Canton Road

Inside the Shangri-La Hotel, this stylish and sophisticated Chinese restaurant provides traditional Cantonese and Huaiyang delicacies from Jiangsu province. Come with your pals and feast on Chef Wang Wei Qing's elegantly arranged meals. The Beggar's Chicken is proof of his abilities. The meal is inspired by Chinese mythology, in which a beggar snatches a chicken and wraps it in lotus leaves before encasing it in mud and cooking it over an open fire.

The emperor passes by, drawn in by the perfume, and demands a piece of the chicken. He is so taken with the beggar's cuisine that he included it on the Imperial menu. A roasted entire free-range chicken is packed with dried shrimp, preserved meat, black mushrooms, and glutinous rice and baked in non-toxic clay on Canton Road. The procedure is a little time-consuming, but it is definitely worth the wait.

Address: 30th Street Corner 5th Avenue 3rd Level, Shangri-La The Fort, Manila, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City, Luzon 1634 Philippines
Website: www.tatlerasia.com/dining/canton-road