4.9
Superb
122 Reviews
111 Main Street, East Brunswick · 7.88 miles
“Private party in traditional presentation of a Kamayan feast (max 35 persons) for my milestone birthday. You meet with Chef Maricel herself to plan the menu and set-up (seating, music, and service). She was very accommodating for one guest who is allergic to soy sauce โ a staple ingredient in Asian cooking. She prepared a separate meal for him. She made all my favorite Filipino dishes including Lechon (the best Iโve eaten!), grilled chicken inasal, fried tilapia, chicken adobo, and beef Caldereta (my husbandโs favorite). I also recommend her crispy shrimp balls as an appetizer and pancit molo soup. Chef Maricel came out to present the Lechon and explained its significance in Filipino celebrations. The succulent pork and crackling were then added to the other dishes laid out on banana leaves. Dessert included turon and leche flan. The mango birthday cake was beautiful and delicious. We chose their beverage package that included non-alcoholic sangria, soda, coffee and hot tea. BYOB: Guests added pinot Grigio or prosecco to their glasses of sangria. Maricelโs Kitchen is a restaurant on the weekends and a cooking studio during the week where she teaches classes live on YouTube. The studioโs computer equipment set-up provided an opp for my family to project a slide show of photos from my life that guests watched during dinner. Our daughter led 3 birthday games between dinner and dessert where Chef Maricelโs cookbook and gift cards were the prizes. She signed each cookbook. Such a memorable evening!”