Binondo

Last November 09, a day after the NEO is ONE bash Val, Neo and I, Papa and Mama went to Binondo. Our supposed destination was the AMBOS MUNDOS restaurant to have lunch. Val was telling me the other day that the restaurant was the oldest in Manila and serves Spanish dishes. I became curious and wanted to check it out.

Finding the perfect time that day, we went off went to Manila only to find out that the store was closed! An old timer waiter on the door (who, according to Mama was the same waiter who would seat Val on a highchair when he was still small) relayed "namatay yung manager namin eh kaya kami sarado". Sad news.

We left the place only after Val took pictures of the Vietnamese pig sleeping by the doorway. Look at the pangil! Ganyan ba si Pumba?

We settled for yet another landmark and famous restaurant in the area, SAVORY. We ordered the all time favorite chicken (yummy, yummy!), pansit canton (masarap), beef steak (didn't taste it but looks yummy) and nido soup (just the usual). The servings were in big amounts that we still had half of each plate to take home.

The little one was enjoying and entertaining himself (and the door guard) as we ate. He too had small portions of the chicken and he liked the sauce of the pansit canton that I mixed with his rice.

After lunch we just drove along and stopped by the Binondo church.

See some of Val's Binondo shots.