The only constant in the Seattle restaurant world is change.

Chef Melissa Miranda’s bright, casual Filipino restaurant, Kilig, will close and turn into Musangtino’s on Dec. 4.

Don’t panic yet: This Chinatown International District spot will still serve the crowd-favorite bulalo, a beef shank soup that Seattle Times food reporter Bethany Jean Clement loved when she reviewed Kilig in 2023, as well as the kitchen’s sinigang wings.

“We’ve just got to change with the times,” Miranda said Friday, talking about the switch. “But I’m excited and I think it will be great.”

Musangtino’s is Miranda’s long-running burger pop-up, which debuted in 2018, spent a few years on hiatus then found more permanent footing at Tacoma’s Busy Body! bar back in 2023.…