The dish
Kare-kare
from
Evelyn's Asian Table, 5934 NW 122.
Chef/owner Evelyn Berzabal made her reputation producing for local hotel kitchens for decades, and now she's got her own place. She manned the kitchen at Asian Clay Pot for a few months to learn the transition and now is cooking full-bore near the corner of N MacArthur Boulevard and NW 122, featuring dishes from her native Philippines plus favorites from Thailand, Korea, China and Malaysia. She offers a lunch buffet Monday through Saturday. Saturday's buffet is Filipino food only.
THE FOOD DUDE SAYS:
If you love peanut butter as much as I do, Kare-kare is a gift from the heavens. Pick your favorite protein, add fresh vegetables such as green beans, okra, cabbage, spinach, carrots and even a little eggplant if you like, and Berzabal will stir fry your choices before adding a sauce derived from peanut butter and ground glutinous rice. Served in a hot pot with an ample mound of steamed rice, this Filipino mainstay will have peanut butter lovers planning their return.
I talked to Berzabal, and here's what she had to say.
