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Pink Patio at 531 Paredes Street right in the heart of Chinatown is an exception in many ways. First of all the restaurant is much cleaner than most places in Chinatown; second, unlike most Chinese restaurants, it's furnished with taste and great love for decorative detail; third, unlike other Chinese restaurants, it is prepared to serve single diners or couples and not only big families and groups; fourth it's menu is probably the most appealing to Western taste among the Chinese restaurants in Binondo, without bird's nest soup and shark fin but with many delicious Chinese pork, beef and chicken dishes as they are cooked in bourgeois Chinese homes; and fifth, in spite of it's beauty it's still an economical place to eat.

TOURIST BELT

Hiong Mun Lau (88)
2nd fl Ambassador Hotel, Mabini St
Tel 50-81-57; 7:00-15:30, 17:00-23:00
connected to "Imperial Garden Seafood Market"; therefore it not only has a wide variety of Chinese dishes but also an excellent choice of seafood

Sea Palace (66)
1766 Mabini St, Malate, Manila
Tel 521-64-26 to 28
11:00-14:30, 17:30-22:30, Chinese cuisine of live seafood; one of the longest operating Chinese seafood restaurants in the tourist belt; large selection of rare fish, among them panther, parrot fish and snapper; one specialty of the house is lobster sashimi, originally a Japanese seafood dish; also popular coconut crab

Kim Wan Garden (58)
571-573 General Malvar St, Malate
Tel 58-72-54, 26-44-55
24 hrs; American and Filipino breakfast available; also serves vegetarian food and actually the oldest restaurant in Manila with a vegetarian philosophy; special "Kim Wan" recipes; upstairs Traveler's Inn

Szechuan House (87)
Aloha Hotel, Roxas Blvd, Tel 59-90-61
11:00-14:00, 18:00-22:30

Eva's Garden (40)
1347 Adriatico St, Ermita, Tel 50-53-18
11:00-14:00, 17:00-23:00; Sun no lunch

Lotus Garden (50)
Gr fl Midtown Hotel, Ermita, Tel 57-39-11
11:30-23:30

Eastern Restaurant (30)
Mabini St cor Padre Faura St, Er-mita
2nd fl, Royal Palm Hotel, Tel 58-53-95
9:30-21:00

Wok Inn
(80) - 471 Remedios St, Tel 50-84-98; 11:00-23:00; Sun 11:00-14:00,
17:00-23:00
(83) - 2033 Del Pilar St, Tel 521-82-24; 11:00-14:00, 17:00-23:00; closed on Sun

Maxim's
(2) - Roxas Blvd cor Kalaw St, Er-mita
Tel 59-59-72; 24 hrs; good value
(82) - 1965 Mabini St, Malate
Tel 522-04-15; 11:00-21:00, closed on Sun

Hong Kong Tea House (3)
1015 Del Pilar St, Ermita, Tel 50-03-48
10:00-3:30

Shin Shin Garden (90)
2126 Mabini St, Malate, Tel 521-90-66
11:00-14:00, 17:00-22:00

Fong Ling (14)
Plaza Ferguzon, Ermita, Tel 521-89-13
6:30-22:30

Red Lantern (32)
472 Padre Faura St, Ermita, Tel 57-20-61
7:00-24:00; in nightlife area

Mrs. Wong (31)
472 Padre Faura St, Ermita, Tel 59-93-95
11:00-6:00; in nightlife area

Kowloon House (48)
1533 Mabini St, Ermita, Tel 59-51-89
9:00-21:30

MAKATI

South Villa (153)
Greenbelt, Esperanza St cor Makati Ave
Tel 87-74-26; 10:00-14:00, 18:00-22:00 Aberdeen Court (104)
7842 Makati Ave, Tel 817-21-35; 11:00-14:00, 18:00-22:00; ball rooms with capacity up to 1000 persons, 24 hr coffee shop

China Pearl (110)
Makati Ave, Tel 87-46-91; 10:00-22:00

China City (131)
Creekside Bldg, Amorsolo cor Javier Sts
Tel 817-80-31; 11:00-15:00, 18:00-22:00
Gr floor 15:00-18:00

Jade Garden (155)
Makati Commercial Center
Tel 86-23-19, 85-04-09, 87-38-97, 87-71-13
11:30-14:00, 18:00-22:00

First class Chinese restaurant; while the cuisine in general is Cantonese (Hong Kong style), the real specialty of the house is Peking Duck. This dish, Peking Duck, is understood by many West-erners as the essence of classic Chinese cuisine - a matter of general education not just of dining experience. As Jade Garden is famous in the Philippines for the way it serves it's Peking Duck, it's probably the best place in the city to add the pleasure of eating Peking Duck to one's general education; the restaurant is also well suited for festive occasions, having 5 VIP rooms (three in Chinese design, one in Spanish and one in French design) and 6 function rooms. The total seating capacity is 520. The res-taurant is open every day of the year except Good Friday and Christmas Day.

Luk Yuen Noodle House (145)
Greenbelt Mall, Tel 87-69-82, 8:00-22:00
In spite of its location in one of the most exclusive shopping malls of Makati a good value Chinese restaurant specializing in noodle dishes.

Singya (154)
Anson Arcade, Paseo de Roxas
cor Pasay Rd, Tel 88-61-11
10:30-14:00, 18:00-22:00

Foo Yiu (167)
924-B Pasay Rd, Tel 85-61-85; 11:00-22:00

Chi Fong Lou (167)
926 Pasay Rd, 11:00-14:00, 18:00-22:00

Kowloon House (158)
Makati Commercial Center, Pasay Rd
Tel 86-10-03; 8:00-22:00

BINONDO
Pink Patio (200)

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