Where to Find Fantastic Filipino Food Around D.C.

"Downtown food hall the Block is home to a Filipino American fast-food menu that got cover cred on Food & Wine this summer. Tom Cunanan, the James Beard Award-winning force behind D.C.’s now-closed Bad Saint, teams up with fellow Filipino chef Paolo Dungca to make fried chicken sandwiches with a seasoning mix featuring tamarind powder and long pepper that tastes like sinigang, a sour soup. Adobo chicken nuggets with spicy banana ketchup are also a fan favorite. Dungca also runs Filipino tasting menu spot Hiraya out of the same food hall, with $95-per-person seatings on Friday and Saturday nights." - Pat Padua, Tierney Plumb