Hao

It was a no occasion Saturday night dinner with Mommy Dee and Toots, we just felt that we had to get out of the house and enjoy a bit.  And we did enjoy at Hao along Jupiter Street, which is patterned after Hong Kong diners you'd likely find in the escalator district of upper Central.  I was amused to find the kubyertos dipped in boiling water, and I found myself reminiscing about the first time I visited Hong Kong in 1971--yes, chopsticks were served that way.

We had a whole series of small dishes--broccoli sauteed in garlic, shao long pao, spicy mandarin beef, chicken curry, steamed fish fillet, chicken chow mein, crispy pork hoisin, Hainanese chicken and crispy squid.

 

Vicky and Monique loved the chicken curry and the mandarin beef, enough to order seconds!  Serving sizes are really for one person, and the food stretches out to share if you try a little bit of everything.  Be prepared to spend something like P350 per head, which should get you to taste the variety they offer.  It's best to come in a group of 6-10 people, so food can be passed around.  At night the place is lit slightly on the dim side, I understand that on week nights, the place gets packed with the drinking crowd, and is more like a bar than a restaurant.