MUNCH MONSTER raid: Luk Yuen

Finally revisiting Luk Yuen and now dinning! Jai and I chose Mey Lin over Luk Yuen before due to our limited budget, we were already seated browsing the menu and my fickle mindedness lead us to walking out and eating at Mey Lin. But now, thanks to my ever cute boyfriend who finally made the decision to eat there. 

Here’s our Luk Yuen experience, last Sunday, December 4, I asked Jai to accompany me to Greenhills to look for business attire clothes. We haven’t eaten lunch and after about 2 hours of strolling we were both hungry. Jai was craving for Chinese food especially fried rice; we decided to go Chinese and had five options, Mann Hann, Le Ching, Eat Well, North Park or Luk Yuen. Our first choice was North Park but didn’t know where it was, second was Eat Well although we didn’t have enough money, we were down with three options and finally after countless deliberations we went with Luk Yuen and redeem ourselves because of our walk out drama before :)

The restaurant is spacious and the colors have a welcoming feel to it. We didn’t receive any greetings or welcoming remarks unlike in other restaurants, no one even assisted us, we did the initiative of looking for a vacant seat. We were trying to call the attention of the waiters numerous times but they just ignored us (irritating and disrespectful).  We decided to move to another seat to be more visible and be attended to, also there were parts of the restaurant that was not well ventilated. After transferring, finally a waiter approached us and gave us the menu.

I did the courtesy of letting Jai choose. He ordered Fried Rice with Chicken & Salted Fish (P180.00) and the Dumplings in Hot Chili – 8 pieces (P160.00) plus our all time favorite drink -2 glasses of house water haha

Fried Rice with Chicken & Salted Fish

We’ve had better. When it comes to fried rice, our Little Asia experience is yet to be beaten. Plus, the version of North Park is way superior! Serving wise, we were a bit disappointed, we were expecting a bit more.

Dumplings in Hot Chili

More like Dumplings in Soy Sauce with bits of chili. Jai was unsatisfied with this dish. He didn’t taste any hint of spice and had to add more chili just to make it spicy. I tasted a faint hint of spice but was not satisfied with it. The dumplings were okay, though we’d still go for Eat Well’s hakaw.

Total food cost: Fried Rice P180 + Dumplings P160 + Tip P10.00 = P350.00. The restaurant has no service charge (I don’t think they should) and all menu items are vat inclusive.

 Revisiting Luk Yuen? Maybe in the future, we’d explore other Chinese restaurants first as of now. This was not a total hit for us.

Walker Map: From Robinsons Galleria 

1. From Robinsons Galleria Mall, take a jeep going to Greenhills Shopping Center.
2. Go to V-Mall (former Virramall) and walk towards the chapel, from there you’ll see Luk Yuen restaurant.

Bite Cost: P150.00/person

Munch Worthy: Not really, explore other Chinese restos

Walker repeat: Maybe, will try their noodles and congee

Located at Unimart Greenhills Shopping Center, Ortigas Ave. San Juan City

Website:Luk Yuen

Facebook: Luk Yuen

Operating Hours:

Sunday - Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:30 pm

Friday – Saturday: 10:00 am – 9:00 pm