Casa Manila
Casa Manila serves home-cooked Filipino food. Some of the standouts on the menu include menudo, bistek (beefsteak), mongo and lumpia Shanghai. The restaurant also serves steamed rice laing. Other notable dishes found on Casa Manila's menu include kare-kare (ox tail), caldereta (goat's meat), crispy pata (deep-fried pork skin), lechon (whole roast pig), crispy shrimp, and desserts such as buko pandan (coconut with pandan leaves), cassava cake, biko and ube. This restaurant, which is near Journal Square, has wheelchair accessibility and is ideal for family dining. Casa Manila serves both lunch and dinner and accepts take-out orders.
Casa Manila
665 Newark Ave.
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 386 8900
Pilipino Ihawan
Pilipino Ihawan is conveniently located near popular tourist attractions and destinations such as Laurence Harbor, University Art Museum, Proprietary House and Kearny Cottage Museum. After visiting these attractions, visit Pilipino Ihawan for an all-Filipino lunch or dinner comprised of house specialties like beef, chicken, seafood, pork and vegetable dishes. The menu includes a combination of regional dishes, as the Philippines is divided into more than 7,000 unique islands. Among those served are fried rice with toppings; home-cooked foods such as putchero, sinigang, pork estopado; chicken tinola, afritada, chicken galantina; grilled fish, shrimp dishes and squid specialties. Desserts are made of glutinous rice such as palitaw, kutsinta, and bibingka. The restaurant also accepts special orders for special occasions.
Pilipino Ihawan
Jernee Mill Plaza 4500
Bordentown Ave.
Sayreville N.J. 08972
(732) 6518556 (phone)
(732) 6318626 (fax)
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Leo's Barbecue
Leo's Barbecue offers fine Filipino cuisines like the Chinese-inspired stir-fried dishes such as noodles and lumpia Shanghai. Bicol express, a dish containing liberal amounts of hot chili and coconut milk, is nicely paired with a cup of steamed rice. Other popular dishes include lechon, whole pig roasted in a pit, adobo, pork, or chicken cooked in vinegar and spices in a low fire. The restaurant accepts catering and take-out orders. Leo's Barbecue is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Leo's Barbecue
497 Stelton Road, Hadley Center
South Plainfield, New Jersey 07080
(908) 668 5050 (phone)
(908) 668 5150 (fax)
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