Mely's Kainan — Restaurant in Parma

A foodie’s find of authentic home-cooking Filipino takeaway😎. Yes, it’s a TAKEAWAY counter, really NOT a sit-in eatery as there’s only a single high table🫤.

It’s an unassuming no-frills takeaway, best at opening hour when the food is coming of the stovetop. Large portions, reasonably priced by 16- or 32-oz sizes.

Very short menu plastered on wall. Apparently, it changes based on availability of produce/meats.

I am partial to the yummy exotic Dinuguan (Blood Stew of pork), and the Caldereta (Pork Casserole in tomato sauce). Both made with lean cuts of pork and have contrasting flavor/texture🤩🤩🤩.

There’s the Vegetable Stew in coconut milk, very rich BUT too heavy, and surprisingly seasoned wiith slivers of crispy pork belly (not for my palate however 🫤).

Service is very good. The owner/cook is also the cashier ( what a spritely lady👏👏👏).

It’s really a very small place that food is better taken away to one’s own private enjoyment.

I’m NOT a fan of plastic takeaway containers and eating flatware, albeit they kindly provide aluminum plates...

They were very kind and the food tasted delicious, but unfortunately they did not leave a good first impression and I don't know if I'll give them another chance in the future. I called around 3pm for a takeout order to find they didn't have anything I asked for on the menu. I ended up just ordering whatever they were selling that day which was the pancit guisado.

I get there and they forgot I even put in an order, so I had to wait. It looks they ran out of food with the exception of a few items on the menu. I had the lumpia shanghai rolls which were some of the best kind of egg rolls I had tasted thus far. It paired well with the pancit guisado. They just have step it up a little bit, but I would recommend just because the food...

Umm.. yeah. I went to this takeout place because I work for Nissan/Infiniti IT Department and they've outsourced their Corporate Review department to the Philippines.. . I've grown up with Chinese and Japanese food so I might be a tough critic. The reality is although the owners of Mely's Kainan are very nice.. the quality of the food was unfortunately very poor. What they could do better is perhaps bring some younger new cheffs who are able to speak fluent English, and bring exceptional customer service and quality to their...