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Trying to collate Filipino restaurants and fast food (carinderia) in the peninsula. So will add more as soon as I see and start eating in one of these places. What is a Carinderia? The Carinderia is a local eatery selling and serving and viands with wooden benches. It's also known as a "turo-turo" wherein customers literally point what they want to eat from an array of cauldrons. The carinderia was considered as a respite of travelers having originated as a quick food service in busy crossroads. Today, carinderias have evolved according to the needs to Filipinos there are now variations including the travelling carinderia and the high-class carinderia.   (Wiki-Pilipinas ) Mission Area Irma's Pampanga Food Rating: 3.5 out of 5 (decent for a carinderia but I didn't like the pork bbq) Webpage:   http://irmaspampanga.com/ Address:   2901 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 A reasonably priced fast food/carinderia in the Mission area around 16th Street and

Webpage:  http://www.joeshanghairestaurants.com/ Address :  9 Pell Street (China Town) Food Rating: 4 out of 5 Very popular for it's SOUP Dumplings, particularly the crab and pork meat soup dumplings.   Personally, it is just OK.   I still very much prefer Din Tai Fung's soup dumplings.  The other food were just so so. Their famous dumplings! Fried Rice!

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