Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
If you’ve been on TikTok or Instagram lately, you’ve probably seen it: a DJ in the middle of a grocery store, titas and kiddos line-dancing between the aisles, free pandesal sailing through the air, and entire Filipino communities turning Seafood City into a full-on fiesta. To find out how this all started (and what’s next), […]
Would you like a side order of disco dance party with your can of sardines, Ma’am/Sir? That’s exactly the energy at Seafood City’s Late Night Madness—a grocery-aisle rave where your pamalengke and your playlist finally happen in the same place. Part brilliant marketing stunt, part full-on celebration of Filipino joy, Late Night Madness began at […]
Get your ternos and your barong ready: December in Toronto is packed with Filipino events you won’t want to miss. From sizzling Filipino food pop-ups serving lumpia, lechon, and halo-halo-inspired desserts, to cultural nights filled with carols, folk dances, and parol-making, Canada will almost feel like home this holiday season. Just make sure to bundle […]
If you’ve watched the movie Wicked and found yourself staring at the hats as much as at Ariana and Cynthia, surprise: many of those show-stopping sombreros were dreamed up by a Pinoy from Cavite. Harvy Santos, a Bacoor-born former ballet dancer, now calls London, England home and is one of the most exciting milliners in […]
If you didn’t attend “Kain Tayo sa Paskuhan Village” on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 at The Parkdale Hall in Toronto (1605 Queen St. West), you missed the coziest Filipino food crawl this side of Bathurst. Picture twinkly parol lights, live musical acts singing Pinoy jingles, and tables packed with a buffet of food choices—about 45 […]
If your love language is kain na (let’s eat), Pinay writer Maria Olaguera wrote an epic book about…well, “How to Throw an Epic Filipino Barbecue”. Her debut book started as a homesick blogger’s project—collecting family stories and recipes when her siblings moved out and Sunday dinners weren’t the same. “I had a blog in my […]
With a tour guide waving the Philippine flag at the front of a group of over fifty people, organizers from the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Toronto (UPAAT) and Kababayan Multicultural Centre (KMC) led participants on a free walking and food-tasting tour in “Little Manila” (Bathurst and Wilson Streets) last Saturday, Oct. 18, […]
It’s a question that often gets asked every OFW (Overseas Foreign Worker), every balikbayan (a Filipino coming back to the Philippines from another country), every family member coming home from any trip: where’s my pasalubong? Pasalubong is that sweet Filipino habit of bringing a little something home after a trip—think snacks, shirts, keychains, or a […]
Picture this: you walk into Charlottetown’s Founders’ Food Hall & Market, stroll around and see the souvenir shops, the fudge store (made from potatoes, no less), the French patisserie with its fancy displays, and then you see it—the word “Kusina” (kitchen) on a food kiosk. Then the aroma of pork sisig hits you. Kusina Food […]
When Teri Vlassopoulos began writing her novel, “Living Expenses,” she didn’t just want to tell a story about infertility—she also wanted to explore parts of herself that often went unseen. Born and raised in Toronto to a Filipina mother and Greek father, Vlassopoulos drew heavily from her biracial upbringing to infuse authenticity and nuance into […]