Andok's and JT's Manukan Grille from the Philippines

The basement of Lucky Plaza has a pair of chain restaurants from the Philippines that specialize in chicken. Andok's had something called litson manok, which was wrapped in foil and came out extremely moist. That brown sauce was unexpectedly mild though; I think it was based on liver, similar to what one gets with lechon. There was a spicy option that perhaps would've been more interesting.



My preference then was for JT's Manukan Grille instead, where the meat was not as moist, as it was a grilled style called chicken inasal. But it featured a pleasant lemongrass aroma. The red oil on the side looked deceptively like chili oil, but instead was a non-spicy but delightfully smoky annatto seed oil. And the soup was nice and sour. I liked JT's better.