The 16 Best Filipino Restaurants In Los Angeles - Los Angeles - The Infatuation
"Manila Inasal started as a family catering operation serving aluminum trays at birthdays and baptisms. These days, it’s a cute restaurant in a two-story Silver Lake plaza. We love a good come-up story, but we love Manila’s fun riffs on Filipino classics even more. Stewed taro and coconut milk are reinvented as a creamy dip with housemade focaccia, and a beautifully browned, crab-stuffed tortang talong comes splotched with aioli and fish roe. The portions and vibes here are both suited for parties, so plan to do some Tetris-ing to fit everything on the table (wedge the sizzling pork belly sisig nearby—it disappears fast). On the weekends, there’s live music: sometimes local musicians, other times the owner’s dad strumming a guitar under a neon sign." - garrett snyder, cathy park
