Comments on: Manila: Around Chinatown with the Big Binondo Food Wok Map

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:12:52 +0000

Hello Marq! It’s unfortunate you found it un-worthwhile of your time. I had joined one of his tours though the Malacanang once but I didn’t have any problem. Anyways thanks for expressing your opinion

By: crimespider

crimespider — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:46:30 +0000

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.

By: tarbis

tarbis — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:06:18 +0000

I live in Chinatown and I really love food tripping. The food is great and you’ll come back for more as long your wallet holds out XD

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By: rayts

rayts — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:22:14 +0000

i haven’t been to Binondo for ages now. but it’s nice to know that there is already a map to go around the place, esp for food hunters. awesome photos as usual.

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:55:21 +0000

If you go back here in the Phil, you should BW

By: bw

bw — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:35:19 +0000

love the last pic . Man, I’d love to take the walking tour of Bindondo. I haven’t seen the place in years !

By: Ferdz

Ferdz — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:59:50 +0000

Hahaha! Malakas lang kasi ilaw kaya me illusion dun Andrea. Yep Ongpin is a street in Binondo. Yung Carriedo fountain is in front of Sta Cruz Church. Haven’t tried Hap Chan yet

Wow! Enjoy kayo Cedric.

By: Cedric

Cedric — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:41:39 +0000

Thanks for sharing this one Ferdz! Punta na din kami ni Erick this Saturday. Hehe.

By: andrea

andrea — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:34:20 +0000

hoy Ferdz mas gwapo ka yata dito sa photo mong ito, hehe! I’ve only been to a very few places in Binondo, medyo takot kasi ako dun e. Yung Ongpin ba e Binondo na? Its the most frequently visited place ko, however i haven’t seen Carriedo fountains yet. Meron palang tunay na tubig yun, kala ko lumang design lang yun. Yung Hap Chan lang sa T Mapua nakainan ko kasi i was trying to compare it with other Hap Chan franchises like that in McKinley owned by my very good friend. What do you say about Hap Chan’s food?