Jonathan Gold reviews Sari Sari Store

Sari Sari’s arroz caldo is rice porridge with pork, mushrooms, fried garlic, scallions and soft eggs.

Lechon Manok is an organic rotisserie chicken dish with garlic rice and charred scallions.

Chef Don Dalao, Jose Malaquias Chox Ixmata and Jose Nunez hard at work at Sari Sari Store.

The tortang talong is grilled eggplant dipped into beaten egg and fried.

Adobo fried rice features pork belly.

Sari Sari Store is a Filipino-style lunch counter in DTLA’s Grand Central Market owned by Margarita and Walter Manzke.

The dessert halo-halo features watermelon ice, jellied coconut, ice cream and more.

Buko pie features young coconut.

République’s Margarita and Walter Manzke have opened Sari Sari Store, a Filipino food stall in Grand Central Market.