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Dumpling Fest at Mr. Ching Cuisine

花より団子

Hana yori dango

“Dumplings are better than flowers.”

There comes a time in everyone’s life when the craving for dumplings is so strong.  So strong, in fact that the siomai sold by vendors in pushcarts near schools and also some Baguio neighborhoods is not going to be enough.  (Affordable as they are, they’re tiny.  There’s much …or rather, little to be said about your choices for dumplings, too.  *ngahaha.  Oh, not unless, you’re happy with tokneneng like the delicious ones from the store in front of UB.  Ohhh, wow, major craving.)

Stack of Steamers at Mr. Ching Cuisine

Steamer Stack \m/

When this craving to eat nothing but dimsum or dumplings hits you, Read More…

Hot Off the Stove: Nico’s Restaurant (Slaughter Compound)

Entrees!  Get your entrees!  Fresh hot entrees!

Get your entrees hot off the stove (or off the grill) at Nico’s Restaurant, one of the four or five places that you could go to grab some good eats at the slaughter compound. Read More…