Isla Pilipina Restaurant: Heaven in a Strip Mall

When you don't own a car, you learn the charms of public transportation quickly.  Besides your colorful fellow commuters, one of the perks not driving is being able to look around and see what is passing by outside your window.  Several months ago on our way to Sarajevo Restaurant, we spotted several promising looking places while enjoying the 81 - Lawrence bus, including an Iraqi place that you'll probably read about in the coming months.  Another place that looked good was Isla Filipina.  On that particular night, people were lined up out the door, so we took that as a good sign.  This restaurant is an unassuming place in a small strip mall, tucked in near a Little Caesars and several places catering to Eastern Europeans.  So this week we hopped back on the bus headed to Isla Filipina to get a taste of the Philippines!