"Two years ago, he opened Perla, his small, sleek BYOB serving modern Filipino fare on East Passyunk Avenue, at 1535 S. 11th Street overlooking the Singing Foundatin. The restaurant, named after Boquila’s mother, is now one of Philly’s 38 most essential. It’s known for its twice-weekly kamayan dinners, where a group of diners eat a family-style feast with their hands off a tablecloth of banana leaves." - Rachel Vigoda
