The Happy Monk (House of Steam) Restaurant not-so-complete-yet Review.

It was a sunny and windy weekend and Martin and I were together spending quality time. He bought food for his brothers in Andok’s BF and when we headed home, we came across this restaurant that had a big tarpaulin posted outside their establishment that read:

40% off on ALL dimsum from 3pm to 5pm.

Martin looooves dimsum. In fact, he worships dimsum more than he worships me, haha! Handa niyang ipagpalit ako sa dimsum! *dapat pala ang hitsura ko mukha ring dimsum para mahalin ako nito, hehe.* So automatically, we were drawn to eat at this new and seemingly interesting place--- The Happy Monk. It was 4:45pm so pasok pa kami sa discount!

We ordered the pork and shrimp siomai and the Japanese siomai. Grabe. Ang S-A-R-A-P. What makes it masarap is, aside from the taste and concoction of the siomai, alam mong HINDI KA TINIPID sa ingredients. You get your money’s worth when you buy these dimsum here at The Happy Monk. Though I am not a huge (literally and figuratively) fan of dimsum like Martin (eto talaga literally huge, hahaha joooke! labyu Mahal :* ), alam ko naman yung hitsura ng tinipid sa hindi. I've eaten quite a number of dimsum already in 27 years and this one's something to sink your teeth and taste buds into. They don't have hakaw though.The best hakaw I've tried so far is Zhu in BGC, beside HSBC and McDonald's. Pumuputok yung hakaw ng mga hipon! Yum! We weren't able to order the Xiao Long Bao here at Happy Monk, hindi raw kasi kasama sa promo rate, haha! Kuripot lang kami mag-jowa, haha! Tipiders mode! :)

Another thing: what is depicted in the pictures, more or less, that’s EXACTLY the same look you’ll get when your food is served to you. Pasok sa banga! Hindi siya yung mga photos na dinownload lang sa internet tapos the establishment claimed that it is THEIR food. This is the real thing 'ika nga ni Lisa Stansfield sa ni-remake niyang kanta. We ended up ordering two sets of pork/shrimp siomai and japanese siomai. So lumabas e parang tag-isang order kami ng pork/shrimp and japanese siomai. Takaw much lang???

For the price, compared to other restaurants in BF that serve dimsum, The Happy Monk's price is competitive,  pwede na, mura na. What even makes it more appealing is its VALUE FOR MONEY vibe. Kung kumain ka ng siomai dito at siomai ng Mandarin Palace, mas sulit babayaran mo dito sa Happy Monk. Ganung levels. SULIT siya e, yun yun.

Do not confuse this restaurant for The Happy Monk in Guanzhou, China. This one is nicely located in Aguirre Ave., BF Homes, Parañaque City, approximately 80 meters from Little Quiapo. Very accessible to BF people who just wants to have a dimsum-kinduva-great-time. Shet ambaduy lang ng hirit!

(Clockwise from top left) There's that big tarpaulin poster hung at their window. And that's a selfie of Martin and I. Plus Martin attacking our first order of dimsum. Second batch of pork/shrimp an japanese siomai. Lastly, the ambiance and interior design of the restaurant is simple and functional. :)

The Happy Monk's menu. Sorry if it's a bit blarred. Bad trip lang kasi yung camera ng tablet e. Hope you guys can read it.

Martin and I will definitely go back to taste more of their sumptuous food. 'Til then, this is just a mini review of the wild and delicious time we had at The Happy Monk. Ang galing e, parang out of nowhere in-you-face, BOOM! Delicious siomai for you! Ganung levels! Sarap! At siguro nga ang pumatok sa takilya samin e yun 40% off on dimsum promo nila, hahaha!

Kaon ta! :)