Comments on: Lunch at Manila’s Chinatown – President Restaurant

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:31:59 +0000

Hahahaha napagkamalan kang may ari ng presidents. Nyweiz, im Jamie, 19y/o from binondo (chinese, ofcourse).

i live in downtown binondo where Ongpin, Tutuban, Divisoria is few steps away.

my family and I ate at president countless times (actually, naabutan pa nmen yan nung bagong bukas palang yan). Sawa na nga kami eh.

Presidents is for starters. Maraming foodstores na masarap din like waying, and the infamous ESTERO. for me, the best ang estero. Ung place, hndi nga lang kagandahan dhil tabi siya ng estero. hehehehe my top bet is camaron and buttered chicken.

My mom and I once ate at presidents, we ordered BEEF HOFAN. Hofan is a flat noodle made of sticky rice. WE were in the midst of eating beef hofan when i saw a tiny COCKROACH in it. Instantly, parang gusto kong sumuka. But, what the heck!, bahala na ang gastric juices ko dyan. My mom complained cympre. The manager said that she wouldnt charge the hofan, and would give us another hofan (CLEAN!!) for free (take out cympre). hindi ko sinisiraan ang presidents ah, i was just telling a funny experience.

Do u know that there is two PRESIDENTS in ongpin? the other one is where you can ate MORE dimsums. Actually, we prefer to ate there kasi dun sa isa for bigger groups un.

TRIVIA: Before the presidents was established, the place that it occupies is a former MOVIEHOUSE. kaya pansin nio, may malaking wall. hehe un ung moviehouse ng mga chinese, puru pinapalabas jan mga movie ni bruce lee o kaya ni jackie chan, bsta puru kungfu. Yun lang ang tanging moviehouse na pinasukan ng lolo ko at ng papa ko.

By: Connie

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:20:28 +0000

AC, you’re supposed to wait for me to say it’s OK before you take anything from my blog. And NO, it is NOT ok. You cannot use any of my pics.

Alain, it is NOT my restaurant. Did you read the entry at all?

IBy, to give you an idea, we were a group of 15 and the bill was a little over P6,000.00.

By: IBy

IBy — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 11:07:54 +0000

Thanks to you for a nice website.

I grew up dining in at the Wa Nam Restaurant near Quiapo and I wonder if it’s still there. If not, I hope someone could let me know where they transfered.

Am thinking of taking a group of 10 to President Restaurant soon. The prices quoted here has been almost 6months old. I’ve been looking at the pictures of the dishes you ordered, would P3,000 be enough for my group? Hoping to receive a reply from you. May God bless. More power to you and to your wonderful website. Thank you. IBy