Kusina De MANILA

632 W Algonquin Rd, Des Plaines
(847) 378-8838

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Grilled Stuffed Squid
Sizzling Adobo Wings
Sizzling Pork Sisig
Garlic Fried Rice
Lumpiang Shanghai
Spaghetti Delight
Halo-Halo Delight
Lechon Kawali
Sisig Bangus
Bangus Sisig

Menu

Appetizer
Bangus Sisig
Made up of boneless Bangus or milkfish cooked with onions and sweet chili peppers. Served on a hot, sizzling plate.
Calamari
Specially battered deep-fried squid rings served with choice of lemon or vinegar on the side.
Lumpiang Shanghai
12 pieces. Filipino spring roll delicacy made up of ground pork, minced vegetables and spices.
Mami Chicken
Philippine version of chicken noodle soup.
Misua
Light soup using thin flour noodles called misua, with dried fish flakes and diced green onions.
Mami Special Beef
Hearty beef soup made up of egg noodles, strips of beef and vegetables.
Pork BBQ
3 pieces. Skewered sliced pork marinated in special barbecue sauce, grilled until perfectly done.
Pork Sisig
Our unique Filipino savory made up of chopped pork cheek, ear and shoulder cooked with onions and sweet chili peppers. Served on a hot, sizzling plate.
Siopao Chicken
1 piece per order. Steamed bun filled with savory chicken filling.
Siopao Pork
1 piece per order. Steamed bun filled with savory pork filling.
Sizzling Adobo Wings
Chicken wings marinated and cooked in adobo sauce and deep-fried until crispy. Served on a hot, sizzling plate.

Beef Specials
Beef Steak Tagalog
Thinly sliced beef cooked in soy sauce and lemon juice and topped with onion rings.
Bulalo
Soup comprised of chunks of beef shank served with carrots and fresh Bokchoy with a topping of roasted garlic.
Kalderetang Baka
Hearty beef stew combined with potatoes, carrots, tomato sauce, bell peppers, and liver paste.
Kare-Kare
Stewed oxtail, beef stew meat, and tripe enriched with peanut butter sauce and served with vegetables and bagoong (salted shrimp fry).
Goto Special
Glutinous rice porridge and beef tripe simmered in ginger-based broth served with hard-boiled egg and sprinkled with roasted garlic as a topping.

Pork Specials
Adobong Baboy
Philippine's national dish made with pork cubes simmered in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, onions, and vinegar.
Bikol Express
Pork stew cooked with long chilies, coconut milk, shrimp paste, onion, and garlic. May be served spicy at your request.
Binagoongang Baboy
Pork stewed in shrimp paste. May be served spicy as requested.
Crispy Pata
X-Large. Seasoned pork's leg, boiled until tender then deep-fried making it crispy on the outside and meat is succulent on the inside, served with our house special vinegar.
Dinuguan
Pork stew made with pig's ears and meat sauteed in garlic and onion, with jalapeno peppers on a savory sauce made from pig's blood.
Lechon Kawali
Crispy deep-fried pork belly dish served with a side of lechon sauce.
Menudo
Stew of pork meat and liver cubes with potatoes, carrots, green peas, bell peppers, raisins, and chopped pineapple in a tomato-based sauce.
Pork Sinigang
Soup made with cubes of pork, vegetables, and tamarind flavored broth.
Sizzling Pork Sisig
Pork cheek and shoulder cooked with chili peppers and onions. Served hot on a sizzling plate with crunchy pork rinds and egg. May be served spicy at your request.
Pork Liempo
Grilled pork belly, tasty and juicy meat!

Chicken Specials
Afritada
Spanish-inspired chicken stew cooked with sauteed potatoes, carrots and bell peppers.
Arroz Caldo
Flavorful Filipino chicken congee seasoned with onion, garlic, ginger and fish sauce. Served with hard-boiled egg and topped with crunchy roasted garlic.
Chicken Adobo
Chicken sauteed in garlic and spices with soy sauce and vinegar for added flavor.
Chicken Curry
Creamy chicken stew with a mild curry flavor cooked with evaporated milk, potatoes, carrots and bell peppers.
1/2 Fried Chicken
Specially marinated chicken, deep-fried making it crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside.
Tinolang Manok
Hearty chicken soup cooked with slices of chayote, spinach and ginger-based broth.

Noodles
Bihon Guisado
Thin rice noodles sauteed with meat and shrimp with fresh vegetables.
Mixed Bihon and Canton Special
Combination of rice noodles and flour sticks sauteed with your choice of meat or shrimp sauteed with fresh vegetables.
Pancit Canton
Stir-fried egg noodles sauteed with meat and shrimp sauteed with fresh vegetables.
Pancit Palabok
Thin rice noodles sauteed with ground pork, shrimp, garlic, and onions on our chef's special sauce served with a topping of smoked fish, pork cracklings, boiled egg, and roasted garlic, plus green onions for an added twist.
Spaghetti Delight
Our own version of Filipino spaghetti with sweet, creamy sauce combined with ground pork and slices of hotdog topped with Parmesan cheese.

Vegetables Specials
Chopsuey
Stir-fried dish made up of your choice of meat or shrimp cooked with quail eggs, broccoli, snap peas, cauliflower, mushrooms, and carrots.
Ginataang Kalabasa, Sitaw at Hipon
Rich, thick dish of squash and string beans, made creamy with coconut milk and added extra flavor from shrimp.
Laing
Spicy dish made from dried taro leaves and made creamy with rich coconut milk, shrimp, and shrimp paste for added flavor.
Pinakbet
Tasty vegetable dish made with fresh green beans, bitter melon, squash, okra, and tomatoes and flavored with shrimp paste.
Ginataang Langka
Creamy dish made of young jackfruit cooked in coconut milk and shrimp.
Vegetable Lumpia (3 pieces per order)
Julienned vegetables with ground meat wrapped in lumpia wrapper, slow pan fried.

Seafood Specials
Adobong Pusit
Tasty squid dish made by boiling squid in soy sauce and vinegar then sauteed in garlic, onions and bell peppers.
Grilled Pompano
Grilled marinated pompano served with house special vinegar.
Grilled Stuffed Squid
Jumbo squid stuffed with peppers, ginger, onions with salt and pepper garnished with lemon wedge.
Red Snapper Delight (2 lbs)
Delicious fried red snapper with a topping of sweet and sour sauce, onions and tomatoes, julienned bell peppers and carrots.
Sinigang Na Hipon
Sour tamarind soup made with shrimps and fresh vegetables.
Sinigang Na Pompano
Sour tamarind soup of pompano fish simmered with fresh vegetables.

Kusina's Chef Specialties
Adobong Kambing
Tender goat meat stewed in garlic, onions, vinegar and soy sauce. May be served spicy.
Iloilo's La Paz Batchoy
No rice. Classic noodle soup popular from the district of la Paz in Iloilo city Philippines made with Miki noodles, sliced pork organs, garnished with pork cracklings, fried garlic and sliced hard-boiled egg.
Papaitan
Popular Ilocano bitter and spicy stew made of goat innards served steaming hot!
Kalderetang Kambing
Tender goat meat stewed in tomato sauce, garlic and onions with green bell peppers, carrots and potatoes.
Kilawing Kambing
Delicious Ilocano favorite made from goat's meat and liver soaked with sugarcane vinegar, salt and spices. May be served spicy at your request.

Meal in a Bowl
Bistek Tagalog in a Bowl
Pork Adobo in a Bowl
Adobong Pusit in a Bowl
Bikol Express in a Bowl
Binagoongang Baboy in a Bowl
Chopsuey in a Bowl
Ginataang Langka in a Bowl
Pork Liempo in A Bowl

White Rice
1 Cup Steamed Rice
Steamed white rice.
1 Bowl Garlic Fried Rice
1 cup Garlic Fried Rice

Desserts
Buko Pandan
Delicious gelatin cubes and tender strings of young coconut in a sweet pandan-infused cream.
Halo-Halo Delight
Appetizing mixture of various sweet beans and plantain, gelatin, coconut strings, coco gel, jackfruit and palm fruit and a generous serving of milk on a bed of snow ice, ice cream, leche flan, topped with toasted "Pinipig" or rice flakes. Simply mix it and enjoy!
Ice Cream
3 scoops of different flavors of creamy goodness with mouth-melting rolled pirouline wafers.

Beverage
Buko Juice
Coconut juice with pulp.
Coffee
Mango Smoothie with Tapioca
Avocado Smoothie with Tapioca
Mango Juice
Mango juice with pulp.
Sago at Gulaman
Filipino beverage made of brown sugar, water, gelatin, and tapioca pearls.
Tea
Soda

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Recent Reviews

I hope this restaurant isn't permanently closed, as their menu is no longer available and the Google Maps shows it as "temporarily closed." The food was outstanding. Every dish we had was mouthwatering. I so hope they are not shuttered.
August 2024
My family and I happened to this quaint restaurant by accident. We originally we looking to eat some Japanese food then decided to try something different. The owner, Linda greeted us warmly and made our entire eating experience personable and warm. The food was to die for, it reminded me of my mom's home cooking which I haven't had in a long time. We had the fried chicken with the garlic FRIED rice (Extremely HIGHLY RECOMMENDED). We also had the Lumpia Shanghai which...
January 2024
I stumbled onto this establishment by chance. It was highlighted in the explore section of my Google Maps. I conducted some research on their menu, and the photographs from the reviewer look promising. In addition, I've never tried Filipino food. It inspires me incentive to try it.The mood is upbeat, and the walls are covered with wonderful colorful graffiti artwork of a town in the Philippines. I figured they had a live band on some days because they have a small stage setup...
December 2023

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Kusina De MANILA

632 W Algonquin Rd, Des Plaines, IL 60016
(847) 378-8838