Filipino cuisine offers comforting, hearty food at the crux of Asian flavors and Spanish influences (the latter because of Spain’s colonization of the region). There’s something for everybody to love from lumpia (egg rolls) to lechon (roast pork).
Alas, even though three staple Austin Filipino restaurants closed because of the pandemic — Tito Adobo, Mang Dedoy’s, and Be More Pacific (which reopened in Houston) — and favorite Carabao Express morphed into a Carnitas El Guero, there are still a good amount of Filipino restaurants and food trucks around.
Similarly, for other eats stemming from the continent of Asia, find great spots serving Southeast Asian, Thai, Korean, Korean barbecue, Chinese, dim sum, sushi, South Asian, and halal foods.
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