Makulít
Filipino restaurant · Buckman
1015 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97214
Highlights
Filipino American fast food: burgers, lumpia, adobo poutine
Filipino American fast food: burgers, lumpia, adobo poutine
"The Lil’ America cart pod might want to put in a remote workstation for food writers, considering how often the carts here wind up on best-of-the-city lists. This time around the laurels go to Makulit, a colorful Filipino burger cart with some truly incredible flavor combos on the menu. There’s an all-beef bacon cheeseburger for traditionalists, but for those looking to experience a uniquely Filipino take, the Big Bunsa is really the only way to go. A lightly charred longanisa sausage patty is perfectly married to grilled onion and atsara, a pickled papaya relish that happens to be an incredibly potent burger topping. The result is a downright addictive collision of fermented funk and jammy brightness, and one of the most exciting burger innovations in recent memory." - Ben Coleman
"A Portland Filipino-American restaurant offering a 20 percent discount on menu items for guests who pronounce their names correctly and mention the accompanying Instagram post, with a 10 percent discount available for those who ask for help with dish pronunciation." - Rebecca Roland
"I found Makulít, a Filipino American food cart from Mike Bautista and Xrysto Castillo, intentionally channels fast-food aesthetics in its branding and menu — lumpia is served in French fry boxes, longganisa is ground into burger patties, and chicken nuggets are mustard-fried." - Janey Wong
"Makulit is a nearby cart the Leungs mention as a favorite; they walk to it, love the food, and praise Xrysto Castillo and Mike Bautista for doing great things and being fun and kind." - Thom Hilton
"This Southeast Stark food cart, within the Lil’ America pod, self-identifies as Filipino American fast food, serving longganisa sausage burgers, adobo poutine, and chicken nuggets with vinegary sinamak. The nuggets are particularly nice, brined in mustard for 24 hours and coated in a blend of tapioca flour, corn starch, and rice flour; eat them alongside a carton of lumpia or the Big Bunso, a four-ounce longganisa patty with grilled onions, cheese, lettuce, tomato, atchara, and fry sauce." - Eater Staff
