UNO seafood restaurant.

UNO located in Escolta, Manila, the former business district, Uno can be easy to find because there are only two Chinese Restaurants in the area, Uno and Crown Prince.I got the chance been to UNO seafood restaurant because of the celebration of winning the champion of goodwill game with commerce team. To be honest, it seems the restaurant is already old and not too clean. But the service their is not bad.

In Uno Seafood Wharf Palace, you will find tanks of fresh and live fishes, and sometimes it is very amusing just to watch them swim. it features the traditional royal color schemes (gold and red) for the table setting.Different kinds of fresh seafood swimming in tanks, cold cuts and peking ducks hanging from their open kitchen, red and yellow colors all over the place for good luck, lazy susans, and freshly brewed tea before eating. Also, there are plenty of rooms/areas available for private celebrations such as birthdays and etc. During the dinner ,I heard several times that the wishing happy birthday service . A lot of people go there for celebrating their birthday.
  The waiters of Uno seafood wharf restaurant are quick and accurate, well trained. They are look like await orders every time. They do service completed , arrange the paltes and cups well, and help the customers cut the big parts of your orders. Another thing is the host brought the crispy pig from home, he let the waiter to help him seperate the crispy pig into small pieces, the waiters did it well and quick.They told me actually they called the crispy pig as Lechon in Filipino.
 While you are waiting for your oeders, they served us peanuts and hot tea. The funny thing is ,while I was using the chopsticks to get the peanuts, others were just use their hands. I think that is probably cultural differences.
  Because we are all big boys ,and eating together, the first served is Yangzhou Chao fan!!! and it was gone in a short time. I ate the Yangzhou Chao fan with the Lechon, but I felt the Chao fan tasted a bit sour. I do not know why. But the Lechon was good. The next is sauced shells and seafood pancit. Lastly they served the mango sago and siomai, chicken feet and spring rolls.

To be honest , the peking duck there does not mean the real and original peking duck which I have eaten in Beijing . It is more likely to the Hong Kong asado stlye.But it is still attractive.

I do not know what the full name of this kind of fish ,sometimes it makes me just could not want to eat it because the red skin of it. But for those crabs, I think it is fresh and looks like full of meat.

Actually, the food there did not impressed me too much maybe because the host of the celebration did not order those impressing food. But I think the mango sago is nice, at least it was my first time to try  it. It is made of fresh mango and sago, tasted cool and fresh. After that  I think I can make it by myself.

Exploer has been to Ying Ying Tea House

Me, the exploer from China, I have to say , actually YingYing tea house is one of my favourite tea house that I have been. Ying Ying Teahouse is situated in the corner of Dasmarinas cor. Yuchengco Streets. It's not so prominent that people would easily pass by without noticing the place. But a visit would yield delightful tastes from congee to siomai to sioalung pao and many more. prices are very affordable and the servings are very filling. Whatever time diners go - breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks, dinner or late night snacks - the place is always full of people!

I have been their during the mid night , but you still do not to wait for your orders too much time, they serve you quickly and accurattly, there are kinds of food style from mainland, hongkong,even singapore style.Unlike some other restaurant, even during the eating peak period, their service is fast and make you satisfied.

  I have been for eating my breakfast once , I went there around 7.30 I remember. That was Sunday morning with rainy weather, not too much people there. but still ,the restaurant had opened regularly. I sit down and the waiter gave a menu to me just approach me right away. He served the hot tea with a cup and spoon and folk were put in a cup. The interesting thing is the cup could change its color or picture on it if the water is hot inside the cup, like a hot sense equipment.

 I ordered pork and shrimp siomai which is my favorite, and raost duck congee .Because it was the first time that I want to try the congee here in the Philippines. I just wonder how does it taste here in the Philippines and want to compare it with my hometown. In fact when you say congee, the taste is sweet or the taste of the rice and beans themselves, in my hometown. Even we cook congee in our daily life, we do not prefer cooking the salty congee. Unless there is special demand from others. Most likely we put not only rice, but also 5 or more other ingredients into the congee cooker. It is called Babao porridge. With many kinds of rice and many kinds of beans.It is natural and full of nutrition.
  While waiting for my meal, I drank the service tea from them. I could aste out that the tea is not that fresh but you know, for the purpose of save the cost, every restaurant would do so except there is extra order for the fresh tea. The tea is more likely they boiled it for a long time and made it very thick, then just mixed water with it and became an instant way to serve it.
  Only in three minutes the congee was served and also with the pork shrimp siomai. The congee is very simple, I tried to stir it and then I found out the rice was cooked may be last night and they put only four pieces of duck meat in it.Obviously it is not enough for me because I admit I have a big stomach. But I have to say the pork and shrimp siomai it still as well as before, meaty, with real shrimps, even the smelling was so good. It is better for me enjoy it with hot spicy sauce. hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... unforgetable taste.
  After finished my meal, I just hinted the waiter for billing out, they quickly gave a small piece of paper with a billing plate and e check frame. I just wonder if there is a need for giving the plate and check frame to a customer who took only  a breakfast? But anyway, it is probably their habbits to give a convinient way for both customers and cashier.

One thing about Hua Chang Mart INC.

I have been to Hua Chang Mart several times, it just a free shopping supermarket. But actually you can not call it as a one stop shopping there, just buy some Chinese ingredients and instant foods there. Almost all of my ingredients were bought from there, the price of them there are somehow cheaper than other supermarkets. You can not say you maysave a lot for just one time, but after several times, you may save a lot.I also buy some traditional food there, unlike before, since the doorsill is not too high for those businessmen, the import goods like food, daily using terms,etc, it is more easier to transfer goods from China to PH. Anyway, it is a good news for all of us.
 Once you enter the Hua Chang Mart, the guard will ask you if you need the basket or the cart. They will hand it to you and deposit your personal iterms to the locker with a number of course. The workers in the mart will wait for you after selecting the items you need ad then continue their jobs, like placing the products. The most interesting thing is the Filipino cashiers, they can tell you how much is the item or how much your payment in Chinese, that is funny and you know, kind to the customer like me.

The "Awesome" experience at LZLM.

The reason why I call it was an "Awesome" experience , because it did give me a unforgettable impression of the services at LZLM.  Now, I think the following feelings were just based on my own experiences. Cauese everyone has his or her own thinking about different services.

But first I want to talk about the Lamian. Lamian is a type of Chinese Lamian is made by twisting, stretching and folding the dough into strands, using the weight of the dough.The length and thickness of the strands depends on the number of times the dough is folded.This unique method of making noodle originated in China.Small restaurants serving Lanzhou style lamian are very common throughout western China where they have formed a staple diet for centuries, as well as eastern Chinese cities. They tend to serve a variety of low cost meals, with a choice of lamian,daoxiaomian.Banmian and etc.

Many of the lamian restaurants are owned by Hui ethnic families from northwestern China and serve only halal food (thus no pork dishes). Lamian restaurants are the most common halal restaurants in eastern China.

Another typical variety of lamian is Shandong lamian, from the eastern province of Shandong,and also some of other styles.
In my mind ,when we talk about lamian, the first impression from my mind is the Lanzhou lamian from the northwestern China. Because right now, the Hui families brought the Lanzhou style lamian to almost everywhere in China, it is already became the most popular lamian in China.

For the LZLM in Binondo, Manila, I think I can not say It is a truly traditional lamian restaurant.But I think it is just innovated base on the local cultures.
  That day I entered the door of LZLM around 11:15,in the morning, although there were a lot of people but I still found a seat without any body beside me.I would like to call it a worthy "shot"! One of the waiter quickly appraoch me and gave the menu to me , after I ordered Beef La mien, I started to swipe my cellphone.After 15 minutes I noticed there were some people already finished their meals and asked for the bills. But my table still empty and only with the viniger bottle. I try to make attention of the waiter or waitress , but after that they just tell me, wait for a while sir. I said, ok. Then tow ladies came in and sit down at the table just behind me, they had their orders in less than 10 minutes , but look at me,still waiting for mine. I was feeling not well  during that moment, how come the waiter is just stand there and do not pay attention to all of the customers.I made a snap to the waiter, he noticed then he hint to me for waiting,directly to get the bowl from the chef. Finally I thought it was for me but the waiter sent the meal to another table and approached me," sir , did you order ?" I was really angry during that moment, its been half of an hour, and look what happened ?! I waved the waiter away .After 5 minutes, I already felt not hungry anymore, and then I left without pay for it because I did not touch the noodle. Just let them be there. I do not know what happened to the service of LZLM, but one thing I can sure is , they gave me very poor and ugly impressions. I wish never go there again. The other reason is the price of one bowl of la mien was really not worthy compared it to the same meal in my country, there is no stomach any more for it.

The experience from mall of asia.

Time always flies so fast. There is another 30-day past from my calendar. That was the sencond day when I arrived here in the Philippines in 2015. I went to mall of asia alone with a mission which is buying clothes for my friend and of course I will not miss the chance to buy some  for myself. After paid the chosen item for my friend, I went to GAP and ZARA. To be honest, the cloth shopping store service here in the PH is better than it in China. There are waitress will appraoch you and ask what do you need. After getting some  selected items you could to fitting room for trying them one by one , even you do not purchase any one of them , the waitress still has a smile on her face. I always see a waiter there stand in front of the fitting room just for folding and hanging the shirts and pants. Whatever how many customers were there, how many clothes they fitted but still did not purchase any of them. It is still okay for the waiter and they just do their job like a regular procedure. That needs patience and no complain about anything.

The service of using SKY cable.

 I still remember that was someday in July, last year.I was removed my living place from one to another which is now， the current place. I can not survive without internet because it is the most important way to communicate with my family and friends in China. Of course I am a Chinese.Although I have known and understood that the speed of internet in the PH is how slowly at all. But really I have experienced somehow not bad days of service from the PLDT company.  Actually I think compare sky to PLDT,that what is my experience.

  I have been requesting for a plan upgrade for more than one month once. I have spent 20 minutes every week day for the past month being on hold on their helpline, but the generic answer from the BPO call center dudes are always the same : "On process of your request, because we are waiting for a Service Order Number to be generated by the system." This has been the reply since May 2 2013.
I never realized how hard it would be to upgrade. To think, I actually want to throw away more money in PLDT's direction, but they seem in no hurry to make more business? Their problem seems to be they make too much money already.

The reason I want an upgrade is because my "Plan XPERIENCE " per month generates only a max of 50 kbps at my former unit. A far cry from the 1 Mbps advertised. You can forget about streaming, and forget YouTube. I have complained about this short-changing and customer gouging before, but of course to no avail.

Rather than fight the system, I decided to just go for an upgrade to "Plan XCITE But even that request seems too much for them to execute.

As of my latest 30-minute wait and twenty-second conversation with their clueless call center rep today, "Pasensya na po, it seems hindi po agad naasikaso when you first requested, so nung May 22 lang naipasok sa system. Pero ipapa-process na po natin yan."

If I have to hear the infernal word "process" one more time when I follow up 5-7 work days from now, I think I will just move to Sky.



PLDT really sucks. After I moved into the current place I have to change a totally unfamiliar brand that is SKY cable.The only reason is this building which I am staying, does not support the PLDT internet. I have tried to contact the liasons of SKY company but they did not show up within two weeks, it was a bad bad first impression. Finally when they come to my unit and after installed the internet with wireless router, I found out that was a so easy processes, it only cost them less than 10 minuets, but why I have waited for a several days.The only good thing is SKY's internet is  as well as PLDT's . The speed as they promised and steady in the most of the time but its only in the most of the time.
  Ah ha! Sometimes, there is always sometimes.
  So sometimes, the things that I really do not want to see is, compare to my friend's internet which is also sky broad band, we received different experiences of services, I dont know why and what happened. His intenet was steady all the time, but mine just got into confused sometimes, I can not use some softwares on my cellphone via the intenet and the pictures can not be explored sometimes. It seems like very ridiculous and makes me angry. Afte suffering several days of its up and down performance, I decided to make a call to their service hotline. Although I had tried three times to call the hotline but still, there is no one answered. So I sent a message to the liason which I saw his number on the advertisement posters. Luckly I received his reply and I complained what I experienced. He promised me to fix it in two days, but he did not. Then he texted me that he sent an e-mail to the customer service department and they will response as soon as possible, but the truth is ,still unlike what he said and promised. You know what, I am already used to feeling their behaviors like that and I did not feel too surprise, just uncomfortable. They always disappointed you and it became thei habbits. Imagine , I have to pay 2000 pesos every month and the company did not make their proposal to the customers.
  I think that were 5 months past already,one day I awared that there seems like is no problems anymore with the fluctuation of the internet. I hope the problems will not occur anymore.
  Hope I could enjoy the service from the company after all I paid almost 2000 pesos every month. Its such a high charges ,low benefits for me. But anyway, that will be okay as long as I got the satisfaction from it.