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| - The parking for this place is terribly small and cramped, but when you walk in you're greeted with vibrant and colourfully classic decor. From top to bottom, the walls and the doors are all beautifully decorated with art, sculpting, plants, and the works.
We came for the kamayan, and I was a bit hesitant. I've had Filipino food before, but the experience here had completely blown them out of the water. The food was fresh, filling, so delicious, and reasonably priced.
They gave us pork rinds and soup as appetizers. The soup was pretty good, but those pork rinds were so crispy! They were covered in this creamy thousand island-esk sauce with spring onions and pickled papaya. Best pork rinds I've ever had.
For the actual kamayan, it's a memorable experience. They play drums as they bring out this massive platter topped with rice, meat, and vegetables. You can choose what you want in your kamayan before hand. Ours had crispy pork belly, shrimp, chicken skewers, short ribs and mango salad. Everything was so delicious. The freshness of the mango salad and pickled papaya with the rice went so well with the meat. Everything had a nicely seasoned barbecue flavour to it.
For dessert we had halo halo. I'm usually not a big fan of halo halo, but this one was pretty good. It came in this huge bowl with a sparkler sticking out of it. However by the time dessert came, I was already starting to tap out from dinner.
The only downside to this experience is that there is a mandatory service charge of 20% added to your bill. Excluding tax and tip, it's about $30 a head. I would definitely come back again. The pork rinds are still calling my name...
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