"There's a sense of coming home at Musang, not only because the restaurant is in a house—outfitted with the wood floors and tiled bar of a contemporary restaurant. The chef Melissa Miranda grew up near here, and after years of cooking Italian food elsewhere, she returned to the neighborhood and the Filipino food of her family. Get the short rib kare kare—a dish both composed enough to let you know you're in a nice spot and rich enough to yield comfort; beautifully braised beef swims in a peanut butter and bagoong sauce with okra and green beans. But you won't go wrong elsewhere, from the pork and shrimp filled lumpia to pancit canton." - Naomi Tomky, Stefan Milne, Jessica Voelker
Jordan Nicholson