Had fries and their "yum yum fried chicken". All good for sharing. Chicken was succulent. Staff were amiable and welcoming. We also had their Chicken inasal served with fries and a side of fries together with a juice and for dessert we had Halo-Halo which was delicious. (Jan 29, 2025)
Food service was quick and had good plates and clean utensils. We ordered the cauliflower starter, Gluten free fried chicken and the pulled pork pancake. The food looks heavy but it is light and filling. Our friends also got the share plater which came with all the sauces and they were a good match with the meat and sides. Not to spicy for those that don’t like spice definitely go here hungry you won’t want to waste any food. The chairs did leave imprints on your legs if you’re wearing shorts we were sitting for a while and had imprints from the chairs if that’s an issue for anyone.
We were craving for Filipino food so we came here to give it a try and it was the best decision. This will now become one of our go-to restaurants in the city especially when we are craving for rice and Filipino food. I highly recommend the kare kare, the beef was soft and there are a lot of veg. If you like fish the laing is also good.
Love here have small plates so we can taste more different food. Food are yummy. Love the fried chicken and fried cauliflower. Pork belly skewers were a bit weird taste. Environment is chill and relax. Definitely come back and try something new!
Great little restaurant. Best tofu Me Goreng I've tried. It was full of flavour, had smokey taste and not over cooked. Slightly underwhelmed with the tofu pancake, it was lacking something. And proportion of pancake and tofu to slaw was off. Side note: this is not a stand alone restaurant. It is an a share space. However there isn't much else around it.
This is the worst Filipino inspired food I have ever eaten. My partner and I ordered the chicken crackling, spring rolls, beef brisket kare kare, pork sisig and bicol express. The chicken crackling had nothing crackly about it, it wasn’t even chicken crackling. It’s chicken skin dipped in batter and fried so the inside is extremely chewy and oily. My partner and I had to spit out because of how disgusting it felt in the mouth. The spring rolls tasted awful, it had a terrible aftertaste, like something was rotten. I don’t know what it was, but something definitely wasn’t fresh. It was 13.50 for TWO pieces of spring rolls that were filled with 95% rice noodles, the meat was literally specs here and there. The pork sisig had an overwhelming pork liver taste and it was so saucy, it looked like it came out of a can. I wouldn’t have been able to tell this is supposed to be sisig if I had been served this blindly. Bicol express did not taste like one, it didn’t even feel like it was inspired by it, I could not find the flavours. My first two bites did not even have pork but just jackfruits. That sweetness really tasted awful with the dish, I had to spit it out as well. The beef brisket kare kare was the most decent one, the beef was extremely tender and fall apart and I loved the crispy fried eggplants. But the colour really threw me off when it was served to me, it had a greyish colour for the sauce and I was initially confused on what this dish even was. The sauce was slimy and I wouldn’t have liked the taste if it wasn’t for the shrimp paste. Total was 127$ and this did not feel worth it at all, we really felt disappointed by this.
Took long to take our orders.. Sharing plates is small serving, not suitable for 2-3 person.. Good food but a bit overpriced. Mie Goreng is salty but the Kare Kare is great! I will not recommend the Yum Yum Fried Chicken. Good service, the girl is calm in a busy day and understaff on Sundays when it is crowded.
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