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Tara Mangan Keni

3.4 (31 reviews)
Open • 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Updated 2 months ago

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Aycell J.

The staff and owners were super sweet, but the food seemed old. The chicharon was a but chewy and he refried it before he gave it to us. The singing was good, buy the veggies were a butbold looking. The flavor was there..so we enjoyed the broth and the pork. We would rate that an 8, buy that's not considering the very old look bokchoy. Would drop it to a 6 if we included that. The rice was good and was fresh. Wasn't old rice. So that's also a plus! They didn't have ice after kunchbso we also could not get halo halo. The fish was also not very crispy and had too much dried seasoning ontop. The price was good for the meal and if you het their two entree meal deal it's not bad. I doubt inbound go there again, bug they did have a regular who goes there. For the area it's worthwhile to go and check them out. Again they were super friendly and the reason the food was probably overcooked or old looming is they don't seem to have a lot of people coming in. It could be the area of the type of food the community is interest in. They do not have a large asian community. So this could be th reason.

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Dexter F.

I ordered a two combo entree to go: pancit with pork adobo and deep fried shrimp. The pancit was good but I feel like it is missing something. I need to compare it with others in the area. The pork adobo was good and the meat was tender. The fries shrimp was good and moist inside. Ordering was similar to the previous restaurant. Linda of like a buffet style or a quick serve. The restaurant is brighter and new wall dressings. Still it only has a few two top seats. I generally ont Ly get it to go. I think if you're in a pinch for Filipino food this can be a good spot for you. IMHO: I wish they were open longer, closing at 6 pm limits the possibilities of late diners.

Garlic Chili Crisp
Dave S.

Yes, this is the old Lola's Kusina but it's not. It's brighter inside and there's some new owners or at least some new management. It's amazing what some paint and lighting can do. It's like the same menu but all of the entrées we bought tonight were less salty and still tasted delicious. Both the chicken and pork adobo were tender and seasoned well. The pancit was moist not dried out like a lot of places. This is new, made in house garlic chili crisp. They spooned me up a small sample and it was delicious. Oh, it's made with olive oil...nice. Super nice couple running the show, fast with answers to food questions and genuine with see you agains. Last words...that's a lot of food!

Lumpia Shanghai
Raquel G.

Went back and hubs got the pork adobo over rice! Very generous portion. I got the Piccadillo and pork with potatoes, carrots and bell peppers. We couldn't finish either our meals so worth every cent. They also had fried plantains from Porto's so that was a plus. I got another jar of binagoong as it tasted just right! Got a jar of their chili oil to try and a dozen lumpia Shanghai. We couldn't get more but wanted to. I hope to come back on our next trip back!

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Martina G.

Pour out a little sabaw for Lola's Kusina. I was truly sad when they shut their doors. Thankfully the doors have reopened as Tara Mangan Keni (or if I heard them right on the phone "Tara's"). The concept remains the same; choose a combo plate or ala cart from the many items on the hot food line. I had pinakbet and sinigang with half rice, half pancit as well as some Shanghai lumpia. The pinakbet was delicious and loaded with pumpkin, eggplant and bittermelon. Sinigang was equally good with the perfect amount of sour! The Shanghai lumpia was cooked to order. This is where there might have been a recipe change. The filling seemed to have finely chopped veggies along with the meat. The sauce is now brown and not as sweet as sweet chili. Still delicious and probably healthier! If you're familiar with Filipino food, you'll feel right at home with the selection of ulam. If you're new to Filipino food, this is a great place to try something new. Lastly, it warmed my heart to see the previous owner behind the counter helping out the new owners. I think they're family? Glad to support this small, family owned business as they enter a new era!

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Found a piece of string in my food. Not too sure if I ate some since the string blended well in the food

"Pancit"... not really
Terri M.

I came in for pancit and lumpia. They add a lot of stuff in the Shanghai lumpia, but it was still very tasty. The pancit was more like pasta noodles with a bunch of stuff in it. Pancit is usually a glass or rice noodle with very minimal stuff in it. This "pancit" had a lot of excess and random stuff in it.

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The owners are super friendly and always go above and beyond when helping with my order.

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Delicious food. I love the lumpia. Very nice people and customer service. They have new owners and it looks clean and fresh!

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Great customer service, food delicious, affordable, small but have place to eat your food.

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Service was great food was great too looking forward to some halo halo ice cream! Loved the lumpia / and Nilaga

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