The Sassy Lawyer & Pinoy Cook on food, family and home.
While the word Chinatown evokes thoughts of authentic Chinese food, quaint shops and jewelry stores, there are structures that are as much a part of the landscape as the people and the commercial establishments. That’s the Plaza Calderon de la Barca and, beyond it, the Binondo Church.
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I have seen the Chinatown sign before when I was searching through a travel guide on the net about Pinas. And I have series of imagination of what Chinatown would look like but your photos gave me a view of what it looked like. Awesome!
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i used to work here and seeing the pictures bring back a lot of memories and the smell of food…. hehe
LOL d0d0ng, you must have sampled every delicacy sold there.
At very first glance the banner seems to say “Make Fire”
hahahahaha yes, it does.
I visited President restaurant last year and the food was great so I recommended it to my wife when she visited the Philippines last month but she said the place has closed.
Wow, really? Closed for the day or closed-closed?