Baon Kainan

The gist: A food cart serving “traditional” Filipino food in “not so traditional ways,” Baon Kainan is a celebration of Filipino heritage.
The food: The signature dish at Baon Kainan is the chicken adobo—served with rice, pickled vegetables, and bok choy, it’s a delicate but assertive flavor, and without any soy sauce, making it gluten free. Other popular dishes include a light, savory shrimp soup (sinigang), delicious kare kare fries with braised beef and peanut sauce, and on Monday nights only, crispy, golden fried pork lumpia. The cart also offers a fun Filipino brunch with offerings like biscuits with longanisa gravy as well as tosilog, a rich dish with fried eggs, pork, and fish sauce tomatoes and onions.