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Finding one-of-a-kind siopao in Tim Ho Wan

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Baked Bun with BBQ Pork

Baked Bun with BBQ Pork (HK$12)

It’s already past mid-afternoon when we, armed with maps from the HK airport, alighted at the MTR station in the Mongkok district. Nina (of Just Wandering) whetted our collective appetites with a tale of a much-written about hole-in-the-wall place that serve this really different kind of siopao. Since we we were in the vicinity for a look-see of Mongkok’s electronic shops later in the afternoon, we thought why not find the place and taste for ourselves? Turns out the place wasn’t really hard to find as we ran into a motley group of hungry diners, both local and foreign, hogging the sidewalk along Kwong Wa Street. We were given a number and told to wait an hour.

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Disney-flavored lunch at Crystal Lotus

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Roasted Suckling Pig with Steamed Piggy Mask Buns

Roasted Suckling Pig with Steamed Piggy Mask Buns

Once upon a time, travel bloggers who were also happy foodies, were sent to a not so far away Disneyland perchance to savor the ride but first, to partake of the food offerings…

On our first day in Hong Kong Disneyland, the first order of the day wasn’t a fancy ride nor a character meet-and-greet.  It’s lunch.  Yep, the Disney magic transcends the senses of sight and touch and spills over onto taste.  All that talk while growing up about not playing with your food and here we are, looks like the chefs were the ones who played around with theirs.  You could say we were in for an interesting lunch.

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Hot soup, superb dimsum in chilly HK at Mak’s

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Mak's Pork Dumpling and Wonton

Mak's Pork Dumpling and Wonton

We capped our first day in HK watching the sunset and admiring the early dusk view of the Kowloon and Central nightscape at the viewdeck of Victoria Peak.  Boy, was it a chilly 19 degrees up there with the wind adding to the cold.  We chanced upon Mak’s on the way out of the  Galleria mall, the warm lighting looked inviting and the thought of having hot soup on a chilly night sounded like a good idea.

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On the Chinese food trail with the Big Binondo Food Wok Map

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Big Binondo Food Wok Map

Say Chinatown and one of the first things that comes to mind is the chow.  It’s almost a sacrilege not to sample the food when one ventures to Binondo.  Little wonder that Manila’s foremost streetwalker, Ivan Man Dy, came up with the Binondo Food Wok Map.

He was getting too many texts and calls from people asking about the whereabouts of eating places in Manila Chinatown that he felt compelled to come up with something to help people find their way to the divine food offerings that await in the busy streets.

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Of Makimi and dimsums at Shin Din Kha

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Shen Din Kha Makimi (P85 regular, P100 large)

Shin Din Kha Makimi (P85 regular, P100 large)

Sunday is a nice time to go to Manila’s Chinatown. It’s less crowded, there’s not much traffic, and most restaurants have room to spare. Some would argue it doesn’t really feel like being there in Binondo if it’s not crowded. But there are times when it would be nice to be able to sit down and grab a bite without wading through the crowds and waiting for a long time even for short order items on the menu. Your happyfoodies chanced upon this panciteria, Shin Din Kha, while on a food trip with friends about two weeks ago. We were full at that time so we had to bypass this small restaurant. But a recent Sunday lunch found us wandering here again, this time with hungry tummies.

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