Kasa + Kin is a Filipino restaurant nestled on Poland Street in Soho, where family-style cooking with a contemporary twist takes centre stage. As referenced in its name, Kasa and Kin, the restaurant aims to be a place where friends and family can come together over home-cooked food, while providing diners with a real sense of community and belonging. The all-day restaurant and bar, bakery and patisserie comes from the same team behind Kensington’s multi-award-winning Romulo Café & Restaurant. At the helm is Michelin-starred chef and consultant Pat McDonald, as well as Romulo’s executive chef Jeremy Villanueva.
Integral to its menus are a selection of hot broths, marinated bowls, robata grills as well as sides, dips and sauces. For something fresh and fragrant, try the chicken tinola broth made with chicken broth, lemongrass and garlic, or a heritage tomato bowl dressed with citrus and a light soy dressing, coriander and lemongrass pesto, avocado and micro leaf salad. Meanwhile, the robata grills are where the food theatre lies, and includes the likes of pork belly glazed in honey, tomato and pineapple, soy-cured beef rib eye tapa with garlic and pepper, as well as salmon fillets glazed in chilli and mango jam. Desserts feature Tsunami Cheesecake (with a ‘wave’ of toppings) and Sticky Turons (deep fried fruit fritters).
For breakfast, its early morning offering includes fresh bakes such as pandesal donuts filled with purple yam and coconut, while lunchtime salads, sandwiches, hot dishes and create-your-own Imbento boxes will carry you through lunch.
To drink, there’s a lengthy wine list including red, white, rose, sparkling and orange wine, as well as artisanal cocktails spiked with a host of exotic ingredients.
The interiors are as bright and punchy as the food offering, which have been designed by the award-winning team at CADA design, and features a joyous explosion of colours and textures. In the centre of the 90-cover restaurant is an interactive art mural portraying a kaleidoscopic tropical rainforest inspired by the epic poem of Ibong Adarna, the most legendary of Filipino mythical birds.