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From Marie's review
Apr 1, 2023
I'm giving this very casual full service buffet restaurant (aka "point-point" restaurant) 5 stars for their excellent daily grilled fish, which I order at least twice a week! Yummy AND healthy!!! If you're a seafood lover or pescatarian and enjoy bold, full-flavored seafood (fishy fish, not the bland heavily breaded kind) then I highly recommend trying PhilHouse, which is inside the Pacific Island Filipino Asian grocery store. They have a wide selection of seafood, including grilled (calamari, pompano fish, mackerel, tilapia, and milkfish/bangus), breaded and fried head-on shrimp (the head gives it the super shrimpy flavor), various fish stew, and fried fish. Dishes i recommend: 1. Grilled pompano--the meat is mild and has few large bones. Easy to eat, if you don't mind using your hands. The seasoning is subtle but tasty (freshly ground black pepper and other spices--garlic maybe?) 2. Grilled Mackerel--the meat has a bolder smoky flavor. Excellent when you squeeze lemon on it or use the dipping sauce provided. There are tiny bones that need to be carefully picked out. (I have a preference for the pompano, so i don't order this as much). 3. Ginataang Langka -- unripened jackfruit cooked in coconut milk seasoned with shrimp fry and ginger. Unripened jackfruit, when cooked, has a meaty texture similar to pork. This is a wonderful meal for pescatarians who miss meat. One of my favorite Filipino pescatarian dishes. 4. Sinigang Pompano- pompano stew flavored with sour/tangy tamarind and veggies. 5. BBQ chicken skewers (2 skewers per order) 6. Chicken Adobo--well seasoned and flavorful 7. Diningding--fish stew seasoned with shrimp fry and ginger. I think they use tilapia for this dish? This is very hard to find at Filipino restaurants, as it is a more complicated to make and made with a variety of exotic veggies (moringa leaves, bitter melon, okra, etc). You need to be very adventurous if you're not familiar with shrimp fry and bitter melon. 8. Ginisang Sayote -- Chayote squash sauteed with garlic, onions, tomatoes, oyster sauce (i think? some recipes call for fish sauce), and shrimp. They don't make this often, so i will learn how to cook it myself, lol. It's so tasty and super healthy!!! 9. The Beef Tapa-- sweetened fried beef strips is okay. 10. Bistek--beef strips cooked with lemon and onions is okay Portions are huge and enough for sharing. They have a ton of pork options (which I don't eat so I can't comment on them) and a few chicken and beef selection. A combo with a whole fish + classic entree is only $15.99 before taxes. I posted menu photos w/ pricing. Various sweetented drinks are also available, including: --Mais con Hielo (sweet corn w/ crushed ice and milk) --Halo Halo (Mixture of beans and fruits cooked in syrup w/ crushed ice, milk, Uber, and ice cream -- Melon drink--strips of cantaloupe with water and sugar --Buko Juice - young coconut sweet drink Sorry, don't know the name of the others... Huge parking lot. read more




























