S&S Kultura at Kusina LLC — Restaurant in Town of East Bloomfield

Your curiosity will be rewarded with a visit to East Bloomfield's own Filipino restaurant and grocery. The place is brightly lit and sparkling clean, and the owner, John, fills the place with a welcoming and cheerful energy. In the past I have stopped by for a snack of lumpia (spring rolls) but tonight I decided to order dinner. I had the chopsuey, which was fresh broccoli, snow peas, and other fresh vegetables in a delicious cream sauce topped with a nice piece of mahi mahi. This came with sticky rice, two lumpia, and some pickled papaya. At $12 dollars this is a FANTASTIC deal.

There are a few small drawbacks I will mention. For one, while almost half of the menu is baked goods, they have been out of almost all of these each time I've visited. All they had for dessert tonight was a sweet roll and Buko Pandan. I tried the buko and... It's chunks of nearly flavorless jello floating in a sort of condensed milk - if that doesn't sound great, I'm here to tell you it isn't. John says they are looking to hire another baker in the spring so maybe that will add more options. The only other drawback is that the food took a little longer than expected, but not too terribly long. I browsed the interesting snacks and ingredients for sale while I waited.

Overall, the snacks and dinner I've had here have been excellent, so be adventurous and give it a try! It won't...

Tonight was our first time eating Filipino food, and our first experience with S & S Kultura At Kusina. It won’t be our last!

For appetizers we ordered Chicken Lumpias and Pork Asado Siopao. Both were absolutely delicious – especially with the sauce that was included. My wife ordered the Chicken Adobo and found it to be abundant with flavor and a very ample portion. I ordered the Beef Machado. The beef was very tender and along with the potatoes, carrots, peppers and sauce was extremely tasty, and filling. For dessert I ordered each of us a Leche Flan. We were quite full from everything else but had to at least have a taste of the dessert. It was delicious. The rest of them will likely be our breakfast tomorrow.

Don’t be afraid to try this cuisine. The recipe ingredients are proven to go well together. The staff understands that first orders here are often the customer’s first experience with Filipino food. They will patiently explain and guide you to your selections. S & S Kultura At Kusina will be getting more of our business...

Love this place. Staff and customers while I was there were incredibly welcoming. I ended up trading contact info with a Tito to be invited to future gatherings they have and had another Ate try inviting me to crash a graduation for some Filipino food. While there are some things missing like the real calamansi and other sawsawan, they clearly put a lot of effort into hitting the authentic flavor profiles and its the closest I’ve found to being in the Philippines since I left. I can’t wait to get back here to try more dishes and see everyone again.

My only complaint is the lack of dinuguan on the menu, but that’s probably a bit harder to sell people on here. I also wish they had polvoron and hopia in the shop. If my complaints are all centered around wanting more, and wishing they weren’t over an hour away, that’s a great sign for me.

Edit: Came back for more. It’s still awesome along with the people. They had read my review and had polvoron stocked in the shop. Love this place and look forward to...