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Filipino Restaurant Week Begins in the City, and in Seven States too

By Marivir R. Montebon   New York – Whether on the sweet scent of tradition or innovation, Filipino food is pervading the Big Apple through the Filipino Restaurant Week (FRW). Seven states in the East Coast have now simultaneously participated in this mouth-watering culinary event from May 13 to 26, 2019. The food tasting at […]

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We are Not Just Lechon and Pansit: Filipino Food Means Smorgasbord

By Marivir R. Montebon The New York Filipino Restaurant Week is just around the corner. There is more to Filipino cuisine than lechon and lumpia. We are smorgasbord.  New York City – The Filipinos are truly a fascinating people, and one proof of that is their wide array of sumptuous dishes they are so naturally […]

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NYC’s Filipino Resto Week:  Mainstreaming ‘To-Die-For’ Filipino Dishes

By Marivir R. Montebon   New York City – I sinfully almost finished the delectable tsampoy (tamarind) ice cream of the Purple Yam Restaurant before the fine dessert tupig (creamy purple yam and sticky rice concoction) arrived on our table.  It was so good that it was gone too fast.  But by itself, the tupig […]

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Here Comes Boodle Fight for Seafood and Lechon

It’s Filipino Resto Week May 11- 23, 2015   New York City — New Yorkers, it is time you know the basic terms of Filipino food. Inihaw means grilled, and the best inihaw in the city must be in Tito Rad’s Restaurant on Queens Boulevard. You will love the charcoal-grilled smell of juicy panga tuna […]

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A Different Kind of Purple

By Leani M. Auxilio OSM! Digital Editor In the Philippines, there is an island called Bohol. In this island, purple yam was once abundant. Called ube by Filipinos, the tubers harvested every year by the men in Bohol were always the sweetest, the biggest, and the best in the country. This was, so it was […]

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