I’m a total geek. The other day I was searching on Yelp.com for restaurants. And low and behold, “Filipino” made it to the search category! I rarely see that and I was uber-excited.
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I was quickly disappointed when there were no Filipino restaurants in Boston, but am not surprised. I’m just happy to [...]
There’s a dish that I love in the Philippines called Tapsilog. Its more like a snack or a full fledged meal, could be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner or merienda (late afternoon snack). They call it Tapsilog as a shortened version of Beef, Egg and Rice. Tapa means Beef, itlog means fried [...]
I got the most incredible gift from a dear relative in the Philippines this year. A clock bearing the face of Jose Rizal, the hero of the Philippines. It has a cool graphic behind it and the company logo is “Make It In the Philippines.” HOW COOL.
This is a Philippines-based company, [...]
As you probably have read, we have weird quirky superstitions associated with our culture. I mean, who doesn’t, right? Well New Years eve is no exception to that weird rule. My sister made reference to this New Years thing in one of her comments, so I thought it would be best to reiterate [...]
This Christmas, our best friends bought us a beautiful mah-Jong set. This game is commonly played by Filipinos, Jewish folks and the Chinese. I grew up to this game. It’s a common Friday and Saturday night activity with my Titas and Titos.
In the most basic form, I like to call [...]
A few restaurants I wanted to support:
Uni Nom
Here’s a piece from the NY Times about it:
Once home to a Laundromat, the Bed-Stuy spot Umi Nom is now an outpost of sleek design and adventurous cooking – a destination worthy of a trip on the G train, courtesy of the pioneering chef King Phojanakong, of [...]
than a big plate of lumpia shanghai and a bowl of sinagang with rice.
Lumpia shanghai is an amazing little deliciousness of heaven. While to a common person, it may look like a plain old eggroll, but it’s better. Bite sized small rolled up ground pork, with diced garlic, onion and carrots. [...]
if there is one thing Filipinos are serious about, it’s their faith. I will be the first to admit that while I was raised catholic, I am not as serious as my parents, or more particularly my mom.
There’s a common thing that happens with Filipinos and house guests. You know in most cases, when family or friends come over to visit, they may stay a night or a weekend. But in Filipino cases…not so much. They stay for a while. Weeks, sometimes months. And in rare cases, [...]
Today is a friend’s birthday, which reminds me of my birthday. With Filipinos, you must eat noodles on your birthday. it’s a sign of long life. so every birthday I would have noodles. we often went out to eat, so we would have to find a noodle dish somewhere!
I am a [...]