White Rabbit Truck: Mobile Filipino Fusion Launches
Yes, another food truck has arrived, and yes, they are serving fusion tacos. But the new White Rabbit Truck is not another Korean-Mexican Kogi impersonator. Instead they are, as far as we can tell,...
View ArticleTaste of FPAC: The Oinkster + Manila Machine
Filipino cuisine is finally entering the mainstream, thanks to a handful of high profile chefs, the rise of food trucks, an interest in street food and ethnic home cooking, increased attention in the...
View ArticleFrom Food Blog to Food Truck to Cookbook: Marvin Gapultos Gets a Book Deal
Local food blogger Marvin Galputos, who runs the Filipino food blog Burnt Lumpia, is having a good run lately. The Filipino food truck, Manila Machine, that he started with fellow food blogger...
View ArticleThe New Snack Cake: Cashew Caramel Bar from Luisa & Son Bake Shop
Excitement in food world seems driven by the perpetual pursuit of the new. A hot opening. Emerging trends. Yet, so much about food is tied to the past. Case in point, a hot new restaurant writes on...
View ArticleCookbook of the Week: Memories of Philippine Kitchens for Your Weekend Pig's...
If you don't happen to have any of your own Memories of Philippine Kitchens -- banana hearts in coconut milk, chicken tinola, hot salabat -- Amy Besa and Romy Dorotan's cookbook by that name will soon...
View ArticleIsla Cocina Pilipina: Eagle Rock's Thrilla From Manila
Does Filipino cuisine have a publicity rep? Because if it does, he should be working overtime right now. At every hip gastropub in town -- and certainly there is no shortage of those -- the pig has...
View ArticleThe Adobo Road Cookbook: A New Filipino Cookbook + A Recipe for Red Wine and...
If you're missing The Manila Machine, a jaunty orange truck that once roamed L.A. dispensing Filipino food, there's good news. You can still have the truck's top sellers, including sticky glazed...
View ArticleThe Adobo Road Cookbook: A Cookbook Launch Party and Dinner
This Thursday, May 23 is the official launch party for food truck owner, blogger and cookbook author Marvin Gapultos' The Adobo Road, a celebration open to the public through ticket purchase. The...
View ArticleGet a Crash Course in Filipino Food This Weekend
Learn sisig from silog at the 23rd Annual Festival of Philippine Arts & Culture taking place this weekend, Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5, at DTLA' Grand Park. That's Kapampangan for a sour...
View ArticleThere's Still a Legit Filipino Bakery in Silver Lake. And It's Not Going...
When investors call United Bread and Pastry owner Andrea DeGuzman about buying her highly sought-after property on Griffith Park Boulevard near the intersection of Sunset in Silver Lake, she keeps the...
View ArticleRicebar Is Barely a Restaurant. Perhaps It’s Something Better
Los Angeles is not the best restaurant town in the country, but it is likely the best food town — at least that’s how the old adage goes. It’s a useful thought, if not an original one, yet non-L.A....
View ArticleLASA Filipino Pop-Up Headed to Chinatown
Have you tried new wave Filipino-American food yet? Without a doubt there's a growing group of Filipino-American chefs, often second or third generation, sharing familiar flavors of their childhood...
View ArticleAt Amboy, Chinatown Gets a Taste of Alvin Cailan's Filipino Barbecue
There might be no hotter place to open a restaurant right now than Far East Plaza, the revitalized two-story shopping plaza in Chinatown that’s currently home to Chego, Pok Pok Phat Thai and Ramen...
View ArticleBeer, Wine and a Full Menu at Demitasse Roastery and Kitchen in Hollywood
The coffee nerds of L.A. are well familiar with Demitasse, the coffee shop that started in Little Tokyo but now has outposts in Santa Monica and Mid City. We here at LA Weekly are slightly obsessed...
View ArticleGet Wild Tonight in Chinatown With Ria and Matt Wilson
Ever since Ria and Matt Wilson's Wild at Canele residency ended in November, we've missed their soulful, Filipino-tinged cooking. Tonight you can get a taste of that cooking at a one-night-only popup...
View ArticleHistoric Filipinotown's New Lights Illuminate L.A.'s Vibrant Filipino Community
Historic Filipinotown is getting a makeover this October with the unveiling of newly designed street lights. The project is part of an effort to improve pedestrian safety and highlight the...
View ArticleAn Insider's Guide to Authentic,Traditional Filipino Cuisine in Los Angeles
Where to find the traditional, authentic, old-school Filipino restaurants in L.A. County.
View ArticleAsian Food Festival LuckyRice Puts the Focus on Family
Danielle Chang, founder and CEO of LuckyRice, the annual festival offering a smorgasbord of Asian tastings, decided the theme for this ninth year would be “Breaking Bao: Intergenerational Asian...
View ArticleQuick Bite: Filipino Fusion at Ord & Broadway in Chinatown
Nestled between old Chinese groceries piled high with dragon fruit and mandarins is Ord & Broadway, a brand-new fast-casual spot for locals in the heart of Chinatown featuring chef Getty Lustre’s...
View ArticlePopping Up This Week: Tequila, Cognac, Brandy, Brews and HiFi Kitchen
There’s a lot on tap this week, including a cognac workshop at the Pacific Food & Beverage Museum, an Oscar-viewing party celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the Varnish downtown and a tasting...
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