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Ramro
Filipino and Nepali cooking in a small Astoria room — beef longganisa, duck momos, silvanas, and lechon by the ounce on Mondays.
Ramro is a Nepali word for beautiful and good, and the kitchen cooks the Philippines and Nepal side by side, with French and Japanese technique holding the two together. It grew out of a late-night takeout window called FoodStruck into a restaurant on 38th Street with a four-seat chef's counter facing the kitchen.
From the Filipino side, look for beef longganisa — small, skinless and garlicky — and a kare-kare that has its fans; from Nepal, momos of duck confit or chicken with a bright red chutney. Desserts go back to Manila: calamansi ice cream with puffed rice and silvanas, the frozen cashew meringue cookie, made for sharing. Monday is palutan, industry night, with skewers and lechon by the ounce; Saturday is a tasting menu.
Editor’s tip
Take the counter seats on a Monday for the palutan menu and order lechon by the ounce.
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