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Ivana goes on a fun food trip in Binondo with brother Hash, Mama Alawi

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Mary Ann Bardinas

Now that they are already back in the outside world after staying inside the correctional facility for quite some time and are currently living together under one roof, the kilig and amusing tandem of Bubbles and Tanggol, impressively portrayed by Ivana Alawi and Coco Martin, have been spotted roaming around Quiapo in <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/batangquiapo" target="_blank">FPJ’s Batang Quiapo</a>.From showing us every weeknight the unique charm of Quiapo, Ivana went on to give us a glimpse of the old and enticing splendor of its adjacent district Binondo, by going on a fun and filling food trip in the “World’s Oldest Chinatown” with her beloved brother Hash and mother, Fatima (a.k.a. Mama Alawi), as they tried some of the street foods there that have been trending on social media.<div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="703" referrerPolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RTy-myop0us" title="FOODTRIP SA BINONDO! | IVANA ALAWI" width="1250"></iframe></div>Since he had been there before for several times already, the Kapamilya actress tapped Hash to be their tour guide as she and their mom followed him. Their first stop was at a famous store that sells Chinese delicacies and filled their shopping cart with hopia and siopao, which they couldn’t stop themselves from munching on because of how irresistibly delectable they were even before paying for everything they purchased. They then bought buchi and fried xiao long bao at a stall outside the establishment, which they truly liked and didn’t take long to finish.Ivana’s team then walked to the store selling tanghulu or hard candy-coated fruits on a stick on bought a few for themselves and for several onlookers. Just adjacent to it are the stalls selling pure sugarcane juice and grilled vegetarian sticks, from which they also ordered a few and shared them with several members of the crowd.They apparently weren’t done with pastries yet as they headed to a decades-old bakery where they bought cheese cupcakes, which used to be Mama Alawi’s favorite when she was younger, as well as a box of black mongo hopia. They also swung by the stores selling original fried siopao and milky bicho-bicho to buy a few pieces and shared some with everyone watching them.The Alawi fam also bought different fresh vegetables from a street vendor, who was absolutely delighted by them. It’s because instead of haggling to get discounts, the three increased the prices of every variety they purchased and even gave her back the change she handed to them.Their Binondo food trip capped off at the aesthetically pleasing and cozy coffee shop owned by Hash’s girlfriend, Paula Martinez, where they tried the best-sellers and ordered three cups of Spanish latte coffee.It might be quite difficult for them to navigate through the streets of Binondo because of the throngs of people who followed and wanted to catch a glimpse of them, but Ivana and her family still didn’t mind the crowd and the extreme heat as they happily mingled and took pictures with them.

See everything that Ivana Alawi and her brother Hash and Mama Alawi ate during their fun and filling food trip in Binondo in this vlog!