When our office was still in Port Area, we made regular visits to Binondo – for a lunch of maki-mi and xiao long bao at Mezzanine café followed by shopping at Carvajal and Ongpin streets, with a side ...

Citing the “massive negative impacts” it will create on the historic districts of Binondo and Intramuros, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (Icomos) Philippines expressed its opposition ...

Chinese traders journeyed across the South China Sea to the Philippines as early as the 9th century. Those who stayed eventually established a small community in the Binondo district of Manila, just ...

With a long history of Chinese immigration, the Philippine capital is unsurprisingly home to one of the largest Chinatowns in the world. While the pandemic may prevent us from marking the upcoming ...

MANILA, Philippines - First, there’s the World Trade Exchange Building along Juan Luna Street with its conspicuous, circular observation deck. Along the Pasig River, between Escolta and Muelle de ...

No better place to get Chinese food than in Binondo! Known as the world's oldest Chinatown, Binondo is a rich melting pot of Filipino-Chinese culture. From jewelry to fabric, from feng shui to food, ...

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Manila celebrated for four days straight, with festivities including a food festival, a dragon dance display, a solidarity parade, and for the first time, a dragon boat ...

Growing up in a Chinese household, the concept of Binondo as a culinary haven was the farthest thing from my mind. Eating dishes like noodles, tofu, dimsum and hopia was the rule rather than the ...

A house in Binondo, Manila, believed to be the birthplace of revolutionary hero General Antonio Luna, is in a sad state. With its galvanized iron roof slowly being eaten away by rust and its capiz ...

Until another contender turns up, Binondo holds the title as the “oldest Chinatown in the world.” It could also be the “oldest Chinatown in America” if we reckon from the period when the Philippines ...

What's it like to visit Dong Bei, Eng Bee Tin, Quik Snack, and many other Binondo favorites these days? MANILA, Philippines – In the last decade or so, visiting Binondo, Manila – said to be the ...