Purple Yam, Worth the Wait

We were lucky enough to have lunch at Purple Yam today, in advance of their opening Tuesday, and Amy and Romy exceeded even the very high expectations.

I'm not sure what I expected of their Filipino-influenced food, but it wasn't quite this: It was milder, more accessible, and generally more easy to imagine eating more than once a week than we'd expected.

The likeliest hit, and popular with the kids, were the cured pork sliders, on purple rolls made with purple yam flower, with fresh, unusual vegetables and savory meat. Our platter of samples also had tasty meatballs on skewers, crunchy and fresh mung bean pancakes, and noodles with nuggest of pork and strips of chicken. There was also wonderful kimchee and a sort of slaw made from carrots and green papaya.

Nelson took a lot of photos, so look for those here soon.