Ima's Kusina — Restaurant in Milpitas

I've been going here with my family for years.  This trip I was the chauffeur.  So many great eats here from cooked food, desserts, and frozen items to cook at home.  This place is clean and always busy.   There are all sorts of goodies everywhere you look.        This trip we bought:

Laing:  My mom's favorite and go to.

Karioka:  One of my favorite items here.   First bite brings me back to memories of my lola making this at home.   It tastes exactly the same.  The crunch with each bite and perfect amount of sweetness.  The only difference is this is a lot bigger than what my lola made, but so worth the trip.

Turon:  Perfect size with perfect ratio of banana and langka.  This had the same crunchy and sweetness on the outside as the karioka.  It tasted like the panutsa that they use not the typical brown sugar or sugar coating.

Kakanin sampler:  This is delicious.  My least favorite was the sapin sapin.  It was a little hard and the consistency wasn't ma kunat.  A certain kind of chewy texture that I don't know how to explain.

Frozen tocino:  It seems a little pricey but more than enough to feed a family of 4.  This made the perfect tocilog at home.   I forgot to take a pic after it was cooked, but the color was perfect.

Frozen longanisa:  Sadly, this was a little too sweet for us.  I'm not sure if it was just an off batch but I think I'll stay away from that for now.

We kept adding to our order because we would see something else that looked good.  The gentleman helping us was like,"Anything else?"  Thank you to him for being so patient with us lol.  I highly recommend this place and can't wait to come back...

The pork dish I got here a few weeks ago was one of the best dishes I have ever eaten in my life, and I have eaten all over the world and have been to several Michelin star restaurants in my lifetime. The pork was tender and sweet and juicy. So so good. If I lived closer to this area I would have been back for more the next day.

Besides the pork dish we ordered 3-4 other dishes which were all outstanding as well. Every dish we ordered including the banana fritter was really delicious.

Super pleasant experience ordering, the lady behind the counter was patient and helpful. She even gave us something extra to try for no extra cost because we had asked about it and said it looked good. Really affordable prices, especially for the quality and size of the dishes that we got. ended up purchasing 4-5 amazing dishes and the portions were really generous for everything we decided to order.

This place is a hidden gem, 10/10 would recommend coming by here to pick something up. I forget the name of the pork dish but when you enter you will see all the options and it’s the slightly sweet very tender pork dish that is sitting in a sauce / marinade of some kind. it looks very tender and feels even more tender. If pork isn’t your thing order anything honestly, it was all great. Guaranteed that you will love what you order and have leftovers when...

OH MY GOSH. Literally so good. Even when I went there LAST MINUTE. I went there like 15 minutes before they closed and their food was so fresh and hot! I just got off of work in the Bay Area (I’m a travel nurse) and I called a lot of Filipino stores around this area to see what they had. Out of 4 places I called, No one answered. Finally the 5th place I called before I gave up, (imas kusina) ANSWERED THE PHONE. I was so happy because I didn’t have to waste time driving. They let me know that they had sinigang! WHICH WAS SO GOOD BY THE WAY.

So I drove towards them and they were all so friendly, I wish I got the two girls names in the front! They were so much and friendly and PRETTY! I don’t have my mom to cook Filipino food for me anymore since I moved away from Los Angeles, but this place hits just like home :) thank you so much imas kusina!!!

OH YEAH PLEASE GET THEIR KASAVA CAKE ITS SOOO GOOD. I’m going to gain like 30 pounds after today. lol....