Having Tim Ho Wan in the Philippines was such a treat! We were craving good dim sum, and this…read moredefinitely hit the spot. Every dish came out hot, fresh, and full of flavor. The baked BBQ pork buns lived up to the hype, and everything else we ordered was just as delicious. Service was quick, the staff was friendly and attentive, and the restaurant was clean and well-organized despite being busy. It's the perfect place to enjoy a satisfying meal with family. We'll definitely be back the next time we're in the Philippines!

Affordable dimsum , and other Chinese menu. Service is ok- sometimes you have to flag to get…read moreattention. Usually resto is fully packed on peak times. Portion of food is small - got the young chow fried rice as take out. Otherwise - very good food.

Came here for dim sum with the fam and found this to be a solid spot in the middle of Makati City…read more The servers were very helpful and patient-- they moved fast but took the time to guide us on the menu. My mom was looking for something specific but couldn't remember the name of it or find it on the menu, so one server listened to her describe it and found it for us (Two Kinds of Roasted Combination). The restaurant itself is fairly standard. Nothing too special but it did look like they had a private party room. The other items we ordered were all pretty delicious (har gow, pork siomai, prawns in Peking sauce, fried noodles with seafood, superior fried rice, and buchi). I would come back to dine in or order delivery/takeout.

My mother always orders from HSL. It has good service. Take out always done with Ted. Delicious,…read moreon time and excellent. We are return clients for the last 10 years.

I'm glad they have a store in Glorietta - walking distance from our place in Legazpi village. It's…read morethe first store to pass through from the Landmark walkway. Their staff were attentive and friendly. I had my usual hakaw (shrimp dumpling) and century egg. I love their dimsum with the chili sauce and ginger sauce - yum! For a change my husband tried their pork asado with chicken feet and he liked it. We also had their houseblend iced tea which was good and refreshing.

My parents been coming here for years when they visit from the US. Was expecting it to be really…read moregood. The food was all pretty good, good sized servings but what was horrible was the service. Place wasn't even that busy but took so long to get anything. Asked the same waiter twice for my soda which never came and they even charged me for it. Sent that bill back to remove it and they seemed bothered that I did that. Then we decided to get 2 ice cream desserts before heading home but we should've just went home. Took over 25 minutes...for ice cream. I wouldn't come back here with All the other choices they have

To avoid confusion with other establishments in Manila, what is known in Beijing and Shanghai as…read morethe Bellagio is called Lugang Cafe here. We patronized the place in order to take advantage of their Feast All You Can promo which, for less than six hundred pesos, allows you to order one House Specialty and as much as you want of most everything else on the menu. Now, it bears mentioning that I'm not exactly a fan of buffets--often, ninety percent of what's laid out is a half-baked concoction of chefs that don't exactly have the time to develop and focus on every single dish they have to pop out come the dinner rush, and not everything is worth the calories--and while the food at Lugang isn't really served buffet style, I was hesitant. I was willing to try it though because I figured if I was ordering from the menu anyway, then those dishes probably did go through better development procedures than buffet food. For my House Specialty dish, I ordered their crispy fried chicken (but only because everyone else at my table had already ordered their Hainan chicken). The chicken that they set down in front of me was a healthy brown color (very promising), and the skin definitely looked crispy. It tasted pretty good, too! I was happily surprised that they did not commit the fried chicken sin of uneven cooking and underseasoning. The rest of what I ate was mostly their Xiao Long Bao. There were other dishes on our table, but I couldn't stop eating the Xiao Long Bao. It was THAT GOOD. I liked that the wrapper wasn't fragile (like in other places), so the soup wouldn't pour out at the slightest touch of your chopsticks. Another homerun was their mango dessert thing. They serve it with ice cream and shaved ice, and it's a simple-looking bowl of yellow stuff, but it was surprisingly REALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD. I'm a chocolate-is-the-only-real-dessert kind of gal, but let me tell you, they must lace their mangoes with some sort of aphrodisiac because everyone at our table loved it! So much so that we ordered several more bowls to share. I was surprised to find how much I loved Lugang Cafe. For a while now, I've been too suspicious of it to patronize it, but now I think of it as a go-to for indecisive and hungry moments.

SM has really been upping up the ante in terms of experience and abundance of choice for its…read morecustomers. I was recently at the food court area of SM Makati and I was quite taken with the way the area was designed. This was definitely not the SM food court of my childhood in the 90s. After surveying the food options, I zeroed in on an interesting food concept - Dipping Dumpling. The idea is to choose any sort of dumpling from a range of options and to choose a dip to go along with the dumplings. The dumpling choices ranged from the normal, which are the usual Pork Dumplings, Sharks Fin, Shrimp Wantons to the more uncommon ones like Scallop Wanton, Crab Wanton, Prawn Puff, Squid Wanton and so much more. For the dipping sauces, there were Szechuan Chili, Sweet Miso, Spicy Peanut, Curry Sate and Sesame Soy. There were so many choices that I actually had a hard time choosing! Eventually, I got the Scallop Wanton with the Szechuan Chili dip and it was delish! And the whole thing cost less than a hundred pesos! I am definitely going back to this food court gem in the future.

Can't complain. Good food! Good prices! Definitely good service!…read more Get here early or you may have to wait a bit for seat, however, everything moves quick so you won't need to wait for a long time. Portions are smaller compare to other international locations but it's just right for me because the prices are way lower. It's also less noisy inside compare to the restaurant next door so you'll definitely be able to hold a conversation with your friends and family.

The hubby has never had Tim Ho Wan before and we got lucky that our air bnb had one just across the…read morestreet. Let's give it a go shall we. First we have Century Egg congee. This porridge has great flavor. It's warming and comforting. 8.5/10 Chicken Feet, the texture is on point. The flavors are sublime. 8/10. Dumpling with the spicy sauce. Bussin! 9/10 The mushroom bun is ok. The looks are spectacular, the flavor is just md. 6.5/10 Bean Curd skin. That's a favorite of mine. 8.6/10 The meatballs, another favorite of mine 8.9/10 Then there's the signature pork Buns. Of course these can get a 9.5/10 My favorite thing to get here is this. The rice in lotus leaf dish. So much comfort in this plate, it can get a 10/10. If you ever make it to Taguig, do give this spot a proper go at it and let me know what you think. Hit that follow for more food and travel adventures by yours truly. Share this review with a smash mode buddy and thank you so much for reading along. I love you Mwah!

Going to NAIA is aways a chore. Bad traffic on the way and limited food selection inside the…read moreairport. But this time it's different. I made it a point to explore terminal 3 and just walk. I had a lot of time to burn and I didn't want to wait at the gate. One restaurant got my attention. Hidden behind construction scaffoldings was China Tang. Well-lit restaurant with modern interiors. Funny that I was craving for good old Chinese food. Spoiler alert: China Tang food is freaking great. I was caught by surprise. If you're ordering one thing, get the steamed white fish with eggplant. I never knew that this combination worked. The flavorful fish mixed well with the soft eggplant slices. As usual, old favorites such as yang chow fried rice, pork shomai and sweet and sour pork were also ordered. I was actually expecting the food to be just okay. But wow, finally, NAIA has a decent restaurant. It helps that the place is not crowded like the others. This visit to China Tang makes me want to travel more so that I have more reasons to go to T3.

Had lunch here before our flight. For some reason, we were all craving for some Chinese food! Wala…read more- We saw CHINA TANG! Surprisingly, the food here is pretty good. Great service and attention to detail. We all pretty much ate our food like a pack of Hyenas on a feeding frenzy! Do yourself a favor, skip the other boring fast food joints in the terminal and grab a bite here! Definitely will eat here again! Sorry, no pictures to add as we were all too hungry to grab our phone as we grabbed the chopsticks instead! Xièxiè China Tang!!

Not very good. Dimsum was ok but the other dishes we ordered were super sweet. It felt like…read moreeverything was seasoned with sugar. I almost had a diabetic coma. Not the same Luk Yuen I remember. Service was excellent. Staff were very nice. Service was excellent and restaurant was very clean. Nice restaurant next to the Jade Garden.

i did a lot of weird things growing up. One of which is the way I eat siopao, which is I bite…read morearound the filling, just eating all the white bread, while leaving behind the asado/bola bola since I never liked the stuff. But siopao bread is amazing...and I know how weird that sounds since it's the blandest thing ever. Since I stopped eating meat, naturally I wouldn't go looking for siopao. But Pao Express' siopao really intrigued me, as they have whole wheat veggie siopao AND multigrain mushroom siopao! And I love veggies and mushrooms, so it was a match! I eat the whole siopao now! I first tried their siopao and spinach dumplings at Cocogreen, an organic store that used to stock it when it was still located in Yakal St. But Pao Express can be found in Legazpi Sunday Market, and they do have some stalls in some malls (Market Market, MOA, SM Sucat, to name a few). For vegans: They don't have the 2 siopao flavors and spinach dimsum in their mall kiosks, though. However, what they do have at the mall branches is the siopao that has beans inside, which is a cheap, yummy treat. I share it with my dog and he goes CRAZY for it.