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Karen Flores

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/177754286732599.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>San Gines Manila is located at Podium mall in Ortigas. Handout </div>Filipinos no longer have to fly to <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/food-travel/2026/4/28/michelin-awarded-chefs-gather-in-manila-for-spanish-culinary-showcase-1918">Spain</a> to get a taste of the &quot;world&#x27;s best churros&quot; with the launch of Chocolateria San Gines in Manila. The brand, founded in Madrid in 1894, is recognized by the food experts of the online compendium TasteAtlas as the <a href="https://www.tasteatlas.com/churros/wheretoeat">top place for churros globally</a>. Entrepreneur Shaan Chainani brought San Gines to the Philippines as his way of reliving a childhood favorite.&quot;As a child, I enjoyed getting churros and chocolate with my mother. I&#x27;ve been a fan [of San Gines] since I was 6 years old,&quot; he told ABS-CBN News. &quot;I recently moved to the Philippines and my wife and I thought it would be a good idea to bring the world-famous churros to Manila.&quot;<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777541034028DSC09642.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Customers can watch the churros being made in-store. Handout</div>The newly opened branch, located at the Podium mall in Ortigas, is San Gines&#x27; first store in Asia. San Gines Manila promises customers an authentic experience, making sure that its churros and chocolate taste exactly like the ones served in its world-famous Madrid spot. &quot;The ingredients in San Gines throughout the globe are all the same because they have a very tight brand quality standard,&quot; Chainani said. &quot;We&#x27;re proud to stay that this is what it tastes like in Madrid. This is what you&#x27;re going to get over here.&quot;<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777541194830DSC08625.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>San Gines Manila&#x27;s design is a mix of old and new, with a photo wall of celebrities who have dined at the original Madrid branch. Handout</div>Prepared fresh in-store, San Gines Manila&#x27;s signature Churros con Chocolate (P390 for 6 long pieces) are perfectly crisp on the outside, with a nice chewy interior. They are also beautifully light and not oily, even if they&#x27;ve gone cold, unlike their other deep-fried counterparts.The hot chocolate dip is made using San Gines&#x27; signature recipe that has been around for over 132 years. It&#x27;s thick, velvety, and mildly sweet, allowing the quality of the dark chocolate to shine.<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17775427300239 (2).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Churros con Chocolate. Karen Flores Layno, ABS-CBN News </div>&quot;The oil doesn&#x27;t drip out and that&#x27;s primarily because of the flour that we use, the oil that we fry it in, and the machines that we fry it in. They&#x27;re all designed to make very, very good churros,&quot; Chainani shared. &quot;Making the churros of San Gines is actually a very complicated process. I actually underestimated how complicated it is,&quot; he noted. &quot;Everything has been tried, tested, and imported to essentially come up with the churros and chocolate that we have right now.&quot;The churros are the obvious standouts here, but San Gines Manila&#x27;s menu also includes a selection of tapas, paellas, pastries, desserts, and beverages. Chainani&#x27;s personal favorites include the Gambas al Ajillo (P650), a classic Spanish dish of shrimp in olive oil, garlic, and chili; and the Mejillones con Patatas Fritas (P750), or mussels cured in escabeche served with hand-cut potato chips and Tabasco hot sauce. <div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1777540373070Copy of SanGines2-142.JPG" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Mejillones con Patatas Fritas. Handout</div>&quot;You put a mussel on a chip and put a dash of Tabasco on it, and you put all of it in your mouth. It sounds really strange but it surprisingly works,&quot; he said of the dish, which is not served in Madrid but is also available in other San Gines branches abroad. When asked if they have plans to offer Philippine exclusives or menu items that are adjusted to the Filipino palate, Chainani replied: &quot;The direction from headquarters is you have to offer the authentic Spanish tradition. So everything we have here is authentic, that&#x27;s the direction and we have to stick to it.&quot; San Gines Manila is located at the ground floor of SM Podium in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong. More branches in Metro Manila are set to open soon.

Filipinos no longer have to fly to Spain to get a taste of the "world's best churros" with the launch of Chocolateria San Gines in Manila.

Filipinos no longer have to fly to Spain to get a taste of the "world's best churros" with the launch of Chocolateria San Gines in Manila.

Ortigas eats: 'World's best churros' brand San Gines now in PH

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Ortigas eats: 'World's best churros' brand San Gines now in PH

Karen Flores Layno,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 30, 2026 05:55 PM PHT

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Updated April 30, 2026 06:20 PM PHT

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