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Mama Lor Restaurant & Bakery

Simple, traditional Filipino fare.

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Mama Lor is found in both Werribee and Sydney’s Rooty Hill.
1 / 5Mama Lor is found in both Werribee and Sydney’s Rooty Hill.James Brickwood
The sinigang na baboy served at the Sydney outpost.
2 / 5The sinigang na baboy served at the Sydney outpost.Supplied
Charcoal pork skewers.
3 / 5Charcoal pork skewers.James Brickwood
Sinigang na hipon (prawns in tamarind broth).
4 / 5Sinigang na hipon (prawns in tamarind broth).James Brickwood
Kare kare (beef stew in peanut sauce).
5 / 5Kare kare (beef stew in peanut sauce).James Brickwood

Filipino$

Mama Lor knows simplicity is best: their sinigang na baboy is rich, fatty and hearty with simmered pork belly, green beans, tomato and eggplant.

For those unfamiliar, sinigang is bold and punchy – just like Filipino cuisine as a whole. The sweet tartness of tamarind, its key ingredient, hits you with the first sip. While this soup’s other elements vary across families and regions, sinigang usually features a protein like milkfish, prawns or pork, and vegetables like tomato, kangkong, eggplant, radish, bok choy or beans.

Other popular dishes here include kare kare, a rich beef peanut stew, crispy Cebu-style lechon belly (whole charcoal roasted pig), plus riffs on traditional desserts like ube pannacotta.

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