The food and the restaurant are very savory and delicious. My personal favorite here is their clay pot rice that I personally find the best in the country.
This is definitely a must eat place for anyone coming to Binondo! Plus, the family running the cafe is humble, grounded and charitable. You'll always have a good time with the Eng Bee Tin brand along with their staff and food!
Great food, great place. Modernized old chinese cuisine, my personal favorites are wanton noodles, beef tendon claypot rice and cream cheese nai cha (milk tea). A must visit place in Binondo......
When I started blogging and got invited for foodie events, I enjoy going on food crawls. I can’t remember though, the crawl where I went to more than 5 restaurants. But then I enjoy joining them, but in the long run, it got a little tedious. So nowadays, I only join if it’s less than 5 places or when I’m doing it with friends.
Once you sit down, order the Honey Pork Sparibs! masarap talaga!
We’ve tried the HK noodle, sauteed fish w/ broccoli and honey asado cuts too. Of all the dishes we’ve tried, the honey pork asado would need to improve on their presentation. Everything else, was good.
Ambiance is good, high ceiling, smooth music, very good service.
Overall, I’ll never have second thoughts of coming back to this place.
There will be two part of my reviews since I have been to this wonderful chinese cuisine, first part will be mostly for their savory dishes and second is going to be more on The Eng Bee Tin and their Moon Cake Festival. A year a ago The Great Buddha was a newly opened cafe by the Famous Eng Bee Tin Group, strategically situated in the oldest China Town in the world in Binondo Manila. We were fortunate enought to try their dishes
•Cream Cheese Nai Cha
•Golden Custard Buchi
•Xiao Long Bao
•Hainanese Chicken
•Pork Ribs Glazed with Hkney Garlic Sauce
I would highly recommend the Great Buddha Cafe for you to try out.
The second time we joined their Moon Cake Festival so we able to taste different types of Hopia, moon cake and buffet Chinese dishes like noodles, Yang Chow, and a lot more.
Mits Almarez | Mitsadventurez
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It was a privilege to get invited in this special event by Eng Bee Tin. Because of this, I got to learn something new and fun! I really had zero about idea this festivity, it was so nice to immerse my self on a continuing tradition. The place is spacious, I didn’t expect them to have a souvenir shop. I would’ve taken home some had I not been on a tight budget haha!
Mid-Autumn means Mooncake Festival, The Mid-Autumn Festival is an East Asian harvest festival celebrated notably by the Chinese and Vietnamese people. The festival is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar with full moon at night, corresponding to late September to early October of the Gregorian calendar with a full moon at night. Mooncakes, a rich pastry typically filled with sweet-bean or lotus-seed paste, are traditionally eaten during the festival.
As the Mooncake Festival falls on September 13 this year, Eng Bee Tin invited us to share this tradition.
Eng Bee Tin treated us to sumptuous dinner. We had Seafood Spinach Soup (P 320), Stir-Fried Asado Noodles(P 240), Fish Fillet-Tofu (P 340), Pork Ribs with Honey Garlic Sauce(P 320), and Soy Garlic Chicken (P 600 whole).
Every dish waa good and filling.
Mooncake season is here! With beautifully designed Chinese baked treats in countless shelves in the market, the only other thing that excites me is the annual dice game. Known in Manila as Mooncake Festival and more aptly called Mid-Autumn Festival in China, this tradition can be traced all the way back during the Qing Dynasty in 1600. It has been said that this celebration is to give good luck to scholars for their exams hence the game being known as zhuang yuan bo bing. It eventually evolved throughout the years and we now veer away from mooncakes as prizes and give out snacks or money instead. But Eng Bee Tin had the wonderful idea to bring back tradition.
We enjoyed the food with their milk tea for our drinks.
1. Stir-Fried Noodles. I'm not sure if this is part of their menu. This is a classic noodle dish whereby they mixed whatever ingredients they have.
2. Fish-Fillet Tofu Hotpot. Even if this wasn't served in a hotpot, the sauce and the generous servings of vegetables elevated the mild taste of the tofu and fish fillet. This is great with plain rice.
3. Soy Chicken. Braised in soy sauce and Chinese spices, the chicken was good. I, of course, prefer this served in its original plate where it's swimming in its sauce.
4. Pork Ribs Glazed in Honey Garlic Sauce. This is a succulent dish with the pork ribs perfectly coated in honey garlic sauce.
5. Fried rice. I think this is shrimp fried rice but they skimped on the shrimp. What I like about this one is that it doesn't have green peas.
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Xiao Long Bao. End of story.
It would seem that their menu is a bit pricey but once the meal is served, you'll realize that its worth it. The serving size is big!
Not to mention their place, very good for "millennials" who goes to restaurants for Instagram photos.
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