Kulinarya NZ is a Filipino food court at 491 Main Street in central Palmerston North, rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, with diners praising the chicken inasal, pork dishes and noodle soups as authentic, flavourful and worth the wait. Chicken inasal, the charcoal-grilled specialty of Bacolod, is typically marinated in calamansi, vinegar, lemongrass and annatto, and at a busy stall it is often cooked to order, so a few minutes' wait usually means food fresh off the grill. The food-court format suits Filipino cooking well: generous plates of pork, hearty noodle soups and rice meals that make it easy to try more than one dish. The surest test of a good Filipino eatery is the crowd; when the tables fill with Filipino diners, you have found the real thing. For a genuine taste of the Philippines in the middle of Palmy, this Main Street address has plainly struck a chord.