Manila Express

Sadly Manila Express has closed. They have become a victim of the bad economy. Hopefully a new one will open up later. Hope you were able to sample it before it closed. There is no other place like it that I know of. If you do know of another place like it, drop me a line.
But read my other review to see how great Manila Express was.
Noah

Filipino food is difficult to find in Denver, but there are a few places in Aurora. I’m pretty sure this is the only one that serves caldereta, my favorite, a really flavorful beef stew. Everything I’ve tried here is excellent especially the pork adobo and pancit. I really enjoy salty food, but if you don’t– beware that most filipino dishes require soy sauce and vinegar to stew the meat or to season the noodles and the result is quite delicious.

I have been looking for a filipino place to eat ever since I arrived in Colorado last May. I found Manila Express on Unilocal and decided to go there for lunch over the weekend. When I walked in, the food in the hotplates looked very unappetizing. It looked like it had been sitting there for days. I wanted to satisfy my filipino food fix so I ordered some lumpia. I was told it would take around ten minutes to make and cook, so I sat in the eating area and waited. The wait was well worth it. The lumpia was one of the best I have ever tasted, and I have had a lot of lumpia growing up in the Phillipines. Too bad the food was did not look more appetizing…

Paid a visit to Manila Express today (formally Manila-​to-​go). The new management and staff is great. Upbeat and ready to explain the nuiances of Filipino cuisine. With a mouthwatering display of stew-​like entrees, I came in a bit lost. Having only eaten Filipino a few times, I could recognize a few dishes. The manager was more than willing to let us sample each of the dishes before chosing — allowing for us to pick our favorites. My favorites were the pork adobo, the menudo, and another sauces meat dish that I can’t remember the name of. The pork adobo was wonderful with juicy, tender chucks of pork marinating in a slightly sweet and salty liquid. The menudo differs greatly from Mexican-​style menudo, eaten as stew with rice rather than a soup. The other dish had a more difficult name to remember, but it was quite delish. Chucks of beef mixed with veggies (potatoes, carrots, onions) in a dark, thick, sweet sauce. We finished the meal with a lovely cassava cake and waddled our fat butts home.