The Best Hidden Chinese Restaurant in Manila

What is the essence of Chinese food? There is no singular answer because as with any country, it varies per region. We tried authentic Szechuan and other regional specialties from Hong Kong and Taiwan to learn more about one of the most loved cuisines of the world as told by Filipino Chinese Historian, Anson Yu, from Old Manila Walks. Join Chef Martin as he ventures into the secret parts of Metro Manila, specifically Pasay City, to unravel the flavors of some underrated restaurants in the Philippines.
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Onn Knee Roast Duck Manila - 1304 Leveriza St. Cartimar Commercial Arcade and Suites, Pasay City
Kuanzhai Alley - 2F W Mall Diosdado Macapagal Blvd., Pasay City
Good Luck Hot Pot - NexGen Tower, Pasay City
Meet Fresh - Air Residences Malugay St., Makati City
Jump to:
(0:00) Intro
(1:26) Onn Knee Roast Duck Manila
(4:21) Kuanzhai Alley
(8:00) Good Luck Hot Pot
(9:45) Meet Fresh
(11:55) Outro
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[@limmykinh]

I like the point how he said we should see ourselves people to people. Ang hirap minsan wag maging biased or impartial especially if you put geopolitics into account. Pero we should all remember that a country's people is not its government. Di dapat ma-prejudice against the citizens dahil lang sa government nila. ...Thanks for the Chinese resto tour. Bonus na bansa pa, Taiwanese dessert!

[@christinaalviedo579]

It’s a throwback of my childhood those are the kind of Chinese foods that we had as a family because my stepdad was from Mainland China and he is Cantonese. Thank you for this segment your silent viewer from Monterey County California. More power and God bless.🙏♥️🙏

[@featrmedia]

So glad you enjoyed and that it brought back fond memories of your childhood. Thank you for subscribing!

[@kishcomia189]

Kuan Zhai Alley! Been eating there since we first discovered it in 2020! So glad its getting the recognition it deserve! Try nyo guys ang sarap, ang anghang!

[@elizabethcaceres5134]

it was intimidating kase pumasok. malapit ito samin...hopefully to try it soon

[@jorensleong4202]

Anong best sellers??

[@kemomagac_tv]

We're so happy that we are part of your vlog FEATR. I WOULD like to say thank you😊😊 #Meet Fresh

[@magsmontilla7665]

Chinese food is such a comfort food and really diverse. Thank you FEATR for this, I wanna try this someday.

[@jecstrike]

I love this kind of episodes. The unpopular but very good food spots in the metro.

[@Gutzyy480]

This is a good episode. It’s true that we get intimidated when trying to eat in a Chinese restaurant because most of the time people are not familiar with the food and the menu is always written in Chinese. This definitely gives a different view on Chinese restaurants. I super love Chinese food and will definitely try these restaurants soon! Well done, FEATR! 🥂

[@ayrasanmiguel9363]

THIS IS SO TIMELY! THANKS FOR THIS FEATR!!!

[@TotallyAjB]

Omg Meet fresh!!! ❤️❤️❤️ highly recommended!

[@jecgabay]

I met Sir Anson Yu with the famous photographer Fung Yu and historian Xiao Chua a few years ago during our observation of the Traslacion. That was one of the most information-rich afternoons while having met new people in a while. :)

[@ladyvozz9355]

Nakakatakam naman. Yes, let us try everything. Thanks for the idea. Kung Hei Fat Choi!

[@shermich90]

I like this Chinese food crawl. Informative and not just random restaurants that are popular.

[@anthonyemboltura7419]

love this episode. will certainly look for these spots. thanks Chef Marts and FEATR Team!

[@SeaOfLuv]

This is a great segment. Good job guys!

[@joshwindswept5694]

Hope I get to try those places in this video! Chef Martin is our good luck charm for this year!

[@papakimchitv674]

Good Luck Hot Pot is a gem of a restaurant. Quite expensive but really tasteful! And the experience is quite distinct.

[@alvindelacruz7829]

Sobrang ganda nung sinabi sa dulo ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@JO-vf8ql]

Went to kuanzhai alley after watching, we used to frequent this hole in the wall restaurant in Bangkal, Maomis, it's the same cuisine, too bad Maomis closed, I'm glad to find this one thru this video

[@bertoman1990]

Never new about those places until now, now they are on the list thank you!

[@GeezCats]

This calls for a sequel! 😊

[@arieltrajano1864]

thank you for sharing. I hope to travel to the your city soon and try these dishes.

[@NN-gx9ro]

Hey, so nice to see Anson! You were in good hands 😊

[@vievelasco6224]

This is very educational. I learned that in some parts of China, it's very dry and they need to sweat so they put herbs and spices to their food to make them sweat, thus, avoiding arthritis. That's their belief. Awesome!

[@etoychen]

Wow another bucketlist

[@janthonyg]

I hope you guys indicated the price of the orders too for us viewers

[@michaelengcot7455]

Thankful for sharing your experience 😊

[@milastark1975]

So Pasay City is good to explore. I know all Chinese tasting foodies from every Chinese Cities, famous.

[@thanday8934]

Nice content! 🤘

[@josephohanlon205]

Thank you, Martin. This video was educational & valued by us, #1 tourist.😮

[@renjavier424]

subbed. good stuff bro. keep it up! 👍

[@BongiePilapilMacas]

Now craving for roasted duck❤Sad to say in my family I'm the only one who can eat anything❤

[@miguelinfante6045]

chef Martin the GOAT 💯

[@charpkun]

Yum. Ever since i left china after working there for a year, i realized just how much of thier regional cuisine is mostly unknown outside of china. Cantonese is the most obvious that we have locally, but as the hosts pointed out, the mainstream ones is localized already. Even the second featured cuisine, sichuan, has some familiar things that were adapted by cantonese restaurants, but not the fried spicy fish soups/curries which i learned to love the most when i tried it in china. Sana there is a part 2, baka they can go find more less known things like xinjiang cuisine, hunan cuisine, dongbei cuisine, maybe even yunnan cuisine. But i never personally found those yet, so hard to say.

[@charpkun]

Ps. I really wanna go to that taiwanese shaved ice place. Did not know it was there. We frequent only the rise makati, which is next door

[@oohoohaahaah1638]

you worked there during Covid Dynasty?

[@CBD7069..]

First wave of Chinese diaspora were southern Chinese. Cantonese, hokkien, Hakka, teo chew. Which is why most people are familiar with dishes from those areas of China.

[@FOODandTRAVELareHAPPINESSbyRio]

❤️ I love Chinese food.

[@ly8682]

Mapo Tofu my favorite gotta try that.

[@manilagirltours8940]

The bridge you just walked on is also the Filipino-Chinese friendship bridge 😁 thanks for sharing this. These are great places. The guy in green looks like a former president 🤔🤔🤔

[@ayencatbagan]

Happy chinese new year.. 🍲🎉

[@anasianemo]

I feel so much closer with our Chinese side of the culture. They were there long before the Spaniards arrived and traded goods and crafts with our ancestors, they were there during the Spanish takeover and colonial period, they were there when the Japanese attacked, they were there when the Americans took over, they were there long after this and still are. A quarter of us have Chinese ancestry even if it is 5%. Our language, cuisine and traditions were influenced. Sure, I do get the "Why are they taking over everything?" opinion, I get the disdain caused by the tension at sea, but I don't want to blame the people who want a better life and move abroad, if anything it is an honour people come to our country and think it is an opportunity, we do the same as OFW. Can't talk about the Chinese government though... as they make their own people suffer too, so no wonder some want to leave.

[@nicojohncervano7690]

China seems like a great place to live in even for Filipinos. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKbblHqdg7qenMk

[@MarkMiller304]

Because that’s what your new colonial masters feed you to distance you from a people that never once try to colonize it you. These white snakes project their own colonial ambitions on to others while they are doing everything then can to rule over non whites. Believe it or not most Chinese people like their own government, and the Americans are full of crap pretending to be good while invading countries across the world.

[@AznAfroMan513]

the Chinese govt lifted 80 million people out of poverty and their standard of living is much higher than that of the USA. the ones that leave the country (yes the ones you see in the PH) do so in pursuit of more unsavory activities and grey area careers because they can get away with it elsewhere, same can be said about South Korean nationals in the PH. makes sense that Filipinos don't have a good impression of of Chinese people since it's mostly the bottom of the barrel that immigrate. same thing with Westerners moving to the PH, except Filipinos still have white-worship stockholm syndrome mentality from the colonial days it seems lol and more recently k-worship thanks to hallyu.

[@pushslice]

Great episode ! any recommendations for Lanzhou or Xi’an style La Mian? (Handpulled aka BiangBiang noodles?) One of my favorite regional styles of Chinese noodles. love the fresh-ground chili blend and sizzling oil they pour on top of those noodles !

[@akosiwerlo]

Thank you for this guide. Also, Chef Martin is hotter than those Sichuan dishes 😅😅😅

[@featrmedia]

Wholesome content onli but thank u for subscribing! 🙏🏼

[@k.3004]

I'd love to go to the Sichuanese restaurant..!!

[@anasianemo]

Happy lunar new year! Year of the rabbit!

[@mind_in_repose_now1256]

Mapo tofu is my favourite. Mala food is spicy but so good. You have to give Szechuan restaurants at least twice a try to get familiar with the taste, after that you will keep on looking for it.

[@marivicsantos9818]

Kuanzhai Alley is located at WMall Macapagal Blvd ., you can try our authentic Chinese Food..❤❤❤

[@ChunkyROX]

how about mala, chinese bbq - yung may cumin &schezuan chilli powders and chong qing grilled fish?.. hindi pa ito uso sa Manila?

[@funnygrass10000]

I love the beef noodles with pepper bbq

[@phillipmidel435]

Hindi ko na pansinin yun food but yun milk na nasa gilid hehehe masarap yan

[@czeex44]

Good freaking content, as usual!

[@karnod4401]

In Makati just open foodpanda app dami chinese. Hehe suki ako ng Supermien for their noodles and dumplings. Solid portion at lasa.

[@manilenyochannel]

Hindi naman sa nagmamagaling ako pero ang Intro nyo sa Binondo Intramuros Bridge tapos ang title nyo may "Manila" pero sa ibang city ang kinainan nyo hindi naman pala sa Manila mismo, sana alam natin na magkaiba ang Manila sa Metro Manila which is kasama yang mga city na kinain nyo like Pasay. Salamat po.

[@atmhauz4732]

Tumpak... Nanghihilo Ng mga viewer!

[@arniemendoza5447]

how about eatery or carenderia sa university belt ir close to universities affordable but quality good food

[@ravidecastro746]

I would love to help do a tour of best Indian food go tos :)

[@psi-eight]

Missing Moderna Panciteria in Sta. Cruz, Manila, help in finding something close tasting to this legenday restaurant please. missing their Halo!

[@djyosy16]

There are a lot of good points in the video the camera work is excellent, but the dialogue between the two is drowned by the background noise and it becomes more pronounced when the audio transitions from spoken dialogue to music. I'm sure a lot was edited out but at the end of the day.... I'm not sure if the video was actually recommending the restaurants, because after watching it for the first and only time.... I didn't get the real message of the video...I hope the next one will be better... I'm looking forward to the next one.

[@titaniumfeather5000]

Tgere's a lot of Chinese restaurants here in Pasay Macapagal Ave

[@NaruGonReaction]

people to people yeah...that's good

[@dushman888]

Props

[@Kenkoyski99]

Nice most are located in my hometown Pasay I dont need to travel to Binondo for some real chinese dishes'✌️😊

[@jordanvaldezsuarez8154]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@mariepascual1703]

Next time pwede ako sumama sa 'yo? Seriously.

[@haningredo.galicia8291]

❤️❤️❤️

[@richardeulin2842]

😋😋

[@lourdelynjoyencabo5381]

❤

[@kitoryo__]

Yun sa 3rd resto parang pati server ay chinese, look so authentic. I wanted to try that resto but I'm worried if I will be able to communicate with the servers 🤭

[@LetsCookPare]

The pork belly is actually roasted and not fried. It’s what we call siu yuk / sio bak or lechon macau.

[@kitchg5526]

Hello! Can you do hidden Chinese resto also in Baguio? All I know is the Rose Bowl and the oldest resto in Legarda street

[@user-rq4me3xz6h]

Good taste affordable and delicious,go there early its always full during lunch and dinner time

[@kitchg5526]

@@user-rq4me3xz6h nope, nag iba na ang lasa at nagmahal pa nuong anak na ang incharge. Though same pa din sa main near dangwa

[@1006Ginger]

Can you pls show the list of the Restos? I know it was flashed on the side of the screen for few seconds but the texts were so small that it’s hard to read. Thanks!

[@featrmedia]

Hi! Restaurants are on the description box. Thanks for watching!

[@mohammadrayanbinelias9518]

This is not complete without Sichuan Hot pot. Xiao long kan in pasay looks authentic, please do a review for them.

[@dodonggoldblum2085]

May chinese restaurant malapit sa macapagal kinainan namin before pandemic, parang semi vegetarian sya pero puros Chinese workers kumakain. Dami tao nung lunar New year. Yung nag lockdown nawala na rin sya the whole place nag iba na. Parang tinayo lang sya to cater to Chinese na tinatawag natin na pogo workers.

[@lulucastillo7269]

Where is this?

[@jocelynfortaleza8103]

wew

[@featrmedia]

awow

[@rommelreyes1772]

What's the name of the resto?

[@AdlenDelMundo]

last time kumain ako sa chinese resto inabot ng almost 20k un bill for only 5 people.. sna naglagay kayo ng prices..

[@atmhauz4732]

Saan naman Yan kamahal

[@AdlenDelMundo]

@@atmhauz4732 crystal dragon

[@titaniumfeather5000]

Chinese food is comfort food for me and my family and were notneven Chinese

[@frankiefernandez9225]

👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽💙💙💙CHINESE FOOD😋😋😋👍👍👍🏆🏆🏆🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🍻🍻🍻

[@january7665]

Please do one in manila not in metro manila. Most of the places here are located in pasay city eh.

[@queenoasis]

Try coming to any Chinese neighborhood in NYC...a lot of restaurants don't even have an English menu. lol. You just kind of have to suck it up and go in blindly in hopes that the waitress speaks kindergarten english.

[@ozkaar5287]

It's not Roast Meat (Onn Knee), it's called Cold Cuts.

[@rommelb.8070]

Sa pagkaka alam ko galing sila sa Amoy, Fukien . . . 😂🤭

[@alanalves9491]

Thanks for your vlog about hidden Chinese restaurants in manila. No addresses were given so I'm not wasting my time going around looking for the addresses of these restaurants. There are other restaurants around manila. Next time you vlog state the addresses please. This is from Canada.

[@T7R87]

I called Kuanzhai Alley, they hung up on me... What do I do now?

[@imjerome]

while you spent time and money filming and eating na rin, altho mababawi nyo naman sa views, i hope you include or tell ur audience na rin whats the name of the dishes per resto and the final price is perhaps just kinda like Mark Weins is doing. suggest lang naman kasi yung video nyo will go a long long way na. sayang kung hindi complete. malay ba kasi ng tayo ano yung inoooder nyo eh chinese yan. Peace out!

[@epicgraphics7048]

Make no mistake. It's the gov, not the people.

[@bongbongtravels6108]

You'll be surprised, maraming Pinoys ang me Chinese blood. I didn't know until i took a DNA test na 78 percent Chinese daw ako.

[@cooldwag168]

Hindi naman hidden yan. Try ninyo old captain 😊

[@imjerome]

Ummmm Onn Kee po and not Onn Knee

[@thecenterph]

The difference between a journalist-vlogger and a vlogger who is not a journalist is this vlogger doesn't even say what restaurant he is featuring. If you want to guide your audience to experience what your featuring you have to tell them where and which restaurant you are in.

[@ivnvi7553]

Hope u really watched the video and not scanned through it?? There's literally graphics of what restaurants they visited, and it's even in the caption.

[@oxoelfoxo]

check the description

[@pinkcolorladee]

Knowing their hot kitchen in a Chinese resto, you will not dare to dine again. I’d rather support local restaurants than these chinese restaurants.

[@kittysysagal1209]

Duck has no fishy taste cause it is not a fish or seafood. You should have said, "gamy" (game) taste.😅

[@romelramos1662]

You have to remove your Cap when eating

[@LarryfromPH]

I don't understand why the LGU seemed to tolerate these restaurants for not being able to cater to non-Chinese speaking customers! It not only intimidates locals but foreigners as well. The problem with this is it divides people. Why can't these restaurant owners hire local crews as well?!

[@drewmountain4314]

Jollibee nga sa abroad puro pinoy and crew 🤣

[@rice6682]

Thumbnail, Manila then i heard Pasay🥴??? Better say Metro Manila

[@atmhauz4732]

Oo nga . Ang gulo Ng geography nila

[@joovids3576]

Click bait! Calling a resto in public space hidden lol

[@artv5117]

Resto in pasay and pasay is not manila and taiwanese desset is not chinese. Your title is a misnomer.

[@atmhauz4732]

Tumpak

[@rheajane2521]

sorry but learn to respect our territories/ppl before we can start to appreciate your culture. yall have a voice to speak to your govt.

[@ryanperez4894]

WAG MO NG VLOG YANG AREA NA YAN MAGKAKALASON DYAN SA BUONG LUGAR NA YAN!!!

[@rannyreyes1074]

Maybe you should take off your cap while eating to show respect for the food.