(Taguig City, Philippines) – Since the growth of outsourced jobs in the country that brought night shifts to normalcy in the Philippines, most establishments have started to embrace the 24-hour operating hours: convenience stores, fast food chains etc. It also started the craze for night markets with Banchetto in Ortigas leading the pack. Lucky [...]
Elias is one of the characters in Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere and is also the name of this restaurant in Bonifacio High Street.
(Makati, Philippines) – I rarely get lost. In fact, the few accounts that I do get lost is because of bad direction given to me or the sheer difficulty of finding the destination. But being lost can be sometimes frustrating especially when you are in a hurry, hungry, being ripped off by a cabbie [...]
Delicious. Gourmet. Inexpensive? I bet you did not see that third word coming in a progression of adjectives to describe a certain restaurant. When my friend, Julie, showed me Kanto’s Facebook page, I could not believe …
Jollibee is the most popular fast food chain in the Philippines and now branching out to big cities in the US where there are big Filipino communities.
Max’s breakfast buffet offers popular Filipino breakfast fares from daing, tocino, scrambled egg, longganisa, sinangag, lugaw, garlic rice, paksiw, itlog na maalat (salted eggs), etc.
My San Francisco friends brought us to Patio Filipino during my last visit there. The food is outstanding, according to my standard at least. Actually, my standard is pretty simple – if a dish can make me eat more than 2 cups of rice, then it passes my taste standard.
Strolling in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf where the freshest seafood such as crabs, clams, lobsters, oyster and many more are abundant
(Chicago) – Give me sushi and sake, I’m in paradise; make it unlimited, I’m in heaven. Most of the all-you-can sushi places here are just mass producing sushi crap, as in very bad. But Shiroi Hana in Wriggleyville in Chicago serves …
(Chicago) – Thank God that there are a lot of things Filipino in Chicago. Not as many as in California or New York but Pinoy stuffs are totally accessible here. There are Pinoy stores, groups, restaurants and resource …
(Chicago) – Given a choice between 2 restaurants serving same the type of food and with prices in the same range but one is buffet and the other is not, I know for a…
(Chicago) – Lamb is my most favorite meat of all time. No questions asked. So any cuisine that incorporates my “lamby” baby in its repertoire is an easy favorite…
(Chicago) – I don’t know why I’m getting addicted to seafood recently. Perhaps, it’s because of the season. It’s summer time here. And maybe, I’m subconsciously…
I grew up eating seafood in the Philippines and it’s dear to my heart (and stomach). A short drive to Dampa (a complex of small restaurants..
(Chicago) – It’s not difficult for a Pinoy to love Columbian food. Both Filipino and Columbian cuisines are rooted from Spain. They have empanada, corn, cassava…
24. Apr, 2012
If I will think of one Filipino dish that can’t be eaten without a lot of rice, I think it is Chicken Curry. The coconut-curry sauce is just perfect for white steamy rice. Though not originally Pinoy …
29. Mar, 2012
Americans have their meatloaf and Italians have their meatball. We, Pinoys, have our very own embutido. The sweetness of the vegetables, meaty juice from the meat and a touch of creaminess from …
24. Mar, 2012
(Cagbalete Island, Quezon Province, Philippines) – The menu when we went to Cagbalete Island early this year was probably the most Pinoy of all the food that Chef Janjie had prepared for his …
21. Dec, 2011
This is a typical Filipino pasta/noodle soup that is inexpensive, highly nutritious and a complete meal in itself- it has protein, starch and vegetable all in one dish.
28. Nov, 2011
Tokwa means tofu while baboy means pork in Filipino. This is a simple mash up of boiled pork parts such as belly and ears and fried tofu soaked in soy-vinegar sauce.
03. Nov, 2011
Chicken Inasal is now big in the Philippines. This is a popular chicken grill that originated from Bacolod in Iloilo region. This dish left a good imprint in my food memory for the first time I tried it when I was a kid. I can …
12. Oct, 2011
Pancit Malabon is a native Filipino noodle dish using tubular rice noodles with shrimp-base thick sauce, just like palabok or luglog, and with generous garnishing of pork crackling and seafood such as shrimp…
22. Sep, 2011
Fish sarciado is a typical Filipino dish which is directly translated as fish with sauce. The fish is usually fried first and then simmered in sauce that is made of fresh tomatoes and eggs. However, I do mine …
14. Sep, 2011
There are only 3 Filipino noodles dishes that are being rotated every time there is a special occasion in my family back home in Manila; it’s either Filipino-style sweet spaghetti, pancit bihon or pancit…
08. Sep, 2011
It could be interesting to know how many versions of Filipino adobo exist currently. There are only a few ingredients used in adobo but there are countless twists and turns that you can do …
01. Sep, 2011
This is no Jollibee or KFC. But in some hidden corner of my mind, I remember my grandmother putting vinegar to chicken before frying them. I asked some elderly Pinoys as well and they affirmed that this is pretty common. Vinegar …
25. Aug, 2011
(Chicago) – This is one hell of a Filipino dish that makes me want to eat 5 cups of rice in one meal. “Binagoongan” is a shrimp paste dish with lots of meat and usually made super spicy. Some people like it with lesser meat but more …
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