Taste of China
BY: ELaine tang
Chinese food is common nowadays, maybe due to the fact that the Chinese people and their culture has also been a part of the rich history of our proud country for the past hundreds of years. No matter how easily you can find Chinese cuisine anywhere in the Philippines you can’t really label them as an authentic one. Even in some “karinderia” or “turo-turo” you can find siomai or maybe siopao. The popularity of Chinese cuisine has become evident and in fact it is being offered by many establishments here in the Philippines. Since our group was assigned to authentic Chinese cuisine we decided to go to its heartland in the Philippines which is known to be Binondo or Ong Pin. While exploring the so-called Chinatown, we found this restaurant that is said to be serving authentic Chinese cuisine which is known as UNO.
The restaurant is very accessible to customers. You can use a public transportation to go to this place like the jeepney or even LRT but we chose to use a private vehicle instead so that it would not be a hassle for us since it is in the afternoon already. Upon entering the restaurant, I somehow felt like I want to step back since it is not as clean as what I expect a restaurant should be. However, it is not as dirty as to compare with other restaurants. I have also observed that majority of the customers dining in are already in the age bracket of 30 and above. The tables in the restaurant are also not like the set-up of other restaurants that they have a table that can occupy for 4 person of less. What they have are tables that can occupy a maximum of 10 pax. The wait staff that welcomed us to the restaurant warmly greeted us but she didn’t escort us to our table instead somebody assisted us.
"Their siomai is meaty and compared to others it felt like it doesn’t have a lot of extenders on it. O"