Soft Luxe Staycations: Binondo Series - Eng Bee Tin Part 1 and Cutting our Staycation Short

 

During the previous night (Wednesday), my son forecasted that there will be a severe tropical storm on Friday. He said it's going to start raining at 8 am and the strongest will be around 12:20 pm. This weighed heavily in my mind while in bed. We are nightowls. It's very hard for us to wake up early. The route we're going to take to go home gets flooded easily. I've been stuck on Taft Avenue several times during a typhoon, in flood, and it's bad. I don't want to be stuck with my child. 

I didn't get much sleep - what with my luchador son going all Lucha Libre on me while he sleeps and this weather issue. So, I decided to cut our staycation short. Instead of going home on Friday, I told my mom and sister that we would go home that Thursday to beat the weather. I told front desk that my mom and sister will takeover our room. 

Before going home, we decided to drop by Eng Bee Tin next door.

 

But first.

✨️ Today's Look Breakdown

Eyes: BYS Golden Hour palette

Lips: BYS Soft Suede 02 Sweet Hazelnut, MAC Ruby New

Cheeks:  Minimalist Cream Blush 07

Eng Bee Tin

I will break this down into 2 posts as it's photo-heavy. 

Eng Bee Tin was just a few steps next door. They've been around since 1912. They primarily sold hopia back then. Now they have a wide range of products as you'll see below. 

The store was huge! It was 2 floors. The upper floor is a restaurant. 

 I love those gigantic hopia packs! I would've started at them longer, but there were too many people. My son and I have a thing for oversized food. 

Gigantic Mooncake

No words for this brownie hopia...I can't even... 

Different hopia flavors

This is bakwa, like jerky but softer. It says on the cover that it's tapa. Probably so that locals can understand what it is.

The pink hopia is the most popular. 

If you buy 4 mooncakes, you get a free tin can.

Pandesal. I got 2 packs, but haven't tried them yet. 

Oooh, the chiffon cakes. I got the chocolate. It was superb! 

Tikoy. I stared a long time at the tikoy, wondering if I should get one. There was a line of people in front of the tikoy and I stood there for a long time. Some people were already getting conscious wondering if I was staring at them. 😆

They also have frozen goods. 

I tasted some of these from the Waltermart Makati branch. Didn't really like them. 

Looking at this photo, I realize that those are noodles! I should've gotten some! I shall return!

They have their version of sweets from all around the Philippines. 

These are sweets that you can get from Tagaytay and Taal.

Different nuts

Different kinds of tarts and bottled sardines. 

They have a wide array of hopia! So many flavors! 

They have different flavored drinks. I was looking for lychee, but the girl said it's not available yet. 

These drinks were popular. They just restocked that's why I was able to take a photo of a full chiller. 

Boxed Pata Tim?? Wow, the creatives behind the food line in this brand.. Just, wow!

More about Eng Bee Tin in the next post. Stay tuned!

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'Til my next post,

Stay soft. Stay strong. Stay Glowing.

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With elegance and quiet fire, 

Lady E

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