Manila Binondo Food Walk: The World's Oldest Chinatown
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Manila, Philippines
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1N (Teilnahmedauer)
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English (Sprache)
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Tour description
Binondo was established by the Spanish in 1594 for Catholic Chinese settlers, which makes it the oldest Chinatown in the world. It is still a working commercial district of gold dealers, herbalists and family restaurants, several of which have been in the same hands since the 1930s.
The food here is Hokkien cooking that has been in the Philippines for four hundred years and become something else. Mami, a noodle soup brought by Hokkien migrants and named by a Manila cook in the 1930s. Kuchay ah, chive dumplings. Oyster cake, a deep-fried patty you will not find in China. Fresh lumpia, a soft crepe packed with vegetables and peanuts and drowned in sweet garlic sauce, rolled in a courtyard off a narrow lane. Fried siopao, a steamed bun given a crisp bottom on a griddle. And hopia, the flaky mung bean pastry that a Binondo bakery famously reinvented with purple yam.
Your guide explains the Chinese-Filipino story behind each dish, takes you down Carvajal Street's produce lane, and finishes with tsokolate, the thick Spanish-style hot chocolate that came the other way across the Pacific.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot, about 1.5 kilometres.
The food here is Hokkien cooking that has been in the Philippines for four hundred years and become something else. Mami, a noodle soup brought by Hokkien migrants and named by a Manila cook in the 1930s. Kuchay ah, chive dumplings. Oyster cake, a deep-fried patty you will not find in China. Fresh lumpia, a soft crepe packed with vegetables and peanuts and drowned in sweet garlic sauce, rolled in a courtyard off a narrow lane. Fried siopao, a steamed bun given a crisp bottom on a griddle. And hopia, the flaky mung bean pastry that a Binondo bakery famously reinvented with purple yam.
Your guide explains the Chinese-Filipino story behind each dish, takes you down Carvajal Street's produce lane, and finishes with tsokolate, the thick Spanish-style hot chocolate that came the other way across the Pacific.
Small group, maximum 10 guests, entirely on foot, about 1.5 kilometres.
Meeting point:
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Binondo Church plaza, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Manila
We meet in the plaza in front of Binondo Church. Your guide will have a small sign with your name. Carriedo LRT station is about a 10-minute walk.
Detailed itinerary
Stop 1 - Binondo Church and Plaza: We start where the district began in 1594, with your guide explaining the Spanish, the Hokkien traders, and how Chinese-Filipino culture took shape.
Stop 2 - Mami and asado: Noodle soup with braised pork asado at a shop that has been operating since the 1930s. The dish that became Manila’s comfort food.
Stop 3 - Carvajal Street lane: A produce alley barely two meters wide, with your guide translating the names of the vegetables, dried goods, and herbs.
Stop 4 - Fresh lumpia: A soft crepe wrapped around stewed vegetables, crushed peanuts, and lettuce, covered in sweet garlic sauce, rolled to order in a courtyard.
Stop 5 - Oyster cake and kuchay ah: Deep-fried oyster patty and chive dumplings from a family-run shop open since the 1960s, with sate tofu.
Stop 6 - Fried siopao: A steamed pork bun crisped on a griddle until the base caramelizes, from a stall that has made only this since the 1980s.
Stop 7 - Hopia and tsokolate: Flaky mung bean and purple yam pastries from Binondo’s famous bakery, with thick Spanish-style hot chocolate to finish.
Stop 2 - Mami and asado: Noodle soup with braised pork asado at a shop that has been operating since the 1930s. The dish that became Manila’s comfort food.
Stop 3 - Carvajal Street lane: A produce alley barely two meters wide, with your guide translating the names of the vegetables, dried goods, and herbs.
Stop 4 - Fresh lumpia: A soft crepe wrapped around stewed vegetables, crushed peanuts, and lettuce, covered in sweet garlic sauce, rolled to order in a courtyard.
Stop 5 - Oyster cake and kuchay ah: Deep-fried oyster patty and chive dumplings from a family-run shop open since the 1960s, with sate tofu.
Stop 6 - Fried siopao: A steamed pork bun crisped on a griddle until the base caramelizes, from a stall that has made only this since the 1980s.
Stop 7 - Hopia and tsokolate: Flaky mung bean and purple yam pastries from Binondo’s famous bakery, with thick Spanish-style hot chocolate to finish.
Tour price includes
• Small-group English-speaking local food guide
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
• All food and drink tastings listed in the itinerary
• One local drink at the final stop
• Bottled water and wet wipes throughout the walk
• All taxes and service fees
Tour price excludes
• Abholung und Rückfahrt zum Hotel, sofern nicht anders angegeben
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
• Zusätzliche Getränke außerhalb der enthaltenen Leistungen
• Persönliche Reiseversicherung
• Trinkgeld für den Guide (gern gesehen, aber nicht verpflichtend)
• Mahlzeiten und Einkäufe außerhalb des Programms
Stornierungsrichtlinie
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the tour start time for a full refund. Cancellations within 24 hours are non-refundable. Tours run rain or shine, but during typhoon season flooding can close Binondo's streets at short notice - we will cancel and refund in full.
Weitere Hinweise
Runs Monday to Saturday at 10:00. We do not run on Sundays, when one of the anchor stops on this route is closed.
Binondo is a daytime district. The best window is 10:00 to 14:00; stalls sell out or shut in the mid-afternoon and the area thins out and gets dark after about 18:00. We do not offer an evening Binondo tour, and we would be sceptical of anyone who does.
Safety: Binondo is busy and generally fine in daylight, but it is crowded and phone snatching does happen. Your guide will brief you; keep bags in front and phones away when walking.
Typhoon season runs roughly June to November and brings street flooding.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. This route is pork-heavy. A pescatarian route is possible; vegetarian is difficult here and we would steer you elsewhere.
Chinese New Year turns the district into a festival and some family shops close - tell us if you are travelling then.
Entirely on foot, about 1.5 km on flat but crowded streets.
Binondo is a daytime district. The best window is 10:00 to 14:00; stalls sell out or shut in the mid-afternoon and the area thins out and gets dark after about 18:00. We do not offer an evening Binondo tour, and we would be sceptical of anyone who does.
Safety: Binondo is busy and generally fine in daylight, but it is crowded and phone snatching does happen. Your guide will brief you; keep bags in front and phones away when walking.
Typhoon season runs roughly June to November and brings street flooding.
Dietary needs: tell us at least 48 hours ahead. This route is pork-heavy. A pescatarian route is possible; vegetarian is difficult here and we would steer you elsewhere.
Chinese New Year turns the district into a festival and some family shops close - tell us if you are travelling then.
Entirely on foot, about 1.5 km on flat but crowded streets.
Detailed price list
| Guest type | Price |
|---|---|
| Erwachsene | $55 |
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