The menu
Our menu is Filipino — the food we cooked at home, the food we ate at fiestas, the food we still cook for each other. Sharing is encouraged. Ask us what to order; we’ll tell you the truth.
Allergies: talk to us first
Our kitchen handles fish, shellfish, soy, gluten, peanuts, sesame and egg, and we cannot promise a dish is free of traces. Tell us about allergies before you order. Every dish below lists what it contains.
HALAL No pork or alcohol in the dish, the stock or the sauce, and the meat is from a halal supplier.
What the words mean
- Crustaceans
- — Prawn, and the shrimp in bagoong alamang.
- Eggs
- — Egg, including the mayonnaise in some dishes.
- Fish
- — Fish, and the patis and bagoong we season with.
- Gluten
- — Wheat. It is in the soy sauce, the wheat noodles and the lumpia wrappers.
- Milk
- — Milk, cream and evaporated milk.
- Peanuts
- — Peanut. The sauce that makes kare-kare.
- Soy
- — Soy sauce, and the marinades built on it.
Allergies: talk to us first
Our kitchen handles fish, shellfish, soy, gluten, peanuts, sesame and egg, and we cannot promise a dish is free of traces. Tell us about allergies before you order. Every dish below lists what it contains.
HALAL No pork or alcohol in the dish, the stock or the sauce, and the meat is from a halal supplier.
What the words mean
- Crustaceans
- — Prawn, and the shrimp in bagoong alamang.
- Eggs
- — Egg, including the mayonnaise in some dishes.
- Fish
- — Fish, and the patis and bagoong we season with.
- Gluten
- — Wheat. It is in the soy sauce, the wheat noodles and the lumpia wrappers.
- Milk
- — Milk, cream and evaporated milk.
- Peanuts
- — Peanut. The sauce that makes kare-kare.
- Soy
- — Soy sauce, and the marinades built on it.
Pica-pica
To start, with a drink
Chicharon
Fried pork skin, spiced vinegar dip.
No declared allergens
Lumpiang Shanghai
HALALBeef and vegetable rolls, fried. We have not settled the fryer oil yet — ask us before you order.
Contains: eggs, gluten, soy
Ensaladang talong
HALALGrilled aubergine, shallot, tomato, ginger, patis dressing.
Contains: fish
Sabaw
Soup — sour first, always
Sinigang na hipon
HALALTamarind-sour prawn soup.
Contains: crustaceans, fish
Ulam
Mains — put them in the middle of the table
Sisig (Pampanga)
Chopped pork cheek, chilli, calamansi, egg.
Contains: eggs, gluten, soy
Lechon kawali
Crisp pork belly.
Contains: gluten, soy
Pinakbet (Ilocos)
Aubergine, okra, ampalaya, squash, beans, bagoong.
Contains: crustaceans, fish
Daing na bangus
HALALVinegar-cured milkfish, fried.
Contains: fish
Pancit palabok
Rice noodles, annatto prawn sauce, egg, chicharon.
Contains: crustaceans, eggs, fish
Dinuguan
Pork in blood, vinegar, chilli.
Contains: fish, gluten, soy
Pang-handa
For a table that is celebrating
Crispy pata
Whole pork hock, braised and fried. Enough for three or four.
Contains: gluten, soy
Kanin
Rice
Kanin
HALALSteamed rice.
No declared allergens
Sinangag
HALALGarlic rice.
No declared allergens
Panghimagas
Dessert
Halo-halo
HALALShaved ice, ube, sweet beans, leche flan. Stir it together before you eat it.
Contains: eggs, milk
Leche flan
HALALSteamed egg custard, burnt sugar.
Contains: eggs, milk
Espesyal
Rotating — ask us what is on today
Dinakdakan · Kare-kare · Inasal · Pancit canton · Ginisang ampalaya
Grilled pork jowl · oxtail in peanut sauce · charcoal-grilled chicken · wheat noodles · sautéed bitter melon. One or two of these run at a time.
Contains: crustaceans, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, soy
This is the menu we open with. It will change when the market changes — leave your email and we will send it to you before the first service.
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