Is there a difference, you may ask? Well yes, there is.
Filipino Food Stores typically carry more of the spices, ingredients, snacks and frozen stuff needed to make Filipino dishes. I rarely find necessary Filipino ingredients, particularly the spice packs, at Oriental stores – which mainly carry goods from China, Japan…
The other difference is [...]

Being the new year, everyone is all about being healthy.  A typical new year resolution.  This means crowded gyms, yes, but also means eating differently and healthier.  I get it.  With this new healthy lifestyle, you gotta make smarter choices, right?  My husband is suggesting I make the switch to BROWN rice.  I’m appauled.
I’ve lived [...]

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. 
Click here to see.
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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

I met Frances Rivera officially this past spring. Lovely lady. Although, I’ve “known” her via my TV and seeing her in Boston since 2002, when I moved here. She’s a Filipina news anchor woman on WHDH-TV (NBC). There’s not too many Filipina news anchors, at least none that I have seen. [...]

Kamayan means eat with your hands in Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines. I thought it was appropriate to talk about food today, being that Turkey day is tomorrow.
But while I do enjoy a meal with my hands, in today’s modern age, Filipinos use a Spoon and Fork. I didn’t [...]

Filipino people think its funny when a white person tries Filipino food that is not normal to American cuisine. For example, Patis, Balut, and Chocolate Meat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg).
If a white person does try it, people are complimentary and consider them a “cowboy”