Scripps Ranch residents Ron and Sandra spent their Thanksgiving eating ramen and dessert at the “underground restaurants” of the Sugamo neighborhood of Tokyo, Japan while waiting for their son Tyler to get out of school. “[I think] they don’t serve turkey here in the city,” Ron said, “mainly pork and fish ….. and they have delicious desserts […]
On November 14, a group of Filipino-American chefs cooked their native dishes for about 130 attendees at the DoubleTree Hotel Del Mar to celebrate the I AM A FILIPINO – And This Is How We Cook book signing-and-dinner event. Nicole Ponseca, formerly of Rancho Bernardo and co-author of the book (with Miguel Trinidad), at the gathering’s Q&A […]
Caroline Serrano is a 43-year-old housewife from the Vista Pacifica community of south San Diego, near the Otay Mesa border crossing and nearer to the Mattress Firm Amphitheatre. On Wednesday (October 25) she was concerned that the traffic buildup to the Luke Bryan concert prevented quick access to her neighborhood. “All these years Vista Pacifica […]
On November 29, the Mexicali side of the Zona Centro border crossing was blocked by protesters demanding the jail release of Sunshine Antonio Rodríguez Peña, the organizer of the fishing communes in San Felipe. Rodríguez was stopped by Mexican federal agents on November 25 when he was driving with his family from Mexicali to San […]
Fredcel is located in the oddest place for a Filipino restaurant — in Cherokee Point, at 3876 38th St., behind the Family Dollar store. “Pare (dude in tagalog), we made [and sold] about 6,000 lumpias today (April 15),” said Erick Rodriguez, as he helped his patrons load their aluminum trays overflowing with lumpias, into their minivans. Erick, […]
Pizzeria Luigi is only an eight-minute walk from City College. It is an affordable Italian restaurant located in the heart of Golden Hill at 1137 25th Ave. The place serves pizzas, ricotta pies, pasta, wings, sandwiches, beer and much more. For students, they have a great deal: two large slices of pizza and a soda […]
“Act of God,” is what Produce Alliance recently posted about cauliflower, “DEMAND EXCEEDS SUPPLY. We are seeing high prices and NON-EXISTENT supply. The crops in Yuma are very slow and the cauliflower growth rate is slow.” Since 1996, Produce Alliance specializes in providing distribution services and fresh-produce procurement to clients in the foodservice industry across […]
Johnny and Wilfred were posted up by the side of the house chopping it up about their commonalities both being first-generation Filipino-Americans (naturalized in the 1970s and 1980s). Both lolos (“grandfathers” in Tagalog) were in high spirits as they watched their kids and grandkids prepare Thanksgiving dinner in Clairemont. “Hey, Russell, can you grab me […]