Lomi is a comforting noodle dish of egg noodles in a thick soup made with eggs, crispy pork, liver.
There are a few places in London that serve it.
The one at Adela was beef lomi and this place was pork so went here.
Spoon and rice also have it but I don't fancy eating it from a paper bowl with disposable cutlery for the same price.
This other place offers chicken, prawn or pork lomi which are alarm bells to me because it could mean the same broth where they just add the proteins.
Although, the lomi took ages, it was worth waiting for and service was warm and friendly.
When the lomi arrived, I was a bit disappointed they were udon noodles and not egg like Adela.
Luckily, it was delicious.
The soup was thick and moreish with whole black peppercorns that balance the chicharon.
You will also find chunks of crispy pork belly, liver, crispy garlic and lots of delicious onions in the broth.
The liver was a bit too hard boiled though so inedible for my picky standards ie not soft and velvety.
Lomi is similar to the Chinese and Malaysian Watanho but much nicer because the of the tasty broth and the noodles are not panfried.
The broth is pure savoury goodness unlike Chi/malay sweet broth.
Lomi also reminds me of Hong Kong doggie noodles and pin noodles in a thick soup but much nicer because of the quality meats unlike the decomposing meat they use which the locals are used to or have not tried fresh meat before.
Last but not least, DESSERT!
Filipino desserts : sapin sapin and ube.
Sapin Sapin was delicious that I literally finished it all without throwing it in the bin like the usual Chinese desserts.
It had delicious layers of jackfruit and ube.
The Ube cake was ok, it was the usual Chinese soft moist cake texture and savoury waxy buttercream.
Not my cup of tea.
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