"You’ll find a bunch of Filipino, Korean, and Chinese mash-ups at this Ditmas Park restaurant, but focus on the Filipino dishes, like tocino, beef tapa, chicken adobo, or lechon kawali. They also make their own ice cream and sorbet, and their champurrado deserves an award for best dessert porridge in Brooklyn, or maybe on earth. It’s fun to sit in front of the open kitchen inside and watch them work, but we prefer the private oasis of their small, bamboo-lined backyard. " - neha talreja, nikko duren