Good Luck Hotpot 红运火锅 Pasay: A Cultural Chinese Hotpot Feast To Remember
Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
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| Meat Volcano with Tuna Sashimi and Salmon Sashimi |
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| Good Luck Hotpot 红运火锅 Pasay Dining Setup |
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| Chinese Folk Art Performance |
刺身 Sashimi
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| 三文鱼刺身 Salmon Sashimi, 北极贝刺身 Atlantic Scallop Sashimi and 金枪鱼刺身 Fresh Tuna Sashimi |
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| 鲜贝组合 Fresh Shell combination |
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| ♥ 小头龙虾 Small Flower Lobster |
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| Mixed Cooked Seafood |
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| ♥ 美国安格斯雪花肥牛 U.S.A Angus Snowflake Beef |
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| ♥ 菌菇双拼 Mushroom Selection |
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| ♥ 黑芝麻糯米饼 Black Sesame Sticky Rice Cake |
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| Fresh Fruit Platter, 酥脆打糕 Crispy Cake and 木瓜奶冻Papaya Milk Jelly |
| Tsinoy Foodies Review Rating | Good Luck Hotpot 红运火锅 Pasay Set Meal Rate | |
| Ambiance | ★★★★★ | For 2 2,880 php | 4 PHP5,880 php / 9,880 php |
| Taste | ★★★★ | |
| Service | ★★★★ | |
| Price | ★★★★ | |
| ♥=Favorites or Recommended | ||
| Good Luck Hotpot 红运火锅 | |
| Business Address | Pasay Branch Nexgen Tower Edsa extension C4 Pasay City, Metro Manila Greenhills Branch Greenhills Mall, Missouri Builiding Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | Monday to Sunday 11am to 4am |
| Payment Options |  Cash |
| Service Charge | 10% |
| Budget/Person | 3,000 - 4,500 |
| Free WiFi | No |
| Contact | (0950) 461-8888 |
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Choi Garden Seascape Village: Cantonese Cuisine Legacy Continues (Pasay Metro Manila)
Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines
For Chinese dining in with big groups, whether indoor or al fresco, Choi Garden in Seascape Village is a good choice as it has the longest prestige among all Chinese restaurants there.
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| Choi Garden Seascape Village |
The Choi Garden Seascape Village offers dine in with function rooms and al fresco dining. We opted the latter because we get to enjoy the sea breeze and the live band.
Food
Soup
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| Diced Wintermelon Assorted Meat Soup (840php/L) |
The Diced Wintermelon Assorted Meat Soup is something new for us. It was definitely a more affordable option than the Shark's Fin Soup but not far of in terms of taste and texture.
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| Sliced Beef with Black Pepper Sauce |
The Sliced Beef with Black Pepper Sauce is a classic favorite.
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| Steamed Chicken with Black Mushroom & Chinese Sausage |
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| Fried Crispy Pigeon (750 php/pc) |
For our family, a chinese dining occassion without a Fried Crispy Pigeon is a crime.
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| Steamed Crab w/ Glutinuous Rice |
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| Steamed Crab w/ Glutinuous Rice |
As you can see, it is generous both in terms of king crabs and glutinous rice.
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| Birthday Noodles |
The Birthday Noodles is another usual order.
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| Mango Sago (210 php) |
The Mango Sago is most appreciated when given as a complimentary.
Other Seascape Village Restaurants We've Visited:
Tsinoy Foodies Verdict
Choi Garden Seascape Village is one of the legacy Cantonese cuisine places to dine at for any occassion. It hasn't failed us yet!
| Tsinoy Foodies Review Rating | Choi Garden Seascape Village Menu | |
| Ambiance | ★★★ | N/A |
| Taste | ★★★ | |
| Service | ★★★ | |
| Price | ★★★ | |
| ♥=Favorites or Recommended | ||
| Choi Garden Seascape Village | |
| Business Address | Seascape Village CCP Complex, Pasay, Metro Manila |
| Business Hours | 11am-10pm |
| Payment Options | Cash |
| Service Charge | 10% |
| Budget/Person | 500-1,500 |
| Free WiFi | No |
| Contact | (0915) 714-0342 |
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Chowking has exciting news to share with all its customers in the Philippines! In April 2023, they proudly announced the collaboration with Jodi Sta. Maria and her son, Thirdy Lacson, as the latest endorsers for their renowned Chinese-Style Fried Chicken Lauriat. This significant event took place at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila, where a press event was held to unveil the brand's new TV commercial.
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The revamped Chicken Lauriat remains a delightful combination of six Chowking favorites: Chinese-Style Fried Chicken Chicken, Egg Fried Rice, Buchi, Siomai, Chicharap, and Pancit Canton. However, in their relentless pursuit of enhancing flavors and satisfying Filipino taste buds, Chowking has taken it up a notch. The Bagong Chinese-Style Fried Chicken and Pancit Canton have been made even more flavorful, ensuring an elevated dining experience.
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Chowking's Chinese-Style Fried Chicken now boasts a distinct Chinese Chicken Flavor that is undeniably delicious and unique. As for the Pancit Canton, it now features Fresh Egg Noodles, providing an even more delightful taste. With these innovative updates, customers can anticipate a completely revitalized and more delectable Chowking Lauriat experience.
"The Chowking Lauriat holds a special place in the hearts of Filipinos nationwide. Although it has always been delicious, we believe there's always room for improvement," shared Fran Leveriza-Maralit, Chowking Brand Director. "Whether you choose to dine in, take out, or enjoy our food at home with your loved ones, our mas Pinasarap na Chinese-Style Fried Chicken Lauriat reflects our dedication to delivering Chinese-sarap experiences with every meal."
Indulge in the all-new Mas Pinasarap Chowking Chinese-Style Fried Chicken Lauriat, now available through dine-in, take-out, or convenient drive-thru service at a nearby Chowking branch. Don't miss the opportunity to savor the exquisite flavors and enjoy the sarap-saya experience that Chowking has meticulously crafted for its valued customers.
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With the non-stop rains and the escalation of COVID cases, we're so glad we discovered Formesa Frozen Foods where we could buy premium Taiwanese frozen foods online. It also offers in-store shopping and pick-up in Binondo and Makati.
As they say, the contents of your fridge tells a lot about you. We have a one-door freezer dedicated just for Asian Frozen Foods and it is usually full! We're really fortunate to have access to Asian frozen foods because they are usually easy to prepare (i.e. by steaming, pan-fry or boiling) and they are healthy and nutritious too.
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| Abalone Salad, Shrimp Pork And Kutsay Frozen Home Made Dumplings, Taro Cake, Taiwan Black Bridge Sausage (Garlic), Grass Jelly and Frozen Baked Pineapple |
Allow us to show an example of our easy to prepare lunch, all of which are Taiwanese Frozen Foods bought from FormesaFoods.Com.
FormesaFoods.Com is easy to navigate and it comes in three languages too: English, Simplified Chinese 简体中文 and Traditional Chinese 繁体中文 . We love how the site is updated is so you can see how many stocks of the product are available for purchase. If you see your desired product are already sold out, don't despair because there is also a schedule above on when its new container will arrive.
A useful function in its website to take note is the messaging icon on the lower right which allow you to anything about the ordering process and also information on how to use or cook the products.
So as our friend said, there a indeed a lot of good finds at Formesa Frozen Foods and our shopping cart is proof of that! Upon checking out from its website, you will receive an email confirmation.
Click "View Your Order" and you will see the full delivery details too.
On the day of the delivery date, we received a text and viber regarding the booking of delivery.
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| Abalone Salad, Shrimp Pork And Kutsay Frozen Home Made Dumplings, Taro Cake, Taiwan Black Bridge Sausage (Garlic), Grass Jelly and Frozen Baked Pineapple |
We were very impressed with the packaging of all the products. And, they came with a printed list of our orders too.
Abalone Salad (310 php/500g)
The Abalone Salad turns out to be Master Yen's Calamari Salad with Abalone Flavor (顏師傅 鮑魚風味沙拉). Yens is a popular Taiwanese seafood salad brand since 1968. It was our first time to try it and it was really good! It had a dominant wasabi flavor and chewy abalone-like texture complimented by the crunchy Capelin roe (a.k.a Masago).
Grass Jelly (195 php)
The Grass Jelly is YuanLin Shimmering Black Gold since 1900 (員林食品仙草凍). YuanLin is a Taiwanese maker of purely natural grass jelly since 1900! It focuses on a specialized product line: Mesona and Grass Jelly from seedling to canning. As expected, the quality is top-notch. The Grass Jelly is refreshingly light and jiggly, you can add milk, brown sugar or ice if the sweetness is not enough for you.
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| Shrimp Pork And Kutsay Frozen Home Made Dumplings (350 php/24-pc. pack) |
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| Taiwan Black Bridge Sausage (Garlic) (1,280 php/600g) |
The highlight of our orders is the Taiwan Black Bridge Sausage (Garlic). We've actually been looking for this and we're surprised to find it at Formesa Frozen Foods. Black Bridge Sausage 黑橋牌香腸 is like the King brand of Taiwanese Sausage. It even has its own Museum in Taiwan. Black Bridge Sausage now has over 26 product varieties but its best seller is still its 50-year old Original Sausage. Since we've tried that before and Formesa has several varieties available, we decided to try the Taiwan Black Bridge Sausage (Garlic) which was a good choice because we usually eat Taiwanese Sausage with leeks and garlic.
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| Taro Cake (250 php/1kg) |
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| Frozen Baked Pineapple (265 php/6 pcs) |
Just for fun and good luck, we also ordered the Frozen Baked Pineapple (老實旺來冰烤鳳梨). Earnest Farms (老實農場) is a Taiwanese Brand established in 2000 which aims to make natural, organic and healthy fruit products. We're quite surprised that Formesa's pricing is even cheaper than the official shop price with this item. The Frozen Baked Pineapple is a new snack that quickly became popular in Taiwan because its delicious and also healthy - made with 100% fresh pineapples without any preservatives.
Overall, this is our first time to shop online for Taiwanese Frozen Foods. We'll surely order from Formesa Frozen Foods through FormesaFoods.Com again! Highly recommended!
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Though there was barely any good review online about this place, as you can see, it seemed very inviting. 
For our large group, we were ushered towards the second floor. On the way, we passed by these aquarium filled with live sea creatures. This is a typical display for a Chinese seafood restaurant. 
Now, these big red linen covered round tables were the much familiar set up for a Chinese restaurant.
While waiting, we were served some complimentary hot tea and peanuts. This is also customary for Chinese restaurants of this type.
Food
As expected, the menu offers both ala carte and set menu. For Chinese restaurants that we regularly visit, we usually take the set menu and the adjust a few dishes therein based on the advisement of the manager. However, since this is our first time to try Sha Tin, we opted to go for the ala carte so we can try the dishes that interested us.
Dimsum Articles
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| Kuchai Scallop Dumpling (110 php) |
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| Century Egg Siomai (85 php) |
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| Prawn Hakao (130 php) |
Soup
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| Shark's Fin Soup with Shredded Chicken and Bamboo Fungus L (2,250 php) |
Healthy Vegetarian
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| Sizzling Stuffed Pan Fried Tofu (450 php) |
Claypot Dishes
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| Beef Short Ribs in Black Pepper Stew L (1,100 php) |
Fried/Salt & Pepper
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| Salt and Pepper Chicken L (720 php) |
Nutrient Steamed Dishes
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| Steamed East Star with Bean Paste |
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| Peking Duck (2,280 php/whole) |
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| Peking Duck Pancakes |
The Peking Duck was prepared just beside our table and was served in two ways: Peking Duck Pancakes and Diced Peking Duck.
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| Diced Peking Duck |
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| Diced Peking Duck in Lettuce Wraps |
Noodles and Rice
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| Birthday Noodles L (700 php) |
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