Nipa Hut

Nipa Hut / Motoyori restaurant in Pasig is a place where you can get Filipino food (and Japanese food). Being at an elevated place, the winds are a tiny bit colder. The entrance and a part of the restaurant resembles a Nipa Hut which also serves as the no smoking area.

Outside, there is also a dining area for those who want more of the breeze and view while eating. The view offers a nearby look at the city (and houses) with a backdrop of the tall buildings along with a sight of some mountains. This place could have an awesome view at night when the buildings and houses are all lit up.

Here we ordered two Filipino food set meals that we got for a discounted price thanks to another online discount voucher.

Banana heart is not something I eat often. But I am glad that this Kilawin Puso ng Saging was good. “Kilawin” implied that it had vinegar. I was expecting something very sour but the dish is also pleasantly sweet. The brownish color hinted it had something along the lines of soy sauce, and the sweetness meant it also had some sort of sugar to balance the taste. There were also tiny bits of pork mixed in it.

Bulalo is a soup known to have a rich beef flavor along with rich beefy oils. It may also have marrow or tendons. This version’s meat was tender and the soup had a beef taste.

This crispy pata has the crispy skin lined with fat and tender pork.

Here we have Chicharon bulaklak. It is a variation of chicharon made from the fat along the pig’s intestine.

For seafood, we had sizzling bangus (milk fish), topped with mixed vegetables. The fish was seasoned and buttered.

Also included in the two set meals are Pork BBQ and Lumpia.


We visited this place earlier and tried a different set meal, also using a discount voucher. Here are the dishes we had.

I liked the kare-kare with their generous amount of the pumpkin and peanut mixture. It is like pumpkin soup but better because of the peanut taste, pork, and vegetables in it.

We also had inihaw na pla-pla with atchara, tomatoes and chopped green mango on the side, and sisig for something grilled and sizzled.

Below are the three set meals we had:
Set 1: Kare Kare, Inihaw na Pla Pla, Crispy Sisig (previous visit)
Set 2: Bulalo Soup, Sizzling Boneless Bangus, 3pcs BBQ, Chicharon Bulaklak
Set 3: Whole Crispy Pata, 15 Pcs. Lumpiang Shanghai, Kilawin Puso ng Saging
My personal favorites are the Kilawin Puso ng Saging, Kare-kare and Bulalo.

Overall, the meat in their food was tender, the ingredients they used tasted fresh and the food was not overpoweringly seasoned. The breezy view is a plus too.

Branch visited located at: Pasig City