Best thing we ate in New Orleans this week: Monggo salad from Kusina

What I ate: Monggo salad ($10), with cabbage, mung beans, tomatoes, red onions, bean sprouts, peanuts and a fish sauce vinaigrette.

• My dinner buddy and I also devoured the meat pie, which was stuffed with adobo, the national dish of the Philippines, and wrapped in roti dough.

Of note: Some descriptions on the menu gave me pause — fish sauce cashew brittle for dessert? — but I trusted the chef and was rewarded with a delicious meal.

• Kusina is partnering with Union Ramen later this month to host a Filipino Kamayan feast.

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