My friend took me to Jim’s Pares & Mami, a famous street food diner in a car wash lot on Maria Orosa Street, in Malate, Manila, Philippines some days ago.
Another moniker the greasy spoon diner has is “pares usok” (smoky beef stew).
“Pares” is a Filipino braised beef stew dish typically served with rice. This joint also gives you the option of “mami noodles” if you don’t feel like having rice. “Mami” is a simple kind of Filipino noodle popular in street food dishes.
00:00 area surrounding the diner/ car wash lot
00:06 photos of small street food vendors across the lot
00:26 Jim’s Pares & Mami cooking area
01:00 the “mami” noodles
01:15 rice scooping station
01:20 dining area- covered and uncovered
01:32 cutlery is all spoons
01:45 beef “pares”
01:56 bone marrow
02:17 the diner after the sun has set
02:28 nighttime street photographs of Maria Orosa Street – taken with my 7artisans 55mm f/1.4 manual focus lens
Music:
Miami Deep
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