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At Jeepney, familiar dishes come with a side of ‘bomba’
“Excuse me, do you have patis?” After raving about the brunch at Jeepney Filipino Gastropub a few weeks ago, it should come as no surprise that we returned — this time for dinner — with another friend in tow. We were led farther inside the restaurant, past the kitchen, in a rather cramped room where […]
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How chocolate changed Melissa Alviar’s life
By Cristina DC Pastor On February 5th, Melissa Alviar will be opening her Upper West Side home to an intimate soiree of chocolate and wine lovers. There won’t be any self-inflicted hedonism, no whips and chains. While the match-up seems to suggest heart-thumping decadence, she swore everything that will be passed around is “healthy.” Welcome […]
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Will King Phojanakong find his dream house Downtown?
Chef King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn and Umi Nom Asian restaurants was looking for a bigger house for his growing family. “As a true New Yorker I’ve been living in rentals my whole life. I think it’s time to move. The one-bedroom is getting smaller,” he said. Two developments are giving the move a sense […]
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New York scallops in a Bay Area cook book
By Federico A. Espiritu Rene Astudillo’s “My Bay Kitchen: Memories of My Homeland, Travels and More” cook book will not be complete without a scallop dish he first tasted in New York in one of his frequent travels. Broiled Scallops with Sautéed Garlic Spinach is one of the dishes that found its way into this […]
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Kosherfest expo to showcase banana chips, coco jam from the Philippines
Philippine food companies will be participating for the first time in Kosherfest 2012, the world’s largest kosher-certified products trade show to be held November 13 and 14 at Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. At least five companies will debut their products before top kosher supermarkets, restaurant and food service buyers, said Philippine Agriculture […]
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Chefs to share kitchen wisdom in culinary dialogue
From September 27 to 30, Purple Yam will open its kitchen in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park for “Culinary Dreams: Filipino-American Chefs Forum and Dinner Party,” a hybrid event where open dialogue and scrumptious dinner will have an experimental performance. The public forum-cum-dinner party from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. will feature a bicoastal cast of seven […]
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A Filipina in City Hall
By Cristina DC Pastor You can count in one hand the Filipinos who work at City Hall. Maria Rosana Cruz, 25, who is a project coordinator and a special assistant to the Commissioner on the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, is one of them. Maria came to MOIA more than two years ago through a […]
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18 ‘balut’ in 5 minutes
By Cristina DC Pastor With that, 27-year-old Hollis, Queens resident Wayne Algenio set a record for balut-eating in New York, the first competition of its kind in the city. In a YouTube video, Wayne could be seen focused at stuffing his mouth, drinking bottled water and occasionally dancing. At the end of the Maharlika-organized contest, […]
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Who’s afraid of ‘balut’?
It’s not for the faint of heart or those with queasy stomachs. But eight New Yorkers are out to make competitive eating history when they signed up for the First ‘Balut’-Eating Contest to be held on August 25 in Brooklyn. ‘Balut’ is duck fetus boiled, dipped in salt and washed down with beer. It is […]