Forget the eggnog, the Christmas ham, and the hot buttered rum. For many Filipino families, no Christmas Eve dinner can be complete without one crucial, crispy-skinned centerpiece: a whole roast pig. ...
At town fiestas in their native Pampanga, a Philippine province, now-husband-and-wife Ramon Go and Grace De Ausen-Go learned how to cook traditional foods. Most of all, they learned how to cook lechon ...
An image of a massive lechon baka — roasted calf — served at a Filipino family’s New Year’s Eve dinner went viral on social media. Facebook user John Elbert Flores Hizon shared the photo of the lechon ...
A Puerto Rican flag and a Philippines flag flank the ordering window of the Yammy’s Filipino Letchon truck, in Round Rock, just north of Austin. Meriam Soto, the matriarch of the family business, ...
I don’t know Delaware to have a large Filipino community, but it’s lucky to have Lalaine Balan and her husband Romeo who are introducing the locals to Filipino classics like adobo, pancit, and that ...
In March, Good Food’s Evan Kleiman and friends visited Toto’s Lechon Manok in Glassell Park. The largely takeout restaurant is particularly known for its coal-roasted chicken as well as its Cebu-style ...
NORTH BETHESDA, Md. — To Filipinos, food is love. “When you go to any Filipino household, first thing the elders will do is feed you,” says chef Javier Fernandez. He gestures to the words “Kaon na ta” ...
KQED’s BBQ in the Bay is a series of stories exploring the Bay Area’s multicultural barbecue scene. New installments will post every day from June 28–July 1. here’s a fiesta happening at the Winslow ...
Since opening two weeks ago with a limited menu for lunch, the Flipside (1829 M Street NW) has been serving Chinese steamed buns, Vietnamese sandwiches, and rice bowls that can be customized with a ...
When Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly reopened for takeout, the well-regarded Filipino restaurant outside of Rockville had to do away with its monthly kinamot meals. The communal feasts, made up of dishes meant ...