Lola Adang's Kusina — Restaurant in North Chicago

Well they just opened after St Patrick's month and I made this as a bucket list since being Filipino myself and only know 2 restaurants up here in Lake county area. So far the other food is good and authentic. The pork on a stick was just the way my dad and mom makes them in picnic or outdoor parties. The menudo was also good or ok. They missed a few ingredients to the menudo but one ingredient liver is ok but did not add to really make it authentic and raisins was not ok to add which I am glad they didn't do it but supposed to. The chicken curry dish Filipino style was also delicious. The lumpia Shanghai or Filipino egg roll was good too as they gave a 2 long sized generous amount then most family own Filipino restaurants. My friend not Filipino ordered the fried milk fish or bangus (pronounced bang-oos) which she liked. I usually eat bangus for breakfast. It is giving cafeteria style on paper plates for lunch and was a busy place during lunch because of the US Great lakes Navy base and the US Marines base here so military people and some Local Pinoy where in line too. My big disappointment why 4 out of 5 stars was how they cooked Pancit Palabok. They cooked Pancit Behon which is my least favorite Filipino noodle dish and they used Behon noodles in Palabok. Those noodles texture wise is rubbery which belongs in Behon and not in Palabok. Palabok noodles are transparent, little thicker and slippery in texture.They also forgot to add Shrimp in the Pancit which was also disappointing. Also they only sell it as a party tray and could not cook this daily which I am glad they didn't because it was somewhat not ok. I can't say th pancit palabok was bad because the other ingredients tasted correct to use accept no shrimp and wrong noodles they used. The party tray was $40 and was more than enough for 2 people. Otherwise avoid ordering Pancit Palabok from here. Everything else was genuine. The leche flan or Filipino version of flan or custard was ok. They missed a few ingredients too using coconut gel in the bottom. I would come back for some of the other dishes they serve for lunch time. Best to come there 10 minutes early before they open because it gets busy. Also you can dine in the restaurant unlike their rival Filipino restaurant...

The portion/size, the taste of food, and the price they charge to include the staff & crew as well as the set up and location are ALL GREAT. Surely and definitely as well as extraordinarily and extremely WAYyyy BETTERrrr than "kusinang pinoy", "sandok n palayok", "lola tining", "little quiapo" and the restaurants at seafood city. It's the place I highly recommend to everyone wanting or craving for home cooked filipino food. And even to those that haven't tried filipino foods yet but would like to try some,.... it's definitely the GREAT place to go to. As a customer craving for some good food, I'd rather drive 30-60 minutes TO GET TO THIS PLACE than go to the other restaurants mentioned above that are nearby me who charge so expensively but the food they serve are NOT good at all. The only 2 minor suggestion I have to lola Adang's staff and cooks are (1)to cut half of the charge price of the soda to make it more reasonable and acceptable and (2) to the cooks to try to eliminate or reduce some of the visible oil/fat. Other than that it's really the great place to...

My coworker and I got to check out Lola Adang’s Kusina. So, let me get into it! The food was very good. When we see that LAK was a small family owned business we did figure that the food was going to be good. The quality was spot on and the portion sizing was amazing. I really like the teriyaki chicken the faller was out of this world! The service was good too. Everyone was very friendly to my friend and I. The atmosphere was okay. I wish there was some kind of music playing since it was sorry silent. Overall, I would say if you want amazing food for the price Lola Adang’s Kusina is the place...