Wai Ying Fastfood

When we were in college, our favorite Chinese restaurant was North Park. A branch is just a ride away from our school and the price fits our budget as students. Aside from north park we also like to eat at a Chinese resto in BGC. However, the restaurant's name slipped out of my memory and I couldn't recall the exact location as well. 

Since my bestfriend's vacation here is near to end. We decided to go to Divisoria to shop and haggle. It brings back memories of our younger days fun of exploring the market of Mongkok, the cheap wise Jatujak and the shopping haven Luoho. I'm still the queen of 'better late than never' notion so we arrived at Divisoria lunch time. We agreed to eat first and talked about going to Binondo to try some Chinese. Too bad we don't know how to go to China Town so we didn't have a choice but scour the mall. I forgot what mall it was in Divisoria, but we found Wai Ying Fastfood at its food court. People are queuing and we saw one guy ordered a platter of Siomai. Made us pretty curious and found ourselves pointing at every dish on display. 

I've learned from my favorite kdrama 'let's eat' that only amateurs use onions for fried rice. To achieve the perfect fried rice, heating should be longer and we wouldn't want the onion to burn so leaks or onion spring should be used instead. 

No extenders. One of the best siomai I've ever had. Perfectly good even without the chili and soy.

Butchi that is not oily. Good to eat while it's still hot.

A woman ordered congee and we were like 'wanna try their congee topped with that crackers'. Comfort food indeed

Beside Wai Ying is Lydia's Lechon which serves chopped roasted pig. The meat of the Lechon is fresh and the skin crunchy. Exactly the type of Lechon that won't give you nauseous feeling.

We wanted to overindulge in everything. But overeating would definitely make us lethargic. Wai Ying also offers radish cake which I heard is good. At the counter they have a display bread called mantao and people are ordering Chicken feet that I've never tried eating. I've realized there are so many Chinese dishes that I know nothing about. 

No wonder why Wai Ying is flocked by customers. It has a branch in Binondo, meaning they serve authentic Chinese dishes. We ate well and the cashier and order taker were so surprised how we managed to finish eating all those food we ordered.