Max's Restaurant South San Francisco, Cuisine of the Philippines

Famous for their 80 year old signature fried chicken, tender and juicy with crispy perfection.

Max's Restaurant gives a Filipino meal in South San Francisco an easy starting point with its signature fried chicken, then offers plenty of reasons to build out the table. The chicken is made to order and the menu suggests banana ketchup and Worcestershire sauce alongside it. We like that a familiar centerpiece can lead into a much broader selection of Filipino cooking. Lumpiang Shanghai, crispy pork belly and chicken adobo offer recognizable favorites, while kare-kare combines beef shank, oxtail and vegetables with peanut sauce. Coconut-milk dishes such as laing and gising gising add another flavor direction, and bangus sisig brings milkfish to the sizzling-plate selection. Sizzling tofu provides a listed vegetarian choice. For Filipino food in South San Francisco, Max's appeal is the chance to combine crisp, savory and coconut-rich dishes into a shared meal that goes well beyond fried chicken.