Maemax Market - La Vergne

I was looking for Filipino Essen in Nashville and this place was not disappointed! It's a bit further out, but the trip is worth it. Everything was made fresh and delicious. I'm still dreaming about chicken boobs and pig dumps. Chickenadobo was falling well from the bones and the lumps of pigs pierced hot and crispy with the sauce... Oh, my God. But the Halo Halo Dessert at the end... the best way to finish the meal. Getting hungry, just thinking about it...

That was my first experience of eating Filipino food. I had the Pork Sinigang and Halo-Halo. The Pork Sinigang is an acid soup. It was a unique experience for me because I never ate soup that was sour in my life until today. I'm not much pig eater, but I'll definitely try the soup again. The Halo-Halo was a delicious treat.

Born and raised in Manila, Luzon ??... I know what good tasting Philippine cuisine should taste like. I ordered three different dishes tonight, I was disappointed with all of them. The pork lumpia(for appetizer) was ok... not much taste from the fillings, wrappers used were too thick also. For main dishes, I ordered both lechón kawali(deep fried pork belly) and chicken adobo. The lechón was overly cooked, so it was too crunchy all around and dry also. The chicken adobo was bland and watery. In photos, they dishes look delicious... were they? To me, no. Hindi masarap. 2 stars for clean dining room and excellent customer service.

We are on a short vacation here in Nashville and thought of trying some Filipino food. I searched and came across MaeMax. The pictures looked very promising and delicious. So even if it took us an hour drive to get there we still did. I ordered their sisig, lechon kawali, pansit with lumpia. It was all okay. Why I said it was just okay? It?s because the lechon kawali they served was full of fat, sisig was dry (not the sisig i expected that has liver and some pork ears and pork snout) lumpia had barely filling in it. How bout the pansit? Nothing special. Not a very good experience for me though. Was just disappointed. On the brighter side, I am not sure if it was the owner who served my orders but she was really nice and friendly.

Ohhh they have very nice halo halo. It was our accidental find. They have quite good selection of Asian groceries as well as they serve the food to eat there as well. We ordered just halo halo. It was nice with a lot of beans and jelly at the bottom. Next time we surely order lunch or dinner as well there!!!!