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| - I came here on a Sunday around noon with three others for a lunch. We all originally stopped at Babystacks Café down the street, but it was too busy and I didn't want to wait for over an hour. Plus, I had been eyeing this place for sometime.
We ordered a variety of items, including chicken barbecue on a stick, kare-kare, sugba liempo (grilled pork belly), lechon de Cebu, and bagoong fried rice. The chicken barbecue on a stick was good, but I think I have had better. You definitely want to get more than a pound of the lechon de Cebu! It was crispy and just right! The bagoong friend rice was something new for me and you will get a very large helping; it's great for sharing. The kare-kare was comparable to what Mom makes at home so it gets a thumbs up from me.
Overall, the food items we ordered were very delicious and tasted authentically Filipino. They also tasted freshly made and I think they were considering we waited some time. We ordered two halo-halo's for dessert. It was very good except for the one small scoop of ube ice cream on top, which should've been two scoops since these were $6/each. Mango ice cream was also an option for the halo-halo instead of ube.
There was a slideshow on the mounted TV that reminded me of Philippines and made me miss it. It brought up memories and we had lots to talk about while waiting for our food.
Michael, our server, was very nice. He was attentive and even introduced us to the chef, Alex. Everyone that I came with raved about how delicious this place was. My fiancé, who is not Filipino, said it was the best Filipino restaurant he had been to and he is looking forward to coming back. I can't wait either!
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