Ma Mon Luk

Levita Dameati

3.0

The place is not that good. No air conditioner. Nothing special with the Mami , but it cost much. The siopao for me was great it's so big and lots of meat. However I haven't tried the siopao of Kowloon some say it's better. I will try that soon.

Janeeva Kaila Verceles

3.0

I get it that people complain about the restaurant's utter lack of comfortable air conditioning and humidity. But hey, that's one of the experiences you get from dining at Ma Mon Luk, aside from the fact that it's one of Manila's oldest restaurants that's still existing.My first time here in this place when my date took me here after our botched visit to Bahay Nakpil-Bautista (which was closed for the day). We ordered the mami and the asado siopao.The mami had pork and chicken toppings. In itself, it smelled rather malodorous and tasted weird to me. But I guessed those were the traditional Chinese flavors. To mask the rather unpleasant taste, I added it with kalamansi juice and lots and lots and LOTS of ground black pepper. Maybe to a few uninitiated diners like me, their mami had an acquired taste. The noodles though were good, firm, and rather "springy," especially when they were just served right on the table and didn't stay in the broth for too long. Aside from the noodles, the tasty pork was also the redeeming factor of this dish.But with their asado siopao, it was love at first bite! I didn't finish the siopao as I decided to take the remaining half of it, and then eat it later (which I did, inside the van while riding home). It was too big for me to finish it at one sitting and besides, my belly was already full from eating their mami. It was so sulit. 👍At least it was a pleasure dining at Ma Mon Luk. I got to experience to dine the old-school Manila way. 😊