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Cheap eats in NYC: Not for tourists only
By Krizia Daya I’m always asked, “Where should I take my friend or relative who’s visiting from out of town?” And my first response is to ask, “What’s your budget?” Indeed, few other cities in the world can rival New York City in terms of extravagance, and this definitely extends to food. One can find […]
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Philippine food and American baseball: A cultural mixer
By Cristina DC Pastor Philippine food curiously found its way into the heart of America: Baseball. For the week of February 21, Tsismis Restaurant catered Adobo, Sisig, and Pinakbet to the corporate officers and employees of Major League Baseball, the piquant aroma of ‘ginisa’ – sautéed onion and garlic – mildly floating throughout the corridors […]
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FilStop closes online and Clifton stores; is Jersey City next?
By Cristina DC Pastor An established Filipino grocery store is closing down after 12 years in business. FilStop has announced it is closing its Clifton, N.J. location which opened only five months ago. Before that, it shut down its e-commerce site Filstop.com. Plans to continue operating its original store on Newark Avenue, Jersey City remain […]
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Nicole Ponseca on the end of Maharlika: ‘I’m not sentimental about it’
By Cristina DC Pastor Maharlika, the restaurant that blew into the New York dining scene and planted the Filipino flag, has closed down after eight years. Jeepney, will remain open, said CEO Nicole Ponseca who owns and co-founded both restaurants. “It was time to move on,” she said in emailed comments to The FilAm. “I’m […]
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Move over, adobo! Animal activism is now our favorite dish
By Dash Nye If you’ve shopped at H&M recently, you may have noticed that things are a little less…hairy than they used to be. That’s because the company said goodbye to mohair after PETA Asia showed executives the disturbing findings from its eyewitness investigation into the cruel industry. H&M immediately stopped sourcing the fiber after […]
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Foodie Maricar Tangonan’s Best and Worst
By Cristina DC Pastor Homesickness drove Maricar Tangonan, a first-timer in New York in 2005, to food. Exploring restaurants for almost 15 years now has transformed her into a fervent food enthusiast. An Ilocana from Camiling, Tarlac, Maricar is a hardcore foodie. She eats out at least three times a week trying new restaurants and their […]
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Top frozen food producer vows commitment to clean energy
By Theo Capulong Ramar Foods, a leading Filipino food company in America, has reached its milestone 50th-year anniversary in 2019. As the company moves into its sixth decade, the third-generation owners are energized about maintaining their signature flavors while powering it all with the latest fuel cells from Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE). In a partnership […]
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Art exhibit opens July 13 at Karenderya Nyack
Karenderya, one of Esquire Magazine’s Top 20 new restaurants in America, will serve up food-for-thought with a new exhibition “Fil-Am Road,” featuring photography and paintings by Gloria and Vina Cacho Orden, and selected works from the collective, Baguio Group of Artists. It will be on view from July 13 to October 13, 2019. The restaurant […]
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On Global Filipinos: When in Chicago, check out Billy Dec’s Sunda
By Loida Nicolas Lewis Dr. Angie Cruz and myself were in Chicago recently to visit our friend, immigration lawyer Maricar Madrid-Crost. She invited us to lunch at this upscale Filipino American place called Sunda New Asian Restaurant located in 110 West Illinois Street in the River North District. Sunda, named after a Southeast Asian Island, […]