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I want to preface this review by saying pork sinigang is one of my absolute favorite dishes from any genre of cuisine. I?ve eaten it up and down the East coast at restaurants, canteens, and aunties? houses. In the Philippines nearly every place I went I got a bowl of sinigang na baboy. I make it at home myself on the regular. Not once have I ever seen a sinigang broth this dark before. After I got over my initial moment of shock I was excited to be trying something new. It looked like I could be in for the most insane sour unami bomb broth ever. After my first spoonful... confusion. It didn?t taste like much of anything. It wasn?t even remotely sour. But strangest of all was that the most dominant flavor I could taste was adobo. Was the darkness of the broth just from soy sauce? The meat was delicious, fatty and soft, and I really appreciated the long beans as nearly every restaurant I?ve been to in the US uses regular green beans instead. I could see myself maybe enjoying eating this dish if I had ordered an adobo ish braised pork stew but just not as the sinigang I was expecting. I?m giving 4 stars because I love supporting small businesses and I want to extend my benefit of the doubt this was my first visit and maybe this was simply a one off sinigang snafu. The pork empanadas were absolutely scrumptious. I would tentatively come back and try other dishes on the menu. There?s also no dine in service available at the moment despite what Google says.