Where to eat in Manila

Restaurants, cafés and street food in Manila, Philippines that locals actually go to — plus the local names for the chains you already know.

• Sincerity Café — Chinese-Filipino, Binondo (1). Order the Sincerity fried chicken + kiampong. The fried chicken of Binondo since 1956.
• Manam — Modern Filipino, Makati (Greenbelt) (2). Order the Sinigang na beef short rib sa sampalok. Classics and twists side by side — the sinigang sets the tone.
• The Aristocrat — Filipino, Malate (2). Order the Chicken BBQ + java rice. The 1936 family institution of chicken barbecue and java rice.
• Dong Bei Dumplings — Northern Chinese, Binondo (1). Order the Kuchay pork dumplings. Hand-folded dumplings in the world's oldest Chinatown.
• Toyo Eatery — Contemporary Filipino, Makati / Chino Roces (4). Order the Tasting menu. Manila's world-list table — Filipino memory, fine-dining form.
• Milky Way Café — Filipino heritage, Makati (2). Order the Halo-halo + pancit luglug. Old-Manila classics and the city's benchmark halo-halo.

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