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New at Far East Plaza: Pearl River Deli and Lasita
I haven’t been to the Far East Plaza since 2019. Whenever I go, there’s something new. I don’t see some of the spots I used to frequent. And I also missed the opening of Pearl River Deli by the same...
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Ma’am/Sir opens in Silver Lake
Lucky to have walked in with success to the barely three-week old Ma’am/Sir in uberhip Silver Lake. For someone who has lived or visited the Philippines, ma’am and sir automatically follow every...
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LA’s République
I’ve already posted about the newest baby of chefs Walter and Margarita Manzke’s Sari Sari Store, at the Los Angeles Grand Central Market, and its modern Filipino menu, which is attracting Angelenos...
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Let me take you to Koreatown
What started as one Korean grocery store on Olympic Blvd. in the 70s turned into a full–blown town. Not anymore LA’s best-kept secret, food-driven Koreatown is so huge in terms of cultural evolution....
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Tracked down Harajuku Crepe in Beverly Hills
First time I walked past the more striking sections of Beverly Hills, and it was worth precious time. On Santa Monica Blvd. where Saint Laurent and Sprinkles are so noticeable, Harajuku Crepe is not...
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Sari Sari Store at the Grand Central Market LA
At last, a convenient stop for silog in Los Angeles! Just like its name, Sari Sari, which is the Filipino word for variety, the store or stall that opened last summer at the iconic Grand Central...
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Rice Bar to love in LA
There’s no place like home, but with no lola or nanay or hubby’s cooking to come home to, Rice Bar is home to me. And Chef Charles Olalia makes pancit luglug and longaniza (the hamonado kind) so much...
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Life in America is an ube cheesecake
Seeing family is like chancing upon a Fil-Am ube cheesecake at Cafe 86 in Pasadena. Sometimes it’s there, and some days you see ube leche flan cupcake, like this week, I was able to touch base with...
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Saté, new and the only Indonesian restaurant in Ilocos Norte
Last night we were brought to Indonesia via Saté, an authentic, I repeat, a real deal Indonesian restaurant that opened in San Nicolas just a few days ago. Of course, nasi goreng and sate (satay) ring...
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The 0ne-hundred-peso lunch for two at Kristina’s Carinderia
Was actually billed 101 pesos, but made tawar (haggled) the 1 peso. And a plate of rice was included. Kristina’s Carinderia (facing the Jehovah’s Witnesses church on the western portion of Rizal St.,...
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The allure of Baguio’s Cafe Yagam
Thanks to the digital world, we are now able to access something fast and easy, whenever, wherever. Like in the case of a crazy craving for authentic, traditional Ifugao etag (cured, smoked and aged...
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Hanguk Barbeque House: Sweet Gone Sour
We first planned to drive with friends to Vigan for a food trip at this Korean restaurant I saw on Facebook a few months back. Friends cancelled and the weather was not too nice, yet the mister and I...
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Went North
Back to sacred Sundays. The family drove north from Laoag — such a cozy time to converse, refresh, go crazy and just glide. The clean roads to Pagudpud were impressive as ever. Someone abroad asked me...
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Hotchick on a rainy day
I can count with one hand the sky was clear and sunny since I got back from transitioning seasons. Out of the mishmash of clothes and shoes I brought with me, I’m living in shorts and flipflops, just...
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Filling up at The Gas(tro) Station
Just how one new food spot in Laoag could awaken memories of home in the last 12 months. At the zenith of rice bowls, I find it wonderful that LA celebrity chef Roi Choi has Filipino chicken adobo...
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Brunch at Trois Familia
My sister asked me to meet her for brunch at Trois Familia on Sunset. I didn’t have to google the place for Sunset has become my park. It stands on an unpresuming strip mall. The long line especially...
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Far East Plaza: Local LA food under one roof
This is the Far East Plaza in the Los Angeles Chinatown I mentioned in an earlier post. It’s a mall on Broadway Street with stores specializing in ethnic goods, ranging from jade jewelry to Chinese...
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Discovering LA’s Sqirl: Toast, coffee and sunshine
From someone who goes to church rather than sits in a cafe with coffee and whatnot first thing when the sun’s up, the tip-off about this overflowing cafe on neighboring Virgil Avenue is unconvincing....
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Kitchen Lab: A fresh modernist approach to local cuisine in Laoag
In the thick of editing, or rather emptying my closet for the chance of a lifetime move to Los Angeles, where my parents, siblings and a daughter reside, an invitation to Kitchen Lab arrives. Before I...
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Heard from the kids: Li’l Ranchos
New on western Rizal Street, Li’l Ranchos is literally a little food spot turning up burgers and tacos. My first tasting was takeout stuffed bell peppers. But when Alex and I went to check out the...
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