‹ The Fried Chicken 100 › Manila
No. 26 in the world · November 2026
Max's Restaurant
No. 26The one piece to order
The fried chicken, half classic and half sizzling spicy, with banana ketchup
The house that fried chicken built: a family recipe from just after the Second World War, and still the Filipino fried chicken people miss most.
Make it at home
Filipino-style fried chicken with banana ketchup gravy
2 hr marinate, 45 min · 4, with rice. How Manila's Max's does it: chicken marinated in calamansi, garlic and fish sauce, gently poached so it's tender through, then fried without any batter until the skin is thin, mahogany and crackly. Banana ketchup and Worcestershire on the side.
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