This Is Not A Review Of Kim Hiong Garden's Toasted Noodles

photo by Bojji Catama

It is exciting to know that the interest in Filipino-Chinese cuisine is having a resurgence thanks principally to food tours conducted in the Binondo area.


Due to the popularity of these tours, genuine food lovers, curious folks and pretentious foodies who never in their lives would have imagined themselves battling atrocious Manila traffic just to taste a piece of siopao, a bowl of mami and a bottle of lemon-lime soda, can now have a taste of Manila Chinatown's hidden culinary treasures. 

But don't get me wrong, though having these tourists here is good for business, I still don't want a group of coño-speaking, camera wielding, hipster who-call-themselves-foodies who laugh like they own the place ruining my merienda. 

Good thing Chinatown is big. A lot of good food places remain unexplored by tourists maybe because most of this great restaurants look sketchy at best. Kim Hiong Garden, with its tinted windows, tiled walls and floors could be easily mistaken for a cheap beer house.

photo by Bojji Catama

But in my opinion, Kim Hiong Garden is one of the best Filipino-Chinese restaurants in the metro, and you go to this place for their fantastic Toasted Noodles. I would readily lie just to keep this place as it is, slightly off the radar and tourist free. Mahirap ng marami kaagaw. 

So if you ask me if you should go to Kim Hiong and try their toasted noodles, I would just tell you that it isn't worth it and you should just go to Yushoken or Ukkokei. All noodle dishes are the same, anyway.

Beef Wanton Toasted Noodles
@ Kim Hiong Garden
(secret) Onpin St., Binondo, Manila

near (secret), infront of (secret)

PS: But if you happen to be curious enough to find where Kim Hiong Garden is, I recommend that you forget the siopao and instead order this:

  photo by Bojji Catama