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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, […]
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At TSISMIS where casual bites go deliciously well with juicy small talk
On June 7th, TSISMIS (chis’mis) NYC, a Filipino American restaurant, opened on famed Orchard Street. TSISMIS is derived from the Spanish word “chisme,” meaning gossip, which the owners selected with the idea of introducing a casual gathering place to bring people, food and drinks together. The owners are husband and wife Stephen Young and Reggie […]
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Let’s eat!
…A call to a culinary alliance as the 2019 Filipino Restaurant Week unfurled from May 13 to 26 across seven states, including New York, New Jersey, and Washington D.C. Two dozen eating places – from sit-down diners with a waitstaff to food court counters and coffee shops – participated. They presented their unique versions of […]
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The comeback of Michelle Hugo: Using her voice to speak for women
By Cristina DC Pastor It has been over a year since the closing of the Park Avenue modern French brasserie, Maison Hugo, owned by the culinary couple Michelle and Florian V. Hugo. Michelle is finally opening up, ready to address the curious questions. How the business – and a nearly 20-year relationship — went down […]