Ma Mon Luk: Still serving the best mami and siopao
If you want some mami and siopao experience that is already written in history, go to Ma Mon Luk in either Quiapo or along Quezon Ave. near Banawe. Those are the only two existing branches of Ma Mon Luk. Since Ma Mon Luk’s death on September 21, 1961, three generations have been succeeded already and I’m glad it’s still there. 
Eating at Ma Mon Luk has been in my a-must food tripping list. I’ve always wondered how their mami and siopao tastes like. After being able to eat mami at Ma Mon Luk, I was able to confirm that they certainly taste different from other restaurants that serve mami. Siopao lovers should pay their homage to Ma Mon Luk by eating there.
The Ma Mon Luk sign along Quezon Avenue
I would certainly go back here for a siopao and a mami even if I live far from Quezon City.
The Ratings:
Quality of Food: 5 out of 5
Cost of Food: 4 out of 5
Ambiance: 3 out of 5
Still the same Ma Mon Luk I’ve seen on the pictures with ventilation provided by ceiling fans.
Quality of Service: 4 out of 5
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Ma Mon Luk rocks. Their siopao and mami are really, really good. But my fave has always been their large-ish siomais; very flavorful.
I dunno about the QAve branch but the one in Quiapo looks dirty but people still frequent the place. Kinda dingy with the faded photos and newspaper clips. But I really can’t help but eat there whenever I’m in the neighborhood. According to a friend, “Masarp ang dumi.”
The service is great too, alagang-alaga kami ng waiters.
@greyweed,
I guess you’ve seen old school celebrity photos there of Richard Gomez, Jennifer Sevilla, Jestoni Alarcon, Ike Lozada, and more
Oh yea, saw faded Ike Lozada and Jestoni Alarcon pics, but not Richard Gomez and Jennifer Sevilla. Must be in those dark spots in the resto…I’ll look for them next time I visit.
i thought those noodles and siopao looked familiar! haha i wasn’t able to go to ma mon luk in quezon ave. but i was lucky enough to visit masuki (re-named ma mon luk) in the greenhills area. dad took us there one time (where we saw gary estrada’s family eating there as well) and i have been wanting to go back there since! it’s comforting to eat hot noodles with fist-sized siomai and hot siopao during rainy days.
by the way, the ambience of masuki better than the previous branches mentioned since it’s airconditioned and there is ample lighting.
Which reminds me. I have to go there this weekend!
We call it Lamon-luk coz we ate a lot when we used to go there. Sadly, we’re in Canada now and can’t eat at Lamon-luk anymore. 8-(
Ma-Mon Luk really is a legend in chinese eatery along with Savoury and a lot of the places you find in Binondo – only that this is is Quezon Ave.
I think if anything, this place exemplifies that good service and good food wins you the loyalty of the public. They have been around since forever – and I wish they would last for the next 50 years so I could tell my kids this story.
@fiel,
yeah you’re correct. it might not look ’sosyal’ but this really exemlifies the simplicity and good food that they serve. I have been eating their mami , siopao and siomai eversince I was a kid. From what I know, it’s the kids of Ramon ( the owner) who are already managing the place.
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haven’t eaten there in years. but someone took me there last year. loved it still. hope the place stays open forever.
@karin,
yeah! sha brought me there and I love their mami and siopao!
may i know…malinis ba kumain sa ma mon luk quiapo?
@maya,
di pa namin nasubukan yung sa quiapo
gosh!!! its family’s best ever favorite…we”ve been eating there since were young…my grandfather introduced that to my father and my father brought us there and now im bringing my daughter and the taste has’nt change….keep up the good work!
from what i know masuki is not renamed ma mon luk masuki is from another restaurant makong mami
I have been eating their mami, siopao, siumai since I was a kid.
for me, its one of the best tasting mami and siopao in the philippines. been eating there since i was a kid and always craving for it. for those who have not tried it, please do and experience ma mon luk.
@ karin araneta – youre right, hope they stay open forever.
My mother introduced me to Ma Mon Luk in the late 50s. They were the only restaurant then that will give an extra bowl of scrumptious beef soup (even without asking!) with my (regular) siopao and siomai with soup order. And the extra “kalamansi” was always graciousy given. I was also awed by their specially delicious thick brown siopao sauce that I also use as “sawsawan” for my siomai dumpling. I hope the younger Ma Mon Luk generation keep the stores alive to serve the customers craving for good, inexpensive Chinese food.
do they deliver?
what is the exact address in quezon blvd,,
tnx …
i meant is quezon ave..sorry
I’m 42 years old. when I was a kid, my father and I used to eat at Ma Mon Luk in Cubao after watching movie at Coronet. My Mom told me na ipinaglihi daw ako sa siopao ng Ma Mon Luk dun sa Quiapo.. no wonder, I’m chubby.
Went to Ma Mon Luk twice, unfortunately, sarado na sila, I think that was around 11pm and 9pm respectively, sana bukas sila ’til 12, or until 3am. Pero naabutan ko naman silang bukas mga hapon, ‘kala ko nga sarado na yung Ma Mon Luk sa Q ave, kasi parang ang aga magsara, pero yun nga bukas pa pala, at ngayon namimiss ko siopao nila…
in the 60’s they said that the palaman of siopao is pusa. I dont believe them, I frequent the place in Quiapo area after watching a floor show in Clover Theatre and order a bowl of beef mami and a special siopao. I concentrated of finishing what I have ordered. Masarap, sabi nila madumi daw, masarap naman. The stinky smell and a slim chinese with wearing white sando from a kitchen and a white polo shirt waiter with a toothpick in his mouth is the trade mark of MAMONLUK during those days. Today, whenever, I go to Quiapo, I did not forget to visit the place, however, I cannot finish a bowl of special mami anymore, I just order a special siopao and ask for a small bowl of soup.
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