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Salubong Experience

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I would never imagine such beautiful and meaningful Easter celebration in Houston. This is a unique service called "Salubong" on Easter Sunday at  Notre Dame Catholic Church . Powerful presentation by the Filipino Catholic Community Salubong means "meeting" in Tagalog. It was a traditional Filipino devotion to reenact the Risen Christ's meeting with His mother. This was my first time attending an early morning service. I arrived a little after at 4 am as the parking lots were already full. I was directed by the attendant to a parking spot. I saw candle holding parishioners, mostly women, queued up behind a Virgin Mary's statue surrounded by priests and alter staff. They sang like chants. There was another group in the rear parking lot holding a Jesus statue in the same formation, except they were all men. A small stage setup in front of the church for the angels (dressed up by the church youngsters). I arrived after the ceremony already started. I cou

Merged Wrong with Partnership Park

Gail, my Yelper friend, alerted me about a page was merged with wrong biz. There are few reviews don't belong to Red Bluff Pet Resort but it should be at Partnership Park . I can't tell how this happened. I tried to contact Pet Resort biz page owner, but no reply. The following reviews should be moved to  Partnership Park : Maria W  on 11/14/2014 Wanda G  on 10/9/2014 with her previous review 7/22/2014 Tina L on 8/11/2014 There are handful of Park photos ended up in the Pet Resort page.

Pinoy Street Food Event

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My Facebook friend tagged me on Pinoy Street Food in Houston Presented by Filipino Cuisine got me interested to try some Filipino food this weekend. . Line wrapped around the dining area to behind the buffet line. I am familiar with this  Filipino Cuisine  in Alief neighborhood as when it held a grand opening a month ago. My Yelper friend Brian validated it by posting a tip. So, this is a legit Filipino restaurant came with some well-known background and history. Live music during the event. Since the event didn't start until 5 pm, I purposely planned my grocery shopping to be in the afternoon. I thought to check up on Brian via message on Yelp. He alerted me with long wait. I also read the posts on Facebook. People were complaining about no parking, long line and left unhappy. I arrived about 8 pm. Yeah, the line was wrapped on 2 interior walls and outside of restaurant. It didn't deter me from waiting. I was more curious than looking to fill my crave. I

Desserts at Dun Huang Plaza

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As part of the Chinatown Crawl UYE, I want everyone to have a list of dessert vendors while we crawl through Dun Huang Plaza. Thanks to Dun Huang Plaza website for this aerial map. Building A Suite 101  Cafe 101 Suite 108 Gelato Cup Suite 109 Juice Box Suite 112  Nu Cafe Suite 113  Star Snow Ice Suite 107  King Bakery Building B None (Supermarket) Building C Suite 317 Frozen Cafe Suite 318 Gong Cha Building D Suite 228 Boba Lounge Suite 222  Kung Fu Tea Suite 220 Class 502 Suite 246  Six Ping Suite 227 Wsup Cafe Building E Suite 207  Royalty Tea  (got a new name 2017) Suite 207  Miss Dessert Suite 211 Tea Bar & Organics Suite 213 Sharetea Suite 217  patisserie Jungle Cafe Suite 219  Kamalan Bakery Let me know if you find incorrect information.

Breakfast at Lai Lai

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Lai Lai Dumpling House is one of my favorite restaurant from the northern cuisine choice. Since the new owner took over in 2016, I have been more interested to try their new specialties. For one, I have to try all of the items on  the Breakfast Menu . I don't think any wait staff is able to explain what they are in English. So, here. Let me help them to help you pick one to try. All in Chinese. Read below before ordering. Here is the translation. 煎餅果子 $3.50 savory crepe 煎 蛋   $0.60 Fried egg 油條   $1.50 Chinese Donut 茶蛋   $0.60 Tea egg 豆腐腦   $1.99 Northern style tofu soup 豆漿   $1.50 Sweeten Soy Milk, hot 大米粥 $1.50 Millet Porridge  油炸糕   $1.25 Fried rice cake with red bean  鍋巴菜   $3.50 Pancrust soup 大蔥油餅   $3.50 Chives pancake 雞湯餛飩   $3.50 Wonton in chicken broth 牛肉夾餅   $2.50 Beef slice sandwich 鹹菜   $1.50 Appetizer Side dish 甜沫   $1.99 Special porridge 煎餅果子 Savory crepe orig

Yelp List on App

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I discovered this feature on my Android phone by accident. Since the role out of beta version 8.7.0, I posted a photo on the Yelp Android Beta Tester Community on March 28. It's pretty neat to see it on an Android app. Let's compare them: Go to the Talk with lots of links. Click on one of the links and watch it on your phone.  See? Android on the left; iPhone on the right.