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we came here on a cold december saturday night, and literally ordered half the menu, it helps that we were four :)
I've had many Filipino friends over the years and whenever I ask them about Filipino restos they all seem to back track and give some sort of excuse why there isn't any... y'all liers, I've seen them all over the place in San Diego, San Fran and LA :P thrppp
I read somewhere that they serve ramen burger here, yeah the new fad of the moment... don't order it, it's over rated, the ramen patties are too filling, and it really doesn't jive well with the meat patty, I don't get it, actually it's down right gross. I think all ramen burgers are gross not just this one.
But the rest of the stuff we ordered was amazing!!!
we had fried chicken wings, pork ribs, sisig, chicken and pulled pork tacos, pork steamed bun, and some rice dish i forgot the name...
The fried chicken wings are the best I've had in a while, they are fried and then caramelized in fish sauce. The fish sauce is very mild you don't smell it but it gives it a nice salty finish and makes it yummy wow!!!
Next, the tacos, the chicken were fried a la KFC minus the bones, it had pickled carrots and daicon radish, it was so good. It was the same with the pulled pork. The taste is well balanced with sweet salty and tangy.
The pork bun was good, it had hoisin sauce, anything with hoisin is good. The bun was fresh and soft, but with all the other dishes we had, this one was lost in the mix.
The ribs were amazing, caramelized with sweet soy sauce, served on a bed of garlic mash potatoes. It went very well together. The ribs were tender a little on the sweet side but the mash counter very well with that. The sauce was so amazing I kept on putting it on my rice :)
The sisig is a hot sizzling plate of pork, and they crack an egg on it and mix it in. The eggy taste didn't really add anything to it I thought. It was a bit salty even with the egg, but it is served with white rice so that was fine.
My amazing find of the night was a rice dish, it was called Bicol express. It had coconut milk and shrimp paste in it. The rice came in a large bowl with some pork meat and long beans, on top is a spoon with hot sauce and shrimp paste that you mix in. Now shrimp paste is an acquired taste, but I love it. Overall I thought it was a bit toned down, I think it could use a bit more shrimp paste, it was too mild for me it needed more salt. The marriage of coconut milk and shrimp paste is heaven. It was delicious and fragrant, I've never had it before and I loved it. I think this was the most Philippine dish of the night aside from sisig. next time i will ask for more shrimp paste though.
It was a great experience, for those of you who want to try something new this place is definitely a good find. Even though it's on victoria near Van Horne (metro plamondon), the place looks very trendy and clean not like the neighborhood wink wink. I think we are sorely lacking in Philippine cuisine and this is a gem. They have been opened only 7-8 months, and the place is not that packed yet, so go before you have to line up out the door!!!
Price wise it was about 25$ each with tons of food and a drink each, it could have been less if we hadn't ordered the 14$ ramen burger... It's sooo cheap for food this good :)
Salamat ;)
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