This Asheville Filipino Restaurant Is One of the South's Most Exciting New Restaurants

'Neng Jr.’s celebrates queerness as much as it celebrates food. Iocovozzi is intent on building a space that embraces the entirety of their identity.'

, its first Filipinx restaurant. Chef-owner Silver Iocovozzi has created a restaurant where Filipinx flavors meet North Carolina traditions. There’s okra, a Southern must-have, but served in an umami-rich gravy with stewed tomatoes. Lowcountry shrimp find their way into Sinigang, a Filipinx sweet and sour soup. And fried chicken’s on the menu—but Iocovozzi smokes it before frying, a nod to the smoke-kissed, open-fire cooking found across the Philippines.

The original idea was for Neng Jr.’s to be a casual affair, taking inspiration from the plate lunch-style meat-and-three restaurants across the South. But the further Iocovozzi got into imagining their restaurant, the more they wanted to try something else, to experiment with a format that would really let Filipinx food shine.

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