The BIG Binondo Food WOK (Chinese New Year Edition):
Nibbling Our Way Through Chinatown
Oh yes, its that time of the year again when we BINGE ourselves silly as we welcome the the Lunar New Year with a BIG, BIG BITE! It's the BEST time of the year to do the BIG Binondo Food WOK as the year of the rabbit hops away and we ROAR into the year for the Dragon!
So what are you waiting for? Let us paint the town RED, join in the festivities(while filling up our stomachs!) as we usher in the Lunar New Year in Chinatown!
恭喜發財
Kiong Hee Huat Tsai!
Whenever I have balikbayan or foreign guests visiting the Philippines, I always recommend for them to take one of several walking tours that are being offered near Old Manila. One such tour is from Ivan Man Dy of Old Manila Walks (above), whose Big Binondo Food WOK tour is a famous pick for those who want to discover the oldest Chinatown in the world.
Ivan is doing a special version for the upcoming Chinese New Year… and since we’re campaigning for tourism in the P.I, #It’sMoreFunInThePhilippines because of these personal and fun-filled walking tours taking you everywhere from Chinatown to the Chinese cemetary (for Halloween, perhaps?)
Schedule:
January 21 (Saturday) @ 1:00 PM- 5:30 PM (approx)
January 22 (Sunday) @ 8:00 AM-12: 30 PM (approx)
January 23 (Monday 1st day CNY) @ 8:00 AM-12:30 P.M. (approx)
新年快樂
Happy Lunar Near Year!
Rate: P1,500.00/head (inclusive of tasting menu and lotsa fun and surprises!)
**Slots limited.Book early!
For schedule, directions, rants, raves or just about anything about our fair city;
Old Manila Walks on FB
fun@oldmanilawalks.com
Telephone no.: (632) 7113823
Mobile no.: +63918-9-MANILA (that’s +63918-962-64-52)*
Contact person: Ivan or Cherry
1 comment
crimespider says:
Jan 22, 2012
The Big Binondo Food Wok is a Big Disappointment! Top Reasons Why.
1. The tour guide (Ivan) arrived 30 minutes late and didn’t even apologize for it. We we’re already drenching in our sweats waiting for the tour to start. And setting the church as a meeting place is so not ideal.
2. The tour guide is a bit too snotty. While on the tour I kindly asked for the guide map to which I was arrogantly replied to with a, “Later”.
3. Do you really think you’ll feel comfortable to be in a ‘food walk’ tour of 30 people while minding their table manners? A lot of the patrons have a huge lack of it.
4. The history lesson you’ll be walked through is too tacky. You feel treated like a 4th grader. And supposed this is a Food Walk tour, imagine your dismay when 80% of the time is consumed blabbing about history you already know from Grade 1.
5. And the biggest disappointment is the food tasting part. Even if you are not a foodie I think you can discover for yourself better eats to find in our China Town.
Recommendation:
You’ll be far off better doing your own food walk tour. There are many individual sites that can recommend the top secrets of Binondo Food where you’re money will also go a long way. And the best history lessons you can take are the random conversations you make with restaurant owners or servers. These are what I learned when we finally decided to ditch and split from our ‘Binondo Food Wok’ group at some point along the tour.