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My wife is Filipina. I get Filipino food pretty regularly, and it's good stuff. Until this place the only other decent Filipino food has been all the way in L.A. All the other places in the Phoenix area that I've tried were mediocre or even bad. And there aren't that many places here!!
We happened to be on the west side, and I knew about this place so I decided we should try it. We had a variety of dishes, all of them authentic, and all of them good. I did think the Bicol Express had a bit too much shrimp paste (bagoong) in it, at least compared to the one my sister-in-law made once when I was visiting the Philippines. It was still good, but just a bit too strong. It covered the other flavors. If they fixed that and gave slightly larger portions I might even go 5 stars. We had the Bicol express, sinigang, a soup I don't remember the name of, and a curry (which wasn't really Filipino, IMO, but was still good).
We don't come this far west often, but next time we do I think we'll return here. It's nice to get some dishes my wife doesn't make often, or even just give her a break (since she's the only one who can cook this stuff at home!). It's definitely a treat for her, and that's what matters. I look forward to trying some of their other offerings.
Don't know if I'd come here at night. The plaza looked bleak and I'm not sure how the neighborhood is. But for lunch, no problem.
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