MFK By Aysee Serves a Break-the-Bank Communal Meal to Make Filipinos Swoon

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • April 6, 2017
If you’ve had the Filipino dish sisig in OC, chances are it’s the version that has deep-fried pork belly hacked into fingertip-sized chunks, then tossed with citrus juice, onions and peppers. The new MFK By Aysee—the acronym stands for Modern...
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