Happy Chinese New Year - Gong Xi Fa Cai!

View of Manila from Skydeck, Bayleaf, Intramuros

We welcomed the year of the sheep in style from atop the skydeck - overlooking china town and watching the fireworks. We took the Bionondo Food Tour in the oldest ChinaTown in the world and ate our way through the narrow alleys and it indeed was a gastronomical delight! Our guide took us to five eating places and we gorged on dumplings,noodles, tofu,steamed buns, mango soup - to name a few - all the while exploring and learning a few historical facts of the area. The streets were lit with Chinese lanterns and the environment was indeed festive.

Lessons learnt for today:

#1 : Chinese food tours do offer vegetarian options and are not always bizarre foods ( like scorpion on  a stick! )

#2 : Jinx Rule : If you try to photograph the fireworks, they stop bursting them!

Sights from the Food Walk

Fireworks - thanks to Yasar for this capture!

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