Roaming around London and stumbling upon a Asian joint I seldom expect a decent gastronomic experience as has come about from my experience from tasting foreign food in this country.
But this one serving chinese and Philippino is literally a hidden gem ! The Philipino dishes were too good to be true... the noodles the chicken teriyaki.. unexpectedly beautiful.
If you haven't tried Filipino food yet then I advise you to stop reading this and go find some! It seems to me that Filipinos are vastly underrepresented restaurant-wise considering how many live in and around the capital. And believe me, once you've tried their food you'll be as upset about this as I am! It may not be the healthiest cuisine in the world but my word is it tasty! Filipinos are unabashed carnivores luckily for me and pork is a particular favourite. If you visit Cirilo I heartily recommend the sizzling pork sisig, words can't do this dish justice, it needs to be tasted. I've never had a bad sisig and I've eaten a lot of it believe me! My wife is from the Philippines herself and we make sure to visit at least once a year so let me tell you, while this restaurant is located in London, it comes as close to delivering the authentic taste of the dishes as it possibly can. The restaurant itself is a bit on the small side and not exactly in the most convenient of locations and we were slightly disappointed that on our visit we were not able to order our favourite dessert (halo-halo) but the lovely staff informed us that next time we should call ahead and ask them to make some for us! Typical awesome Filipino hospitality. If you're not the adventurous type when it comes to food they also have on their menu plenty of classic oriental favourites such as spring rolls, aromatic crispy duck, chow mein and udon noodles. But if I were you I'd give the Pinoys a chance to impress you. Verdict: masarap!
Not only the food was amazing but also the staffs were very friendly and polite. Our personal favourite was Sisig but every dish we had was great. Highly recommend !!
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