text: Went Friday to take advantage of the special lechon roasted pig nI found the cafe cozy nice dark wood furniture and dark wood blinds Definitely more welcoming than the restaurants in Chandler I found the high counter a little daunting I being only feet tall had to either hoist myself up on the counter with my elbows to peer down or had to crouch down to have a look under the counter and have a look through the sneezeguard Their labeling system needs improvement I vote for adhesive labels that go on the sneezeguard so that patrons can easily identify the food on the buffet line I am sorry but no matter how often Karey and Purine say they like to cook the food to order food laid out in huge trays and placed in turoturo style IS NOT food cookedtoordernnHere is a list of the food I tried that daynn Lechon large order includes corn tortilla I subbed flour and choice of Spanish or Filipino garlic rice I chose Filipino of course httpwwwyelpcombizphotoskareyskitchenphoenixselectSHZJNBYDlPanDjqHxgSHZJNBYDlPanDjqHxgnn entree combo of Dinuguan chocolate stew Beef Mechado and Pork Adobo includes garlic rice httpwwwyelpcombizphotoskareyskitchenphoenixselectPcxdBrQIxjgmfQPcxdBrQIxjgmfQnn Lumpia shanghai fried Filipino pork eggrolls small order includes pcs of pork and onionfilled minieggrolls that are fried httpwwwyelpcombizphotoskareyskitchenphoenixselectHyJXevwOgejRgcptkQHyJXevwOgejRgcptkQnn Halohalo frozen dessert consisting of sweet beans coconut strings coco jellies ube tarobased pudding coconut milk choice of ice cream and shaved ice httpwwwyelpcombizphotoskareyskitchenphoenixselectcphMBWmBPKoaBidqQCAcphMBWmBPKoaBidqQCAnn Pan of cassava Cassava is a root much like a sweet potato or yam that is pounded or ground into flour and then mixed with cream butter eggyolks and sugar and bakedsteamed into a cakelike dessert dish Somewhat cakey and much thicker than an eggcustard pie A little help here Joel nn Togo containers of Pork adobo and Dinuguan each nnI found all the entrees and eggrolls save the mechado meat was a little tough very tender and very tasty loved the dinuguan However they are ALL very greasy unfortunately I will never ever order the fried eggrolls again Everytime I ate them they came back to haunt me and all due to the high grease and salt content A coworker came for her first visit with her husband and stepdaughter as well after I had left and told me that she found the eggrolls VERY salty as well as the other dishes she tried there but could not bring herself to tell the owners because they were all so very friendly and sweet Karen Rey and Purine as well as Michael were all very friendly and accomodating this is truennI would order the dinuguan and pork adobo again but I will not eat any of it until I am able to place them in the fridge so that their sauces may gel up and I can skim off the HUGE amount of fat reheat and then place them back into the fridge again so that I may reskim the fat one more time Only then would I be able to enjoy these dishes They are very tasty but I have to be careful Or I could enjoy them fresh but without much of the saucennWhat my coworker and I definitely agreed on was that we would both come back just to have the halohalo again This dessert similar to the Vietnamese Che ba mau tasted like it was made from fresh ingredients instead of from a bottled mix of beans coco strings and jello I liked the ice cream they used too You have your choice of either ube vanilla or mango I will definitely have to come back and try a bowl of the two Filipino flavors As a special Karen had prepared ginataan a warm dessert consisting of plantains jackfruit coco strings taro and something akin to yams cooked in coconut milk and sugar This looked and smelled so very good but I could not try it due to food allergies I wonder if Joel had a sample I know he enjoyed the cassava I did likewisennAs for the lechon I am sad to report that the skin was not crispy at all and I detected a chemical flavor every time I tried the skin It tasted much like what a disinfectant might taste like A faint hint but still there nonetheless The pork meat did not wow me either A big part of the enjoyment of lechon is the Mang Tomas Lechon sauce which you can buy at Lee Lee supermarket in Chandler or at Mekong in Mesa Awesome sauce just ask Joel I will have to try the leftover lechon soon with the sauce I stayed away from it bec I was not sure of the ingredients at the timennI will definitely be back to try their daily specials I do hope that Karen and the others strive to lessen the grease content of their dishes