El Adobo is a takeaway restaurant on Wainoni Road in Wainoni, Christchurch, holding a strong 4.8 Google rating, with updates and details shared through its Facebook page. A takeaway named for adobo points to the Filipino classic: pork or chicken braised slowly in vinegar, soy sauce, garlic and bay leaf until the sauce turns dark, glossy and deeply savoury. It is a dish made for the takeaway format, as the flavours hold up in transit and often deepen by the next day. At small family-run takeaways the menu is usually short and the kitchen at its busiest in the evening, so regulars tend to phone or message orders ahead rather than wait. Filipino home-style cooking is generous and built around rice, so one dish often stretches further than expected. A rating like that in a quiet corner of eastern Christchurch is usually earned one regular at a time.