" is currently de rigeur in many African countries. A lot of them contain very harmful chemicals though.

[drfeelgood17]

Originally Posted by Lili

I'm glad you think that drfeelgood since my hair has some natural wave and occasional frizzies in it.

The just out-of-bed look is 'in' nowadays.

wow so you're naturally seductive unlike these girls you don't need products to help you shine !

[Lili]

what a smooth-talker. no wonder you call yourself drfeelgood.

[Manila-X]

Originally Posted by Lili

Is there still Kowloon House dimsum? I don't think this franchise is located in Chinatown but I like their siopaos and beef curry pies.

I saw some when I was in Quezon City but I don't consider it dim sum. Actually Siopao is more Filipino-Chinese because you won't find it at a Chinese restaurant in HK. Same as Siomai.