Amazing Filipino food truck that serves authentic and delicious street foods especially their…read morePinoy-style bbq pork skewers, so juicy and saucy :) If you see this food truck, definitely check them out.

Melbourne is dense with excellent restaurants, and this was no exception. We chose this place…read morebased on the reviews on a different website. This is a Filipino fusion restaurant, which is a fairly uncommon entity, and we were intrigued by the menu. The restaurant is located at the southern end of Hardware Lane, across the street from the string of restaurants line the narrow alley. It's fun to walk down Hardware Lane, as long as you don't mind being waylaid by the hosts and hostesses of each restaurant trying to convince you to come in. It kind of reminds me of Belden Place in San Francisco. We didn't make a reservation, and we were concerned that we would be turned away because the place was packed to the gills. Lucky for us, there was some open space at a shared table that we were just able to squeeze into. We weren't especially hungry during this visit, so we got a small sampling of dishes, all of which were well-made and delicious. Kingfish sashimi with passionfruit and caviar - really interesting flavors here. The sashimi itself was tasty, and I thought it looked at tasted a bit like the hamachi (yellowtail) that I love. In fact, I looked it up later and found out that this is the same fish. BBQ duck with mandarin jam and thin pancakes - pretty messy to eat, and the mandarin jam made it sweeter than expected, but again this was an interesting twist on an otherwise familiar food. Lamb rump with enoki mushrooms, kampot pepper, and a burnt eggplant mash - I guess you can't be in a restaurant in Australia without finding lamb on the menu (sheep do outnumber humans here by a 3:1 ratio). I loved the lamb and the enoki, but really disliked the flavor and texture of the eggplant concoction. Other at the table also found it unappealing and kind of out of place. Short ribs lettuce wraps - boneless pieces of meat, just slightly spicy, with large leaves of lettuce. Very delicious. On the side we got an order of coconut jasmine rice and something called "kangkung", which he hadn't heard of before. It seemed like something we call hollow-heart vegetable, but apparently it's also known as water spinach. This was also pretty good. Service was prompt, and the food came out at a reasonably leisurely pace, such that we neither felt rushed nor did we wait very long between courses. The total cost for our meal (not including drinks) was just over AUD106, which seemed quite reasonable to us.

The wait time was definitely overstated which would be discouraging The food was excellent we had…read morechicken wings that were crunchy and still juicy and the sauce was good with the chicken we ordered the rice salad but I'm not sure where the rice paper was still it was a good size portion The pork belly was very tender and the sauce reminded me of chau sui the bean sprout salad was refreshing Portions are a healthy size good for sharing Outside of the seating issue the wait staff was excellent and nice enough to tell us no tip needed as they make a decent wage One negative is I could hear too many other peoples conversations

It's go-to place if in the area and looking for hot, authentic Filipino food…read more There's street parking available along Glenferrie Rd and the surrounding area. The service is always kind, and the length of time to get your ordered items varies depending on the dish, so try to order as soon as you can. Dessert is always a treat.

Authentic Filipino food and desert. Crunchy pork belly, sour soup, grilled stuff milkfish. A bit of…read morewait for your food to get on your dinning table, but it's worth a wait. The halo-halo desert is sooo good. Parking is a challenge

We just came back from vacation from the Philippines and were craving for that food and decided to…read moretry this restaurant. Sinigang and sisig are as tasty as on islands. Thanks to chef for this little piece of warm islands in this cold Melbourne's winter. Please don't look for wine lists or expect gluten free food. This restaurant is about Filipino food.

Food takes a while to be served. We waited 20 minutes to get our foods to our table. We went for…read morelunch and there's only 1 waiter serving the customers, that's why taking our orders also took a while. Their starters are quite tasty. But the waiter missed one of our orders and it was served along with the mains instead. Good Filipino food choices for mains but a bit costly for the size of serving. Crispy pork leg is delicious. Very nice and clean place. Parking at the side street is not hard during Saturday. Deserts are very good!