![]() ![]() ![]() Man, I don't know what you're talking about with Magic Wok. We came back a few days later for it because we've never seen this meaty, saucy, and altogether satisfying mound of pork, fish and annatto-tinged wiggly noodles priced lower than $4. I still prefer Magic Wok's rendition, but this was a very decent, very capable dish all the same.ĭuring our meal we sat next to a poster that advertised that they had a $1.99 special on their pancit palabok (which I've described in previous posts as the Pinoy equivalent to pad Thai). On the pinakbet, there were the usual assortment of pork, shrimp, bittermelon, pumpkin, green beans, eggplant, all shellacked in a funky gravy laced with the stinky-salty fermented shrimp paste called bagoong. It was also the first time I saw taro in a restaurant sinigang, which is what I usually like to add in mine when I make it. There were more vegetable matter in this sinigang than there are in Magic Wok's. We ladled the soup and its boiled vegetable contents into our own bowls, spooned some of that broth to moisten our rice, dribbled patis (fish sauce) onto the pork after we scraped them off the bone, and then we ate and ate, and slurped and slurped that tamarind-flavored pork elixir like it was the first hot soup we had in years. We ordered the sinigang, some pinakbet and a big pot of rice. We stopped in to get a meal simply because we were in the area, and it turned out to be exactly the thing we needed-comfort food to sustain us and get our insides warm and cozy. For a long time, if there's a birthday, it's usually a Goldilocks Black Forest beneath the candles.īut this visit was different. My family and I had been going there since they were in a tiny location on Pioneer Street. Just at Denny's, they're here for sustenance. When you look around you get the sense the people who eat here aren't doing so because they're celebrating any sort of special occasion. But it is quite like America's chain diner in many ways-it's lit brightly and has a similar corporate polish behind it. Please don't take that last part as a knock against Goldilocks. I need you to be aware of Magic Wok-which is, in my opinion, the best Filipino restaurant outside of the Philippines-because I'm now about to write about Goldilocks, which is like the Denny's. I'm not sure if it took 2 hours because we took our time, or if the service was that slow.So you've been to Magic Wok right? If you haven't yet, go! If you have no idea what I'm babbling about, look to the right and read up on the multiple posts I've written on the place. We arrived at 6:15 and did not leave until 8:30, which meant we also closed the place. Overall a good experience, but we had to ask for drink refills twice. Total for 4 people came to $60 before tip and we went home with some leftovers. We ordered 2 servings of rice, and it easily served 4 of us, with leftovers. Fried chicken came much later, fresh from the fryer, uncut. Chicken was still on the bone but was also very anemic, so I struggled eating around the bone. We asked for extra gravy on the adobo, and I don't think our request was heard. The pancit bihon was excellent! Plenty of noodles for the 4 of us, and had leftovers. The soup was tasty, and had big chunks of beef, and easily served 4 people. The lumpia came out piping hot, right out of the fryer. I thought the soup would come first, but it came second, as did all the food at the same time, minus the fried chicken. Chicken adobo (they no longer serve pork) I came here with 3 of my friends, and we shared family style: I am not sure if the prices changed, but I would not be surprised if they went up. ![]() The menu was almost the same as before, but they took away some items. The Goldilock's near the Cerritos Mall changed to Leelin due to a family squabble, and this new Goldilocks opened up just a. Located just off the 91 freeway and Norwalk Blvd, opposite side of the parking lot from Polly's Pie is this "revival" of Goldilocks. Italian Restaurants for Families in Cerritos.Asian Restaurants for Families in Cerritos.American Restaurants for Lunch in Cerritos.Hotels near (LGB) Long Beach Municipal Airport.Hotels near (LAX) Los Angeles Intl Airport.Hotels near Don Knabe Community Regional Park. ![]()
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