
Filipino restaurant
Kusina RestoBar Menu & Prices — Newport
7 - 8 Holyrood St, Newport PO30 5AU
- Rating
- 4.7 ★153 reviews
- Price
- £20–30per person
- Open now
- Closed
Menu
Menu sectionStarters
Starters3 dishes
- Mango & Tomato Salad
Filipino mango and tomato salad is a refreshing combination of crisp mangoes, plump tomatoes, and onions tossed in olive oil a vinegar and fish sauce dressing
- Lumpiang Cebuano
(Ground pork, cabbage, carrots, bean sprout, fish sauce, oyster sauce) lumpia are made of thin paper-like or crepe-like pastry skin called "lumpia wrapper" enveloping savoury filling - served deep fried with banana sauce & sweet chili mix
- Fresh Mussels
Good for 2, sauteed in garlic, unsalted butter, onions, ginger and spring onions, spinach with a dash of white wine.
Mains6 dishes
- Sizzling Pork Belly Sisig£15.00
Popular filipino dish in pampanga, finely chopped pork belly sautéed in onions, bell pepper & chillis seasoned with lemon, lime, soy sauce, black pepper, serve with egg & garlic mayo
- Pork Humba£15.00
Braised pork dish from visayas, slow-cooked until very tender in soy sauce, sugarcane vinegar, garlic, bay leaves, black peppercorn, muscovado sugar & star anise.
- Crispy Pork Kare Kare£16.00
Philippine version of curry. Thick savoury peanut sauce. It has very subtle taste because it is traditionally unsalted. Allowing the flavours of the peanut sauce and meat to surface and be enjoyed. This dish comes with shrimp paste. Originally a traditional dish of the moro people, the native inhabitants of the archipelago, an attempt by indian soldiers on british ships trying to recreate curry far from home using local annatto seeds and peanuts. (contains peanuts, contains shrimp)
- Lechon Kawali / Bagnet£15.00
Pork belly slabs, fried, seasoned beforehand, it is accompanied with dipping sauce made from vinegar, pork liver, lemon and soy sauce.
- Bicol Express£15.00
Filipino dish known for its rich creamy and spicy flavour. Originating from bicol region, pork belly cooked in coconut milk along with shrimp paste, garlic, onions, and chilli peppers. (contains shrimp)
- Crispy Pork Binagoongan£15.00
Is a popular dish combines the rich flavours of pork with distinct shrimp paste (bagoong). The dish is known for its savoury, salty. and slightly sweet flavour profile, enhanced by crispy texture of the pork. (contains shrimp)
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Beef Dish3 dishes
- Sizzling Bistek Tagalog£16.00
Featured marinated beef steak slice into thin pieces, cooked in savoury sauce from soy sauce, lemon juice, lime juice, sugarcane vinegar, onions & peppercorn. This rich flavour and tender texture is beloved comfort food in filipino cuisine.
- Beef Kaldereta£16.00
Filipino stew with beef, vegetables and rich tomato-based sauce contains of beef spread which adds a unique depth of flavour, along with garlic, onions, soy sauce, and peppers. This dish is known for its savoury and slightly spicy flavour profile.
- Beef A La King
Beef à la king is classic dish made with tender pieces of beef sautéed with onions and mushroom, then combined with creamy sauce adding tanduay rum (a filipino cane rum) for the twist allowing the flavour to meld together offering a delightful and flavourful dining experience.
Chicken Dish4 dishes
- Chicken Adobo£14.00
Philippine national dish, a quintessential filipino dish known for its savoury, tangy, and slightly sweet flavour. It is marinated chicken pieces in a mixture of soy sauce, sugarcane vinegar, garlic, ginger, bay leaves, and black peppercorn simmered until tender then add moscuvado sugar.
- Chicken Pan Fried Barbecue£14.00
Is a popular street food and barbecue dish in the philippines. Marinated chicken with lime juice, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, annato seed oil, moscuvado sugar and black pepper. The dish is characterised by a delightful combination of sweet, savoury and slightly tangy flavours, the smoky aroma from pan frying adds to overall appeal of this beloved filipino street food.
- Sizzling Chicken Sisig£14.00
Using chiken skin oil cooking this dish is a bit of an ambitious one, it is made of finely chopped and marinated chicken, cook in onion, garlic, ginger, bell pepper, seasoned with lime juice, soy sauce, chilli flakes and black pepper served on a hot sizzling plate.
- Filipino Chicken Curry£14.00
A delightful filipino dish that infuses tender chicken pieces with rich and aromatic coconut milk-based sauce. Enhance with vibrant spices such as turmeric, curry powder and includes the medley of vegetables such as carrots, bell pepper and potatoes.it is a perfect harmony of food and tradition. In 18th century in pampanga the moro people created few curry for the british settlers, along with the indian crew.
Noodlesdish8 dishes
- Chicken Sotanghon£14.00
This filipino noodle soup is typically made with boneless chicken simmered in aromatics & vegetables
- Pancit Guisado£16.00
Pancit (or pansit) literally means 'noodles' and guisado (gisado) means 'sautéed' mix noodles and mix vegetables, chicken, prawns and savoury seasoning with a dash of lime & lemon citrus.
- Vegetarian Pancit Guisado£14.00
Sautéed mix noodles and mix vegetables, savoury seasoning with a dash of lime & lemon citrus.
- Pancit Palabok£18.00
(Ask for availability) pancit palabok (luglug malabo) is a filipino rice noodle dish with rich pork and shrimp sauce, similar to ragu, topped with eggs, spring onion and pork crackling
- Chicken Mami£14.00
(Egg noodles) soup chicken miami is a popular filipino noodle soup that features a flavourful broth, tender shredded chicken and egg noodles. Seasoned with garlic, onions, and pepper with mix vegetables for more nutritional value & flavour.
- Beef Mami£14.00
- Pork Mami£14.00
- Mix Meat Mami£15.00
Rice8 dishes
- Kusina Fried Rice£16.00
(Good for 2) fried rice with mix vegetables, chicken & prawns with egg
- Crispy Pork Binagoongan Rice£20.00
(Good for 2) bonagoongan bagnet (crispy pork belly) fried rice with bagoong (fermented shrimp paste) mix vegetables reach to a different level of umami flavour cook in annatto seed olive oil.
- Arroz Marinara A La Kusina£30.00
(Good for 2) kusina version of seafood valenciana (filipino paella), mix glutinous rice, jasmine rice, with chicken, shrimp stock, prawns, turmerics, paprika, and umami flavour & saffron,
- Garlic Fried Rice£10.00
- Plain Steam Rice
- Flat Bread£2.00
- Plain Noodles£2.00
- Vermicelli Rice Noodles£6.00
With cabbage & bell pepper (small side dish portion)
Sauces4 dishes
- Homemade Aioli£2.00
- (Filipino) Banana Sauce£2.00
- Mang Thomas (Sarsa)£2.00
- Chicken Skin Chilli Oil£3.00
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Pudding Panghimagas5 dishes
- Filipino Warm Chocolate Fudge With Mango Puree£8.00
Cacao beans grown in the philippines, which are used to make chocolate
- Ube Biko£6.00
Filipino sticky rice cake made of glutinous rice and coconut, and packed with ube flavor. Also check availability: mango biko or coffee biko
- Banana Turon£6.00
Caramelised banana wrapped in springroll wrapper fried served with vanilla icecream
- Ube Cake£8.00
Traditional filipino chiffon cake or sponge cake made with ube halaya (mashed purple yam), coconut milk & organic flour
- Yema Cake£8.00
Yema is a sweet custard confectionery from the philippines. It is made with cheese, egg yolks, milk, and sugar.
Pudding3 dishes
- Banana Turon
Also known as lumpiang saging, is a philippine snack made of thinly sliced bananas, dusted with brown sugar, rolled in a spring roll wrapper with jackfruit and fried till the wrapper is crisp.
- Leche Flan
A filipino creme caramel. Leche, spanish for milk, is one of the dessert's two main ingredients. Made with egg yolks, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk, filipino leche flan is a rich steamed custard topped with a syrupy caramel.
- Kusina Chocolate Tiffin
Not a filipino dish. Tiffin is a form of cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits (most commonly digestive biscuits), sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate. Unlike regular cakes, tiffin does not require baking. Instead, following preparation of the mixture, the confection is chilled until set. As a consequence the product may also be known as "fridge cake" or another similar term. It was invented in the early 1900s in troon, scotland.
Pudding / Pangmimagas2 dishes
- Biko
Biko is like a soft, warm, sticky rice cake. It uses sweet rice or sticky rice. It is sometimes called glutinous rice because it gets gluey when cooked, but this sweet dessert is 100 percent gluten-free! Glutinous rice, also called sweet rice or sticky rice, coconut milk, brown sugar, lightly packed, divided, coconut cream served with vanilla ice cream (gluten-free)
- Banana Split
Mix of strawberry, chocolate & vanilla ice cream in the midst of banana served with choices of strawberry sauce or chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
Lechon Manok3 dishes
- Whole Large Dressed Chicken
Stuffed with ginger, lemongrass, spring onion, garlic, onions and ground pepper. Good for 4 people.
- Salad
- Drinks (Orange Or Iced Tea)
Others17 dishes
- Tagalog Mango & Tomato Salad
Filipino mango and tomato salad is a refreshing combination of crisp mangoes, plump tomatoes, and onions tossed in olive oil a vinegar and fish sauce dressing
- Kabute Mo Teh!
Sauteed garlic mushroom, unsalted butter, single cream, ground pepper, shallots & parsley served with flat bread
- Kinilaw / Kilawing Isda
Is a raw seafood dish and preparation method native to the philippines. It is also referred to as philippine ceviche due to its similarity to the latin american dish ceviche. It is more accurately a cooking process that relies on vinegar and acidic fruit juices (usually citrus) to denature the ingredients salmon, with coconut milk, lime, lemon, sugar cane vinegar (datu puti), salt & pepper with shallots, ginger & tomatoes (chili is optional)
- Kapre
(Tree giant, in philippine mythology, the kapre is a creature that described a tree giant, a large hairy, muscular creature.) It's kusina version of daiquiri blended strawberry & mango fruit smoothie, lime juice, lemon juice, dark rum.
- Gayuma
(Filipino folklore, magic love potion). As gin blends with lime juice and sparkling elderflower & mint leaves)
- Sawi-Windang
(Is a playful filipino word describe to someone who's heartbroken or have not found that one true love 'sawi means ill-fated and 'windang' means torn-apart) freshly pressed orange, passion fruit, & guava juices, white rum, drizzle with grenadine.
- Sundowner
(An alcoholic drink taken at sunset, also means in nhs term a person with dementia who becomes increasingly irritable or difficult as the day progresses, but we will go for the alcoholic drink taken at sun set.) It's a shot of tequila, lime juice, orange juice, pineapple juice drizzled with grenadine.
- Red Light
(Technically, red light is thought to work by producing a biochemical effect in cells that strengthens the mitochondria. The mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell — it's where the cell's energy is created.) Vodka, cranberry juice, grand marnier & lime
- Blue Light
(Is from a blue light card which is a discount service that provides discounts to certain sectors of society. Members can access fifteen thousand discounts across well-known retailers and local businesses across a large span of categories.) Vodka, fresh lemonade & blue curacao
- Corsilog
Corned beef, fried rice & egg
- Hosilog
Hotdog, fried rice & egg
- Tosilog
Pork tocino, fried rice & egg
- Tapsilog
Tapa, fried rice & egg
- Longsilog
Longganisa, fried rice & egg
- Palabok Malabon
With hot drinks
- Breakfast Board For Four
4 meatloaf, corned beef, 4 garlic fried rice, salad, 4 fried eggs, fried eggplant, dried fish, pork tocino, choices of coffee or tea, pitcher of orange juice.
- Breakfast Board For Two
Corned beef, fried mackerel, salad, 2 fried rice, 2 fried eggs, fired eggplant and choices of coffee or tea
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