A&D Binondo Finds: Mandarin Supermarket

One of the perks of living in Manila is that Binondo is not that far (wag lang traffic. Hehe!). My favorite stops in Binondo are Shin Ton Yon, Wai Ying, Shopper's Mart, Shin Tai Shiang, Happy Delicious, DEC and Mandarin Supermarket. Then there's QuickSnack in Carvajal and Ying Ying in Dasmariñas. I always frequent these places but always forget to take photos and write about them so I've decided to feature my Binondo favorites!

Today, I'm featuring one of my favorite groceries in Binondo, Mandarin Supermarket! Have you ever been there? Oh you will love it!!!

Mandarin Supermarket is located on the ground floor of a condominium I forgot the name of. Hehe! It's the condominium beside Salazar Bakery.

One of the many reasons why I love going to Mandarin is they offer products that you can only find in their grocery.

Left: Vitasoy in small, medium, or large, in malt or plain flavors. I like getting the small one for Y's baon. For the small and medium sizes, you buy them in bulk. 8's for the small ones and 6's for medium ones.

Right: Juice boxes! I always buy the Vita Lemon Tea, Vita Chrysanthemum Tea, Hi-C Grapes and Hi-C Peach! They're also sold by 6's but you can also purchase them in singles that can be found in their chiller.  

There's also bottled green tea, fresh milk, more juice and more!

There's assorted chips, biscuits and what nots. I always buy the corn chips and want-want for the kids!

I always check aisle by aisle because there's always something new!

One of my favorite sections is the milk tea section! My favorites are Lipton Gold and the one beside on on the upper left and also the one on the left most on the second row.

There's also Ovaltine, Milo and Horlicks and Horlicks candy!

Take your pick at condiments like black vinegar, soy sauce and other special sauces!

I have more finds to share but don't have photos. Haha! I was not sure if taking photos was even allowed LOL. I also buy my Nissin Instant Noodles, Sate Barbeque Sauce and other condiments I used at home. I love Mandarin Supermarket that I've brought my mommy friends here. Who doesn't love going to groceries more than moms, right? Heehee! I'll do a part two when I my grocery again here but if you happen to be going to Binondo, plan a visit to Mandarin Supermarket!

My favorite Hi-C flavors!

Mandarin Supermarket is located at 777 Ongpin St., Manila. Happy shopping!

Sunday Out With My Mom and Achi

When my sisters and I were not yet married yet, our Sundays were spent going to the mall with my mom like any family, shopping and eating. But ever since getting married and having kids, we rarely get to spend a day just us girls. So when there was a free Sunday last November, we had a girls day out without kids (but shobe was in province, so it was just the 3 of us). It's nice to spend a day with your siblings and mom once in a while, takes you back when you're all living in one roof, just being us.

Our day started with brunch at Wildflour in Salcedo Village, finally got to try it na din!

Excited for brunch!

Checking out the pastries!

Granola, Bread and Coffee which were all good!

I ordered the Luke's Favorite Bacon Steak and Eggs, Pineapple Jam and Baguette Php330

Achi got the Homemade Granola,  Greek Yogurt, Fresh Fruit and Honey Php260. This was good! I don't like granolas but I like this one.

Mom had Croque Madam: Ham, Gruyere, Fried Egg Php420

Bread Pudding

Mom had Red Juice. Php220.

After brunch, we spent the whole afternoon in Glorietta window shopping for me, some shopping for them until we couldn't anymore. Haha! We had dinner at Jipan to rest our feet.

Spicy Tuna

California Maki

Agedashi Tofu

Oyakudon. This and the Spicy Tuna were the only ones that were not disappointing.

Okonomiyaki which looked good but didn't taste good

We left Glorietta around 7PM. We were supposed to go home already when we passed by New Hatchin Japanese Grocery. We've been wanting to go to Hatchin for the longest time but we're always out of the way. And we finally did that night!

New Hatchin by far has the cheapest Japanese grocery products.  They have a wide selection of groceries, frozen goods plus stonewares and health products. This has got to be my new favorite Japanese grocery!

My favorite section: Noodles Section! Hehe!

Sauces or more sauces!

Salad dressings!

Frozen goods and more!

My mom loved shopping there and we've been back there twice. Will blog about it on another entry.  :) New Hatchin Grocery is located at Sacred Heart St., cor. Metropolitan Ave, Makati City.

We ended our day with smiles on our faces. Tiring but our girls day out was a fun one, sad though that shobe can't join us. We promise to do this regularly or at least once a month when we're not too busy with our kids. And hopefully, the little sister can join us on the next girls day out.