Manam - Houston

My friend recommended me to try, so we went on our last day before flying back to Hong Kong. My husband and myself got seated without waiting (Yay! The servers here are just wonderful, good ambience and the menu offers a wide selection. We ordered small portions of watermelon sinigang, grilled king prawn, laing, chicken skewers, sizzling bangus belly, crispy chicken wings in caramelized patis sauce, small bowl of rice which is also good for sharing, ube pandan with sago and mango pomelo with sago shake. Everything we ordered are so good. Sadly we have to skip dessert as we are so full already that we decided to do a quick hike returning to our hotel. Manam is now our absolute favorite place to go. #MMcookingdiva

Manam has been a craze these days when it comes to affordable prizes for delicious Filipino food with quality output and twists. You will actually notice it when you first visit the restaurant it's rare to find empty seats when you arrive so you know this is a very popular place. We tasted the following dishes from our last visit: 1. Ensaladang Pako it's not popular, but you'll find this interesting since it's healthy salad. The fern is crunchy (no taste , and flavor is complemented by the salted egg and vinaigrette so you can imagine how these flavors blend. I find this dish underrated since it's uncommon. 2. Sinigang na Beef Short Rib and Watermelon one of their best sellers, which you'll amaze with the blend of sourness from sinigang and sweetness from watermelon. The beef is soft which you can easily munch. 3. House Crispy Sisig another of their best sellers... the taste melts great in your mouth with the crunchiness of the sisig 4. Pancit Palabok another best seller see how the secret sauce is poured over the crispy pancit and everything becomes a perfect dish! As mentioned above, the reason people keeps coming back is because of how the price fairs with the quality of the food. I am definitely coming back for more! PS: I don't have captured images of our lunch but will manage to upload them once available, especially the ensaladang pako. :

We were lucky enough to get in without a line! This has to be one of my fave Filipino restos. The service could be improved though, but the serving sizes were so good!

The food and service was superb! The manager Ms. Charie is very accomodating and friendly. Will definitely eat again.

We tried kare kare, binagoongan and gising gising.Everything tastes fine.Service was good.Mango shake was ok.