Valentine’s and New Year at Ying Ying Tea House

cold cuts; asado, chicken, seaweed, century egg

cold cuts; asado, chicken, seaweed, century egg

Fusion of two different events that are well celebrate in opposite parts of the world being celebrated in a place where every different things meet, Binondo, and where else at one of the best Chinese restaurants— Ying Ying Tea House.

East meets West
You’ll never go wrong with Chinese food— never go bankrupt, never go out of taste, it’s just the best. With the recent Chinese New Year falling on the same day as Valentine’s, it was weird but funny to see couples celebrating, the supposed to be intimate, quiet time, in an opposite atmosphere, chaotic and really noisy— Chinese restaurant, more so restaurants in Binondo— on the day that is most noisy.

siomai

siomai; served in fours but we're too hungry to wait.

Food Feast

Siomai: Pork Shrimp are just the best, tasty even without the soy sauce, chili and calamansi. Served juicy hot in the dimsum steamers. You can taste both the shrimp and the pork, there’s no overpowering taste, after every bite there’s still the feel of freshness, or rather refreshing not to heavy to digest. Crunchy puff outside with perfect taro stuffing inside, plus if sauced out with Hoisin ??, it will elevate to something divine. I don’t know what’s in that Hoisin sauce but it is the perfect pair for taro puff. *Hoisin mean seafood, but it is said that it doesn’t even contain fish. Weird. The cold cuts are also refreshing, but I am no fan of the chicken because of its little bones. Their Asado are just the juiciest (Ying Ying and Wai Ying have the best Asado in Binondo). I don’t eat century eggs, even before Richmond told us not to, because China stopped its production due to some health reasons.

taro puff

taro puff

Only in China Town

All in all Ying Ying is one of the best Chinese restaurants to serve authentic Chinese food, that you can only find in Binondo.

Ying Ying Tea House: 233 to 235 Dasmarinas Street, corner E.T. Yuchengco ext., Street. Binondo, Manila. Telephone: 387 2797, 710 3856, 241 6323

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This entry was posted by Charles Chan, who has written 5 posts as charliechan, on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at 7:11 pm and was filed under Restaurant.

14 Responses to “Valentine’s and New Year at Ying Ying Tea House”

  1. jehzlau says:

    mukhang ang sarap ng siomai ng ying ying!!!

  2. reyjr says:

    Jealous of the camera. Dead Hungry for the food. ;D

  3. Mao Baytan says:

    Masarap tlga sa ying2 sana humngi ka discount kay auntie ung matanda na naka salamin hehe sabagay d mo nman na kelangan ng discount.. the best ang curry beef brisket nila.. :D

  4. Mao says:

    kung hindi ako nagkakamali ung 1st picture ay “Ying Ying Rice” 150php ang price.. sulit tlaga yun!

  5. rairaiken says:

    alam nyo ba kung what time ang operating hours nila? I want to try… I’ve just been to Wai Ying pa lang… c”,)

  6. Charles Chan says:

    Yes, 10:30am to 12:00mn minsan abot sila.

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