New Eastern Garden Restaurant — Restaurant in Manila

This is essentially just mediocre peudo-Chinese carinderia fare. The lumpiang sariwa has too much brown sugar, the meals are served lukewarm, and the pork dish had a cornstarchy gravy, nothing hearty or full-bodied about it at all. Seriously, I've had better lumpiang sariwa in other simpler places, and we can even make an even better legit version in our own house.

The place is cramped and unkempt too. Also, the guy who's probably the owner is too busy manning the cashier maybe because he doesn't trust anyone else enough, instead of greeting customers or actually making sure that the meals are served OK.

Lastly, kinda bummed that the prices that they charged at the end came as a surprise as they were different than the ones printed on their menu, which is not a great impression to...

Great food find in Binondo if you're craving for fresh spring rolls -- the serving is quite generous for an affordable price but not my preferred place to dine in as the store is narrow and a bit cramped and service takes such a long time. The storefront lady in charge of preparing lumpia makes them on the spot right beside a dedicate area near the counter but disregards guest orders since she nodded as we ordered but only takes official orders from a wait staff who missed our order even after several follow ups.

Just the same, the lumpia is worth buying and will likely buy this...

The fresh Chinese lumpia is mediocre compared to puo heng or others in Chinatown. And you can compare it. It’s tiny, practically 3 bites with no garlic. the fork was only dipped in the garlic in water. And did you see how tiny piece of lettuce she puts in there.

Still my number one favorite fresh Chinese lumpia is Polland’s on Quentin Paredes.

The quekiam skin is not crunchy and does not taste like pork. I missed the quekiam I use to enjoy made by an old Chinese guy. And he only makes and...