Kusina Pinoy Bistro

Next door to Renee's, under the rattle of the 7, Kusina Pinoy is built for groups. The kitchen does big meat and seafood platters for groups, and the menu leans into celebration food: pork belly kare-kare in its peanut sauce, a sisig of caramelized pork that hits sweet and salty at once, best with an egg cracked on top.

Save room. Sizzling biko — sticky rice cake still crackling on its skillet — is the dessert to know, and there is halo-halo, plus a sampler of cassava cake, leche flan and ube halaya for anyone who can't decide.