Tatang (North Hollywood, CA)

While searching for a Filipino food near Burbank, CA, I stumbled upon this tiny place called Tatang that struck my attention due to its trending reviews on Yelp. I decided to drive over with a coworker to Tatang to try out and see what the place and the food looks like. Out of curiosity,  and a craving for Filipino food, we ordered the Pork Sinigang, Bistek and the Petaluma Chicken Sisig. I must say that I am pretty impressed with the way they presented their Bistek dish. They piled up the onion strings on top of the beef thus making a nice tower that is so appetizing. The Bistek is amazingly good and the meat is very tender. 

​The Petaluma Chicken Sisig was also pretty good. Although I am more familiar with Pork Sisig, Tatang's Petaluma Chicken Sisig isn't bad at all. I am, however, unimpressed with their Pork Sinigang because it lacks flavor. Pork Sinigang is a popular Filipino dish characterized by its sour and savoury taste most often associated with tamarind. It seems their tamarind soup base was watered down too much thereby losing the sour taste. I wouldn't give up on Tatang just yet, but maybe next time, I will ask them to add more tamarind soup base to make their Pork Sinigang more flavorful.