{"id":22975,"date":"2018-07-13T12:30:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T04:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=22975"},"modified":"2018-11-12T17:49:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T09:49:28","slug":"long-time-ago-in-poblacion-makati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/chinese\/long-time-ago-in-poblacion-makati\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Time Ago: A Taste of Sichuan Cuisine in Poblacion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Long Time Ago | Philippine Primer Eats\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ibM-V1HdOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Located in the downtown area of Makati, the bustling neighborhood of Poblacion is slowly becoming popular as\u00a0it is home to some of the most popular yet hidden gems in the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23740\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-1-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Long Time Ago Interior\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">While traversing the streets of Poblacion, we found\u00a0<strong>Long Time Ago,<\/strong>\u00a0a Chinese restaurant specializing in Sichuan cuisine. The restaurant&#8217;s peculiar\u00a0interiors will bring you to the ancient times, with walls decorated with illustrations of the early humans who lived in caves and were yet to discover the wonders of fire and charcoal. The discovery would lead to the conception of grilled meats, which is the concept of Long Time Ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23741\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/interior-final-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This four-storey building will take you to a different level of Chinese dining experience with its fiery to exotic dishes that will surely satisfy your adventurous tongue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sichuan cuisine is known for\u00a0its famous cooking method of grilling\u00a0thus at Long Time Ago, they\u00a0provide\u00a0tables\u00a0with built-in grillers so customers may grill meats on their own. Under the heat of charcoal, a 15 to 30 minute grilling is needed before eating. Meats are being served with either spicy, garlic or honey flavor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23736\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/meat-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/meat-4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/meat-4-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/meat-4-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/meat-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>GRILLED MEATS.\u00a0They also offer pork skin, chicken heart, pork, and beef (Php 80 each)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Traditionally, Sichuan is distinguished by its very spicy and rich flavors. The cuisine stands out for its use of unique\u00a0spices such as chili pepper, chili oil, and chili paste. Unsurprisingly, spicy dishes are an all time favorite here in Long Time Ago. All their special ingredients are imported from China as well as\u00a0some of their meats, while the frogs, meat internal organs, and seafood are all local.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23734\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/pot-of-gumbo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/pot-of-gumbo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/pot-of-gumbo-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/pot-of-gumbo-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/pot-of-gumbo-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Big Pot of\u00a0Gumbo (Php 320)<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Sichuan dishes are rich in flavors thus the use of salt, garlic, pepper, and other special ingredients to highlight the strong flavors in every dish.\u00a0Their steamed shrimp with garlic is served fresh under a small chunk of charcoal. Its strong, garlic taste\u00a0perfectly complement\u00a0the freshly steamed\u00a0seafood. Another\u00a0strong-flavored seafood dish\u00a0is the money shrimp served\u00a0on top of thin shreds of potatoes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23733\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/steamed-shrimp-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/steamed-shrimp-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/steamed-shrimp-3-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/steamed-shrimp-3-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/steamed-shrimp-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steamed shrimp with garlic (Php 680)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23737\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/money-shrimp-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/money-shrimp-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/money-shrimp-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/money-shrimp-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/money-shrimp-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Money Shrimp (Php 780)<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Making sure\u00a0to serve authentic Sichuan cuisine, their chefs are trained all the way from China with each of them having their own specialty dishes. Chef Janbi and Chef Kang are the\u00a0head chefs\u00a0of the restaurant, while Chef Tao\u00a0supervises\u00a0grilled dishes, and Chef Lee\u00a0on the remaining specialties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23738\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/chefs-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/chefs-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/chefs-2-290x193.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/chefs-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/06\/chefs-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From left to right: Chef Kang, Chef Lee, Chef Janbi and Chef Tao\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re up for an adventurous food experience, go ahead and try their fiery and exotic dishes at <\/span><b>Long Time Ago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, located in P. Burgos St. Corner J. Luna, Brgy Poblacion, Makati City. Watch out for their next branch at S&#8217;Maison in Conrad Manila!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This also appears on Philippine Primer English Magazine July 2018 issue.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re branching out soon! Watch out for Long Time Ago at S&#8217;Maison!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,284,112,1860,2125],"tags":[316,1857,317,1858,1885,2102,287,1884,1904],"class_list":["post-22975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chinese","category-poblacion-makati","category-makati","category-chinese-2018","category-poblacion-2018","tag-chinese","tag-chinese-cuisine","tag-chinese-food","tag-chinese-restaurant","tag-chinese-restaurants-in-makati","tag-long-time-ago","tag-poblacion","tag-sichuan-cuisine","tag-spicy-food"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22975"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23697,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22975\/revisions\/23697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}