Mami’s Philippine Cuisine

Mami’s Philippine Cuisine continues to thrive in the Oriental Centre Food Court because of its loyal Filipino clientele. The food is consistent in its quality and its variety and for myself, its the only place where I know I will always find my favourite «Giniling», done like my Mother’s when I was growing up. Mami’s combo prices always includes EVERYTHING you see in the steam tables, unlike other Filipino joints that have a «special «price for this or that. Their Halo Halo and Gulaman/​sago are one of the best around. I often meet friends for a lunch date at Mami’s and some good shopping after.

This Filipino food stall at the Oriental Centre has been around for quite a while. Their primary source of customers seems to be their Filipino clientele. There is a hot table where customers can choose what they wish to eat, but alas, there are no descriptions for the items on the hot table. For one like myself, who is not particularly familiar with Filipino cuisine, I end up having to ask, time and time again, what particular food items are. The servers do tell me, but usually not in a particularly enthusiastic manner. I get the feeling they would rather just serve people who are familiar with this type of cuisine. That being said, the food is not bad.
This most recent visit, I ordered the boneless milkfish ($ 7.99 or $ 8.99, I now forget). When asked what the sauce on top was, we were told that it was powdered onion soup. Still, it looked lovely. Think white cheese sauce that has been broiled til a lovely golden brown. Upon eating it, it was really quite nice. The milkfish is more a conduit for the sauce than anything. The sauce I’m guessing was the aforementioned powdered onion soup combined with mayo. I guess mayo because we used to do salmon steaks with mayo, and it had a very similar feeling. The milkfish was definitely not boneless. It had been mostly deboned, but there were definitely still small bones in it, so should you order this, be careful!
Side note. Their halo halo is delicious and the flan bits in it (pardon the exaggeration) are to die for.

Budget meals for 5.99 (2 viand, rice and bottled water). Quick fix for Filipino food. Pork Bbq great; just ask for not so charred ones; sisig is good too. But some of the food there I could make it better at home. The only downside is they have lot of fat in their pork dishes :-(

I enjoy Filipino food and have not had much of it recently, but I have never been disappointed as they are typically homemade from small restaurants (never been to a «fine dining» Filipino restaurant though). That being said, Mami’s was a bit disappointing in my eyes.
Mami’s is a small little food stand located in the food court of the Oriental Centre at Brimley and Shepphard. The place itself doubles as a tiny little grocery selling some filipino items to go along with the menu. The menu itself offers plates like Adobo Chicken, pork knuckles, and meat skewers.
I ordered the Adobo Chicken and pork skewers. It comes with a side of rice and a drink for around $ 5, which is great. The adobo chicken was served in a cup which was a mistake. There is a lot of grease and fat that came with their adobo chicken, so much of it compiles at the bottom. The taste was fine, but the oily meat was disappointing.
The skewer, on the other hand, was very flavorful and cooked wonderfully. I wish I got more than one. The meat was tender and the slightly charred exterior was awesome. Definitely better than the adobo chicken.
Prices are great, but the food was a bit lackluster. The food didn’t look too fresh, but maybe you just have to come at a much earlier time than lunch time. The lady behind the counter was very friendly, but the place is just ok for me.

I am surprised that this small Filipino fast food is not included in the list here in Unilocal.
Mami’s Philippine cuisine is located on the second floor of the Dragon Centre at Sheppard and Brimley.
They offer combos that are affordable and well satisfying.
For a $ 4.99 combo you get two entrees, a cup of rice and a bottle of water. They give you a bunchful of food unlike other Filipino fast foods or restaurants that give you just a tiny piece of their food. The quality of food is superb. Try their Laing and Diniguan. You get to choose your food and they have around 15 or maybe 20 entrees there.
So far this is my favorite Filipino food quickie here in Toronto

Mami’s Philippine Cuisine is inside the food court of Oriental Centre at Brimley and Sheppard.
The price of food there are cheap. The BBQ pork/​chicken/​beef skewers are around $ 2.50 each and there are all big chunks of meat! I love their bitter melon with egg, pork simmered in tomato sauce, fried spring roll which are all really good!
The only think I don’t like are the squids And they don’t even clean out the sqids. they are whole baby ones with all the «trimmings» inside.
All the food are there so you can point and get what you want without guessing what you getting into.
As you see in my pictures, the pig legs and really pig legs!
This place does get busy during lunch time!
CASH only!