Kusina at Coolemon Court Weston is Canberra’s first Filipino restaurant offering some truly fabulous dishes.
This wonderful, warm and friendly family run business is headed up by Leilani, ably assisted on the night we visited, by her son Bailey….
….and Leilani’s dad.
Leilani is a wonderful hostess and she helped us choose some delicious, unique dishes that are already on my Wishlist to go back for again.
The most memorable were the Kare Kare $23.80 – a traditional Filipino stew of braised beef cheek, bok choy, eggplant and snake beans in a peanut sauce. Fantastic already, it was made perfect by a shrimp paste condiment ( a little like vegemite).
I also loved the Chicken Inasal – half a grilled chicken marinated in lemon grass, ginger, garlic and soy sauce $22.
As for sides, my favourite was Pinakbet $8.80, snake beans, pumpkin, okra, bitter gourd and eggplant with shrimp paste.
These dishes went perfectly with plain rice $3.30 per person (we had two serves)…
….but we also tried the more buttery Java rice at $4.40 per person (two serves).
As there were five of us we ordered the green papaya salad $8.80 as a side …
…and five pork and prawn spring rolls for $9.80 which were perfect for a small starter.
And we couldn’t resist the desserts so we shared a Brazo Mercedez, soft meringue with a custard centre, a great choice at $8.
Corkage was $4.80 per bottle.
As we were using the Canberra Entertainment Card, we also were offered a 25% discount, so the meal was also terrific value at about $16.50 per person.
Kusina has big plans to build on its booming popularity.
It’s branching out to the Northside, starting in the Hamlet by the end of the year before settling into one of the new Braddon developments.
Great news for northsiders!
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