The Hit List: New LA Restaurants To Try Right Now - 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." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park, garrett snyder, cathy park, cathy park, cathy park, brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park, brant cox, brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park, brant cox, sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park, brant cox, brant cox, sylvio martins, garrett snyder, sylvio martins, cathy park