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| - why has no one reviewed this place? argh.
alright, i'll sacrifice myself.
nipa hut is a little bit of filipino happiness hidden on W 130th street. although nipa hut functions mostly as a grocery store, the place's saturday buffet has grown in the last few years from a few tables in the front of the store to a whole banquet room attached to the side.
now, i worked at a filipino bakery/restaurant for most of my adolescent years, and was raised on mom and grandma's ilokano cooking, so my expectations for filipino food deliciousness are high. nipa hut is one of your few choices in the greater cleveland area, but this place ain't too bad.
favorites: the sour sinigang, crunchy lechon kawali, and peanut butter-y kare-kare. there's plenty of white rice (no brown...oh well!) to eat with your baon, and a small but delicious array of desserts (mostly rice cakes). don't know the foods i mentioned? guess you need to make a visit to the saturday buffet, or if you can only make it on the weekdays, order a la carte. if you're a vegetarian: i'm sorry, you can have the water.
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