Last week, Monique and I had a chance to go jang-jang on a working day, and I took the opportunity to bring her around the business district of Makati. We found ourselves at the RCBC Plaza, and my initial thought was to grab a burger at the Hungry Hippo counter. Unfortunately the last available burger was taken by the customer just ahead of us--we missed it by a few minutes! Luckily, the Manosa noodle house was also in the food court, and we took time to sample the goodies of old Binondo--siomai, ki kiam (with ngo yong or five spices), and their specialty, maki mi!
Maki Mi is a thick cornstarch soup with pork and noodles. I first encountered this when my cousin Clifford took me to eat in a restaurant very near the Metropolitan Hospital in downtown Manila. The consistency takes some getting used to, but the flavor is absolutely wonderful!
The meal cost us some P200 per head, and if you have drinks, you can spend something like P250 per head in this restaurant, which was named one of the 10 best Chinese pre-war panciterias in town by the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Check out the food in their different branches citywide!
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