New start-up Filipino restaurant in Chicago. Flavor: Spot on. Maskara concept could be brilliant. Still a baby in the food industry, we can expect them to blossom into becoming a major player in no time. Batchoy, inasal, palabok and turon with chocolate are remarkable.

Fiesta means celebration and Barrio Fiesta which is uprooted from Manila is a huge party of Filipino dishes.  You will never run out of options to try with their long list of popular Pinoy favorites.  My personal faves are sisig, crispy para and laing.

Aling Conching proves that Kapampangan’s still rules when it comes to Filipino culinary expertise. I’m not from that region so I could say this statement is not biased. This place is turo-turo at its finest. Great tasting authentic Filipino food in San Diego.

This place is impressive! Good, tasty and very presentable Filipino food. The crispy pata kare-kare is the best.

The family’s favorite restaurant still is a staple of birthday celebrations and christenings. Friend chicken is still their best offering but they now have a myriad of Filipino cuisine to go with it. One dish better than the last. It’s truly the house that fried chicken built.

Kuse packages Filipino food in well-presented plates and reasonable prices. If you wanna pay for authentic Filipino food that matches the looks, it is your drug of choice.

Sweet pea offers cuisine straight from a chef’s kitchen.

Oddly, it does not serve much of the Bicolano signature dishes like laing or Bicol express. But you can get those at right about any corner you go to in Bicol so I guess this is where K Sarap stands tall.

Actor Joel Torre brought a taste of his Visayan hometown of Bacolod to the Metro through his latest endeavor in the food business called JT’s Manukan.  The place has more than its obvious reference to chicken but also offers a few rare Bacolod and Ilonggo offerings.

(McKinley Hill, Taguig City, Philippines) – It is quite ironic to see such low prices being offered for an expensive restaurant like Sweet Pea. And mind you, the “budget meals” are not being provided in minute servings. They are a

mple and served in the traditional sweet pea way – with a sprinkle of parsley and a dash of love straight from a chef’s kitchen.

The cheap yet scrumptious meals are usually offered between 2 PM to 5 PM but if they are not catering to many customers during the typical lunch time, they offer it nonetheless. Gotta love how that works.

“Pork barbecue. As you can see, It hardly looks like a budget meal.”

“Chicken Barbecue”

“Stuffed tilapia”

“Barbecue liempo”

“Burger steak”

“Fish fillet”

“Lasagna”

If you want to couple their budget meals with their regular meals, that’s possible. Sweet Pea offers huge servings at reasonable prices.

“Peanut butter and banana pancakes”

“Banana split for dessert”

“Mango bravo. This is the best part of any meal in Sweet Pea. The dessert.”

“The restaurant looks a bit like a little girl’s bedroom and it has a nice and homey feel to it.”

Dining with class and a hint of sweetness has never been this affordable. I suggest that you check out Sweet Pea and experience it yourself. The magic hour is 2 PM to 5 PM but like I said above, the staff and management are pretty lax about that timeframe. Feel free to ask for some consideration if you arrive a little too early or a little too late.