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Our Favorite Filipino Restaurants, Food Vendors, and Filipino-owned and operated Food Establishments throughout the US
California
Why we love it:
The Park’s Finest, located in Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles, offers delicious, smoked BBQ with Filipino sauces and flavors. The richness and tenderness of their Short Rib pairs perfectly with a bed of white rice and the thinly cut and lightly seasoned squash and bell peppers of their Ligaya Veggie Medley.
What to order:
Short Rib, Ann’s Cornbread Bibingka, Ligaya Veggie Medley
New Jersey
Why we love it:
Luzviminda offers delicious fusions of Filipino dishes, such as Kare-Kare made with Lechon Kawali, and Sisig made with Daing Na Bangus. While dining in or waiting to pick up your to-go order, you can shop their grocery store of imported and locally made Filipino foods and ingredients.
What to order:
Salmon Belly Sinigang, Crispy Kare-Kare, Bangus Sisig
New York
Why we love it:
Tito Rad’s Grill offers a variety of traditional Filipino dishes, including appetizers and desserts so good that you’ll want to eat them as entrees. The mountainous layers of fluffy and crispy bean sprouts and shrimp make their Ukoy a light and savory must-have dish.
What to order:
Ukoy, Turon, Sago at Gulaman
Virginia
Why we love it:
Owned and operated by a Filipino couple, Kamugi offers a playful hibachi experience along with a delicious selection of standard and signature sushi rolls. From the clear soup to the fresh salad to the hibachi fried rice, vegetables, meats, and seafood, every course of the hibachi meal is crafted with a medley of fresh ingredients and succulent flavors. With one bite, the tender and juicy hibachi steak melts in your mouth. The light and crispy outer layer of their Crab and Shrimp Combo sushi pairs well with its soft center of crab, shrimp, and rice.
What to order:
Steak & Shrimp Hibachi Duet, Crab and Shrimp Combo Signature Sushi Roll
Why we love it:
Only at Renee’s offers traditional Filipino food with bold, rich flavor. Their Oxtail Kare-Kare is made to perfection—with thick, creamy sauce, steamed fresh green beans and bok choy, and meaty, tender oxtail—making it the best Kare-Kare we’ve ever had in the US or the Philippines. Served on a mini skillet, the Biko Special is coated with a layer of light caramel sauce that complements the subtle sweet flavor of the warm sticky rice.
What to order:
Oxtail Kare-Kare, Lechon Kawali, Sinigang, Biko Special, Hot Calamansi