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Kultura
Filipino
Filipino cooking in a small Spring Street dining room where many tables just order the whole menu. Chef Nikko Cagalagan, a 2024 James Beard Emerging Chef nominee, runs the kitchen on induction burners and a small oven, which explains either the focus or the ambition, probably both. The dishes read like home cooking filtered through a chef's eye, precise in portion and element count, and grounded in local pork, oysters, and fish.
Six honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Emerging Chef · Nikko Cagalanan
- The New York Times Arroz Caldo · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater The Best New Restaurants in America
- Eater 18 Best Restaurants in Charleston
- Condé Nast Traveler 40 Best Restaurants in Charleston
One number, weighted & current 86
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Pancit Condé Nast Traveler
- Pork asado Condé Nast Traveler
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- Sorghum & Salt Eat · 65
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