Mekeni Restaurant in Chicago, IL

Congee

$4.95

a comfort food made of sweet rice porridgerice porridge with a choice of: a.) beef and tendon, b.)chicken, c.) goto with tokwa't baboy

Bachoy

$5.95

noodle soup a.) combination of bef steak, tripe, meat balls and tendon, b.) chicken c.) meatballs, d.) seafood combination e.) tofu and vegetables

Tapsilog

$5.95

marinated beef served with java rice and two eggs over easy,

Tosilog

$5.95

tocino

Longsilog

$5.95

longganisa

Chopsilog

$5.95

pork chop

Shanghai Eggroll

$5.95

served with fried rice and vegetable salad

Pancit Luglug

$6.5

Pancit Bihon

$6.5

Pancit Canton

$6.5

Lumpiang Sariwa 2 pcs.

$3.95

Express Lunch

$4.95

(combo meal) (new meals everyday)

Sago't Gulaman

$3.75

syrup is made of decoction of pandan leaves and honey

Siopo

$1.5

Halo-Halo

$4.5

Mais Con Yelo

$3

Buko Juice

$2

Softdrinks

$1

coke, diet coke, sprite, pepsi, diet pepsi

Butterfly Tea

$1.5

Coffee

$1.5

Strawberry

$3.75

Strawberry and Banana

$3.75

Banana

$3.75

Avocado

$3.75

Honey Dew

$3.75

Puto Bungbong

Pichi-Pichi

Maja Mais

Tibok-Tibok

Putong Puti

Turon

Cassava Cake

Biko

Leche Flan

Kalame Nasi

Kutsinta

Sumang Bulagta

$1.75

Tamales

$2.95

Balo-Balo

fermented shrimp and rice sauteed in tomatoes, garlic, onion, and ginger. Served with steam vegetables

Burong Isda

fermented fish and rice sauteed in tomatoes, garlic, ginger, and onion served with steamed vegetables

Sisig Pampanguena

chopped grilled-broiled pork skin and pork ear with chopped chicken liver accented in lemon and red onion

Sizzing Chicken Sisig

grilled chicken legs accented with chopped red onion, soy sauce, lemon, and siling labuyo

Pinapaitan

chopped beef liver, tender, beef heart, tripo, sauteed in garlic and onion with lemon and sling labuyo

Lumpiang Shanghai

$4.95

filipinized version of Chinese egg roll

Paella

filipino adoption of the valencian dish

Escabeche

$11.95

spanish-chinese concoction adapted the pampangos using local ingredients (choice of lapu-lapu, red snapper or tilapia)

Bicol Express

$10.95

mixed seafood cooked with coconut milk

Morcon

$12.95

stuffed beef roll

Embutido

$6.95

ground pork roll

Lengua Estofado

ox tongue cooked in pineapple soy sauce and lemon

Lengua Pastel

ox tongue cooked in white sauce with whole kernel corn and botton mushroom

Crispy Pata

$10.95

pork knucklo boiled with celery onions and star arise

Kikiam

$7.95

steamed pork roll with labanos and singcamas

Caldereta

$6.95

dish adapted from spain beef stew (sauteed in olive oil and simmered in tomato sauce)

Beef Steak

popular dish of beef reinvented with an accent of soy sauce, lemon and topped with onions

Seafood Kare-Kare

shrimps, crabs, mussels, calamari and vegetable stew accented with toasted rice flour and peanut sauce

Binagoongan Baboy

pork with shrimp paste

Lechon Kawali

$7.95

deep fried pork belly

Menudo

$6.95

diced pork with potatoes and chickpeas

Pochero

a delicious spanish cocido (savory boiled meat)

Chicken-Pork Adobo

$6.95

national dish of the phillppines cooked in vinegar and garlic

Pineapple Chicken

$6.95

cooked in white sauce with pineapple chunks and bottom mushroom

Bopis

$6.95

ground pork meat, pork heart, pork liver, sauteed in garlic and onion accented with red bell pepper

Beef or Chicken Agado

$12.95

marinated in pineapple juice soy sauceand lemon sauteed in garlic and onion with tomato paste scented with star anise

Apritada

$6.95

a classic dish with spanish influence simmered in tomatoes sauce with potatoes and bottom mushroom

CPA

$6.95

chicken/pork adobo

Fried Lumpia

$1.5

homemade crepe wrapper filled with garbanzos, jicamas topped with sweet gravy peamts

Pinakbet

$5.95

vegetable medley flavored with pork shrimp paste

Laing

$5.95

a popular dish in blco region where spicy foods are common

Pancit Lug-Lug

rice noodles topped with shrimp sauce shrimp, calamari, boiled egg, green onion ground chicharon and fried garlic

Pancit Bihon

Tortang Talong

$6.95

Beef Mechado

$6.95

a popular dish in bicol region where spicy foods are common