Filipino Community & Lifestyle News
If you’ve been missing the smells and sounds of a busy restaurant back home, chances are iSLAS Filipino Café & Bar is already on your Toronto food bucket list. Run by husband-and-wife team Marc and Mariel Buenaventura, iSLAS was born out of their shared love for Filipino food and the restaurant experience. Both started their […]
It took over 100 tries before Manyaman Foods owner Marian Talavera felt she perfected the crunch of a chicharon. “Nag-start lang kami sa pack ng balat kinukuha namin sa Chinese store. Pinag-aralan namin nung pandemic—maraming beses mga 100 times,” said Talavera. (We started with buying packs of pork rinds from the Chinese store. We studied […]
Chibog is a Filipino slang word meaning “food” or “to eat”, and Filipinos love nothing more than serving favourite dishes to loved ones and friends. With massive frying pans full of pansit noodles, chicken adobo, or sizzling barbecued pork bellies at parties, cooking and sharing a meal is arguably the Philippines’ foremost love language. Famous […]