RESTAURANT AWARDS THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY

) A starter plate of melon and mango by using a pungent, spicy dipping sauce pays homage to ensaladang mangga. The custardy charred eggplant having a pile of acidy tomatoes laced with garlic and cilantro was inspired by a dish Mr. Iocovozzi’s uncle cooked for him over a Filipino Beach front. And adobo is everywhere you go — inside the martinis,