Most Authentic Menu and Oldest Restaurants in Manila
Most Authentic Menu and Oldest Restaurants in Manila Philippines
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Filipinos are known as food lovers, as well as cooking enthusiasts. Some would claim, Filipinos are natural gastronomic adventurers. Almost all of their most memorable moments in life were marked with delicious foods in favorite restaurants. Even simple occasions such as paydays and above-average school grades could result to an impromptu dine-out or assorted take-out food bags.
Filipinos food lovers also have strong sense of loyalty. More often than not, a restaurant that was most favorited by Filipinos will have a greater chance to exist for many decades.As was the case of lasting existence of several restaurants listed here.
What triggers this loyalty sense? Delicious foods, of course. An authentic ambiance, a charming and hospitable service, and reasonable prices.
These 4 magic ingredients are found present in the oldest eating establishments in Manila. Do not forget that the 5th magic factor is a good and sound management.
These 4 magic ingredients are found present in the oldest eating establishments in Manila. Do not forget that the 5th magic factor is a good and sound management.
And when asked about their secret to success -- one owner replied with one word: Consistency.
The taste of food must be consistently similar from day one of serving it to customers. The tongue has a very long memory when it comes to delicious foods. Cost cutting measures must never touch the original ingredients from original recipes, unless these are found detrimental to public health.
Every payday, my late grandfather used to bring home hot beef noodles and giant siopaos from Ma Mon Luk. And I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that this restaurant still exists!
Check out if some of the restaurants favorited by our parents and grandparents still serve their original dishes during their golden days.
Every payday, my late grandfather used to bring home hot beef noodles and giant siopaos from Ma Mon Luk. And I was pleasantly surprised when I discovered that this restaurant still exists!
Check out if some of the restaurants favorited by our parents and grandparents still serve their original dishes during their golden days.
Find the Oldest Restaurants that Still Serve Delicious Foods from Original Recipes
New Toho Food Center -
422 Tomas Pinpin Street, Binondo, Manila
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Built in 1888, the New Toho Food Center (former Toho Antigua Panciteria). Open to serve: 8:30 am - 9:00 pm (Mon-Sat); until 2 pm (Sun) Tel: 242-0294
Ambos Mundos Restaurant -
750 Florentino Torres Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila
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The Ambos Mundos was built in 1888 but still serves delightful Filipino and Spanish dishes. Open daily: 8:00 am to 9:00 pm. Tel: 734-1160
Ma Mon Luk Restaurant -
Quezon Blvd, Manila, Philippines
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The Ma Mon Luk Restaurant was built in 1920. It still has several branches open to serve daily: from 7:00 am to 10 pm.
Ramon Lee's Panciteria -
540 Ronquillo Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila
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Since 1929, Ramon Lee's Panciteria has been serving its famous pancit canton. Open 10am - 10pm (Monday-Saturday) & 9am - 10pm (Sunday). Tel: 733-0
Aristocrat Restaurant -
432 San Andres Street corner Roxas Boulevard, Malate, Manila
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The Aristocrat Restaurant was built in 1936 and titled as the "Philippines' Most Popular Restaurant". Open daily. Tel: 524-7671.
Boy Ching Woo Restaurant -
103 BCW Building, J.Rodriguez, Caloocan City, Philippines
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Since 1939, the Boy Ching Woo Restaurant (dubbed as Caloocan's oldest Chinese Restaurant) serves daily: from 9 am to 9 pm. Tel: 287-1430.
Ongpin Mañosa Restaurant Co. -
926 Ongpin Street, Binondo, Manila
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Built in 1940, the Ongpin Mañosa Restaurant Co. has the Mañosa Noodles, Seafoods & Chops in Banawe. Both open: 10am - 9pm (Monday-Saturday) &
Max's Restaurant -
Roxas Boulevard, Baclaran, Parañaque, Manila
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Popularly known as "The House That Fried Chicken Built", the Max's Restaurant was built in 1945. Open daily: 9 am to 10 pm. Tel: 832-1991.
Little Quiapo Restaurant -
90 Malakas St. Brgy. Piñahan, Quezon City
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The Little Quiapo was built in 1949 as a cool soda oasis. Its menu of ice cream has expanded to more dishes. Open daily: 10 am to 9 pm. Tel: 922-4131
Savory Restaurant -
201 Escolta Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila
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Built in 1950, the Savory Restaurant serves delicious fried chicken among other Filipino dishes. Open daily: 9 am - 12 mn. Tel: 243-0336.
NEW TOHO FOOD CENTER
The Cantonese word 'toho' means 'everything is good'. The New Toho Food Center was formerly named as the Toho Antigua Panciteria, where the Philippines' national hero Dr. Jose P Rizal was known to dine on their famous dishes: Pancit Canton and Lumpia Shanghai.
In 1888, the original Toho Antigua Panciteria in Binondo was built and operated by five Chinese friends. One of the owners, Tai Tang, was left behind. His family helped ran the restaurant from then on until these days.
Specialty dishes were mainly Chinese but some Filipino dishes may be served upon request. Bestseller on the menu are Lumpia Shanghai, Ampalaya, Pork Asado, and Pancit Canton -- both dry and with sauce.
In 1888, the original Toho Antigua Panciteria in Binondo was built and operated by five Chinese friends. One of the owners, Tai Tang, was left behind. His family helped ran the restaurant from then on until these days.
Specialty dishes were mainly Chinese but some Filipino dishes may be served upon request. Bestseller on the menu are Lumpia Shanghai, Ampalaya, Pork Asado, and Pancit Canton -- both dry and with sauce.
New Toho Food Center Info
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Chinese
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Toho Chicken & Rice / Soup
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Business Hours
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9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 201 & Up
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COOKBOOKS OF CHINESE RECIPES
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AMBOS MUNDOS RESTAURANT
The Spanish phrase ‘ambos mundos’ means ‘both worlds’. The Ambos Mundos Restaurant was aptly named because the dishes served here are mainly a combination of the Filipino and Spanish cuisine.
A Spanish immigrant named Gaudinez built the Ambos Mundos Restaurant in 1888, along the Palanca Street in Recto, Manila. Tagged as the ‘Philippines’ Oldest’, this restaurant serves the famous Paella Ambos and the popular afternoon snack Asado Roll.
A member of the Ambos Mundos’ Gaudinez family married a Chinese girl named Leung, whose family built the Wah Sun Restaurant (formerly Sun Wah) in 1955.
Both these old-world restaurants: Ambos Mundos and Wah Sun, are located in Florentino Torres Street near Recto Avenue, face-to-face to each other.
Ambos Mundos Info
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Spanish / Filipino
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Specialties
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Paella Ambos / Asado Roll
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Business Hours
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8:00 AM to 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 299 & Up
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MA MON LUK RESTAURANT
In 1920, a Cantonese school teacher immigrant to the Philippines named Ma Mon Luk built a restaurant by the same name. He started as a vendor who popularized a noodle dish called ‘gupit’ (Filipino word for ‘cut’). Ma used scissors to cut noodles and chicken before serving to customers.
He built the first Ma Mon Luk Restaurant in Quiapo, Manila, a few meters away from the historical Quiapo Church. The ambience is still simple and very Chinese. What made the Ma Mon Luk restaurants distinctive was always the aroma of ‘something cooking’ wafting around. It was like an appetizer.
Some Filipino balikbayans admit to look for Ma Mon Luk for a bout of nostalgic foodies.
Ma Mon Luk Info
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Chinese
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Specialties
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Seafood, Noodles, Siopao, and Dimsum
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Business Hours
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8:30 AM to 10:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash
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Price Range / Person
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Php 199 & Up
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Ma Mon Luk's Specialty Dishes - CREDIT - mayniladdailyphoto.blogspot.com
Ma Mon Luk's Special Mami - CREDIT - www.foodtrippings.com
Ma Mon Luk's Special Siopao - CREDIT - www.foodtrippings.com
Mami & Siopao by Ma Mon Luk Restaurant
Ramon Lee's Panciteria - CREDIT - paulding.blogspot.com
RAMON LEE’S PANCITERIA
Ramon Lee’s Panciteria is among the few eateries that survived the two world wars and remained popular to Fiipinos who regularly went to Sta. Cruz and Quiapo Districts of Manila.
Built in 1929, the famous panciteria had consistently built a reputation of serving simple but sumptious dishes like the Special Pancit Canton. It was still sought after by Filipino food lovers because the foods had lived up to their slogan plastered on the neon sign: “Since 1929. First among the best. Tender, juicy, tasty.”
Ramon Lee's Panciteria Info
Cuisine
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Chinese
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Specialies
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Fried Chicken, Noodles
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Business Hours
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10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash
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Price Range / Person
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Php 200 - Up
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Ramon Lee's Specialty Dishes - CREDIT - girlpuyat07.multiply.com
Ramon Lee's Pancit Canton - CREDIT - www.spot.ph
Ramon Lee's Lumpia Shanghai - CREDIT - girlpuyat07.multiply.com
Ramon Lee's Original Comida China - CREDIT - paulding.blogspot.com
Aristocrat Restaurant - CREDIT - traveleronfoot.wordpress.com
ARISTOCRAT RESTAURANT
The Aristocrat Restaurant has a humble beginning. In 1936, a Filipina with a pioneering spirit started serving Filipino dishes through a simple snack mobile. Through dedicated hardwork, Engracia Cruz-Reyes and Justice Alex A. Reyes had slowly built the first Aristocrat Restaurant into a world-renowned food enterprise.
The Aristocrat has earned its reputation as “The Philippines’ Most Popular Restaurant” through its food specialties like chicken barbecue, chicken honey, crispy pata, dinuguan, kare-kare, lumpia, pancit canton, and rice.
Today, the Aristocrat manufactures sausages, cured meats, bagoong, achara, and other Filipino native foods for local and export markets.
Aristocrat Restaurant Info
Cuisine
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Filipino
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Specialties
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Chicken Barbecue, Kare-Kare, Chicken Honey, Crispy Pata, Pancit Canton, Dinuguan, and Lumpia
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Business Hours
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10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 201 - Up
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Delivery
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Minimum of Php 700.00. Delivers in 45 minutes.
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Aristocrat Specialty Dishes - CREDIT - www.aristocrat.com.ph
Aristocrat Menu - CREDIT - www.aristocrat.com.ph
Aristocrat's 70th Anniversary Commercial
Boy Ching Woo - CREDIT - penwork.wordpress.com
BOY CHING WOO RESTAURANT
Known as the ‘oldest Chinese restaurant in Caloocan City’, the Boy Ching Woo Restaurant was built in 1939. It has ordinary offerings in the menu but the taste of the foods is quite exceptional.
The two most famous dishes are the buttered chicken (deliberately spelled wrongly on the menubook as ‘battered’) and the lechon con tokwa. The secret must be in the method of cooking for the chicken and the vinegar dip for the lechon. Whatever the secret ingredients are, they surely tickle the Filipino palate.
Boy Ching Woo Restaurant Info
Cuisine
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Filipino / Chinese
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Specialties
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Lechon con Tokwa, Battered Chicken, and Pancit Shanghai
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Business Hours
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9:00 AM to 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 199 - Up
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Boy Ching Woo Restaurant - CREDIT - www.spot.ph
Boy Ching Woo Specialty Snack - CREDIT - www.facebook.com
Boy Ching Woo Specialty Dishes - CREDIT - www.facebook.com
Ongpin Manosa Restaurant Co. - CREDIT - penwork.wordpress.com
ONGPIN MAÑOSA RESTAURANT CO.
Built in 1940, the Ongpin Mañosa Restaurant Co. has the most distinctive specialty dish that made customers to come back for more. It is called Mah Kih (‘maki’). This is a soup with brown color and gooey appearance. The toppings of tender pork chunks and chopped onion leeks gave some of the flavor but other seasonings are added to suit individual taste. Another specialty dish is the giant siomai. Each meatball-sized siomai piece literally melts in the mouth.
A branch in Banawe, Quezon City is called the Mañosa Noodles, Seafoods, and Chops.
Cuisine
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Filipino / Chinese
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Specialties
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Mah Kih / Siomai
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Business Hours
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10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash
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Price Range / Person
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Php 199 - Up
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Ongpin Manosa Restaurant Co. - CREDIT - www.spot.ph
Max's Restaurant - CREDIT - penwork.wordpress.com
MAX’S RESTAURANT
Max Gimenez was a guy who got many GI friends during the aftermath of the WWII. The profitable food business started out as a simple hanging-out routine in the Gimenez Residence. The Americans loved the home-cooked foods by Ruby, Max’s niece, and soon they all insisted on paying for the drinks and the foods.
In 1945, Ruby opened a restaurant that serves mainly fried chicken and named it after her Uncle Max. The menu offerings expanded but Max’s Fried Chicken remains as the main specialty since the place is widely known as “The House That Fried Chicken Built.”
Max's Restaurant Info
Cuisine
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Filipino / Asian
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Specialties
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Max's Fried Chicken, Ruby's Favorite Kare-Kare, Pancit Canton, Crispy Pata, Fresh Lumpiang Ubod Sinigang Baboy, Sinigang Hipon, Bicol Express, Tokwa Kininchay and Asparagus with Tofu, Adobo Flakes, Max's Tapa, Max's Tocino, Chicken Sisig and Hototay
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Business Hours
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9:00 AM to 10:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 250 - Up
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Delivery
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Central Delivery Number: 7-9000
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Max's Restaurant Specialty Menu - CREDIT - food.clickthecity.com
Max's Chicken Restaurant Commercial
Little Quiapo's Halo-Halo with Ice Cream - CREDIT - taga-qc.blogspot.com
LITTLE QUIAPO RESTAURANT
Since 1949, the Little Quiapo Restaurant had steadily built quite a reputation as a place that serve tall glasses of cold refreshments such their famous Special Halo-Halo. When the restaurant expanded the menu, they included both Filipino and Chinese dishes. The old location was in España Avenue, but the new location in Quezon City had no problem luring the clientele to both the QC and Parañaque branches.
For more than 50 years, Little Quiapo served the Special Halo-Halo in tall parfait glasses with spoons that had long handles. This may be old-fashioned but it could be the secret behind their success.
Little Quiapo Restaurant Info
Cuisine
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Filipino
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Specialties
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Halo-Halo & Pancit Palabok
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Business Hours
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10:00 AM to 9:00 PM
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Payment Methods
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Cash & Credit Cards
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Price Range / Person
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Php 201 - Up
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