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If you’re a Pinoy living in Wanchai on Hong Kong island, you probably buy phone credits for your Philippine SIM at Tindahan ni Mang Ambo (or “Mang Ambo’s Store”) on Lockhart Road. In fact, we bet you probably get your stash of instant pancit canton, Ligo sardines, balut and itlog na pula (salted egg), Rexona, Maxi-Peel, and RDL at the same grocery.
I passed by Tindahan tonight on my way back to the hotel from work, after having a quick dinner at Mang Ambo’s Filipino Restaurant, a hole-in-the-wall that serves authentic Pinoy food. Both establishments are owned by the elusive Mang Ambo (who was not present at his carinderia the night we dropped by).
The woman tending the place, Marissa, who has been living in Hong Kong for eight years, says the grocery has suppliers who bring in Pinoy food and personal care items regularly. And that’s not all! Would you believe the shop actually has two Internet-enabled computers, equipped with webcam? Marissa says a half-hour of Internet use costs HK$15, or PhP90. There are even DVDs of Pinoy movies!
Tindahan ni Mang Ambo
147 Lockhart Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
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Nice, hope your enjoying your trip. Sa hk daw super dami pinoys you wont feel homesick, except missing your family of course..
I don’t think “Mang Ambo” is elusive. Occasionally I see him attending to customers. His carinderia is a household name for us here in Hong Kong. Sometimes I even bring my Chinese friends to eat there.
Good for you, Elmer, that you caught a glimpse of him. I passed by several times but I didn’t have as much luck! :D
paano ba makontak si Mang Ambo?
Hi, Obie,
I was told that Mang Ambo can be found at his restaurant at the next block, but I passed by there several times during my stay but never saw him. Wrong timing lang siguro.
The address:
Mang Ambo’s Filipino Restaurant
120 Jaffe Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
+852 2143 6877
I wrote a separate story about the resto here:
http://www.pinoycentric.com/2007/07/13/mang-ambos-taste-of-home/
Hope you catch him!
were in business tour in hongkong to sell affordable house and lot 1oo a day lang, hanapin ko nga si tindahan ni mang ambo para maka mura ng masarap na tsibogan. papunta an kame.
albert
Hi! Does anybody here know a club/bar owner in Hongkong who’s looking for Filipino band to perform in their place?
Thanks!