Blake Z.
Yelp
It was my last day in the south Florida area, and my friend and I were craving some authentic Filipino cusuine. Looking around, Lutong stuck out with strong photos and reviews. Going in, there was plenty of seating and we ordered: 1 pork belly (lechon Filipino), dinguan, palabok, garlic rice, and halo halo. Going into my review, the food today was not only authentic but highly delicious! For starters, we tried the dinguan, which is pork in a blood stewed soy vinegar sauce. This sounds gross to some, but it was highly delicious as it had unami flavor, and the pork was very tender. The garlic rice for this dish is recommended. Next, the pork belly was AMAZING. Super Crispy crackling skin, but the pork meat also just broke down perfectly in your mouth. Loved the mang tomas sauce with it - like a less sour sweet & Sour sauce. The palabok (compared to less enjoyable spots I've been too) had a nice flavor too! It didn't possess a super thick pork sauce, but you definitely can taste the minced pork and fish. In addition, shrimp was very tender, and eggs cooked well. Luckily, this place had some fresh calamansi juice and calamansi soy seasoning which really added more flavor to the dish. Lastly, the halo halo was certainly very unique and good too. It's a desert consisting of shaved ice, taro ice cream, flan, sweet beans, jello, banana, fruity pebbles, etc. The best way to eat it is mixing all the ingredients together. When you do, it tastes like creamy tarro shaved ice with other condiments too. Great to share with people. Overall, I was highly impressed with the quality and service, and would be open to come again!